Company initiatives
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Meredian prepares for potential IPO
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While Metabolix seems to be quiet these days (and people are still waiting for any production updates from the company…), Meredian on the other hand, has been churning out several news recently, the latest one is its merger with sister…
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P2 Science, Bedoukian Research in collaboration
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P2 Science, Inc., a renewable chemical company, and Bedoukian Research, Inc., a flavor and fragrance (F&F) ingredient company have entered into an agreement for the development, manufacturing and marketing of F&F ingredients. The companies are currently working on products with an existing market demand and…
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DEINOVE optimizes Deinococcus strains
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DEINOVE, a France-based cleantech company that designs and develops a new generation of industrial processes based on Deinococcus bacteria, has developed strains with especially high performance cellulolytic properties. DEINOVE has been able to demonstrate that their engineered Deinococcus has the…
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Stora Enso acquires cellulosic sugar developer Virdia
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I know this is a late news but still worthwhile reporting. Stora Enso, a Finnish pulp, paper and packaging company, has acquired 100% of the shares of the US-based cellulosic sugar developer, Virdia, for $33 million (EUR 24 million) with…
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Why Tetra Pak chooses renewables?
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Tetra Pak is making a case on why the company is now using renewable-based materials in some of its packaging and has recently released a new white paper examining the use of materials in packaging that can be regrown or replenished…
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Danish biorefinery receives EU funding
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The EU Commission has awarded €39 million in funding from the NER300 program to Maabjerg Energy Concept, a consortium of companies that include DONG Energy, Novozymes, and local utilities, Vestforsyning, Struer Forsyning and waste management company Nomi, towards the construction of…
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Evonik invests in Biosynthetic Technologies
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German specialty chemical company, Evonik, has closed on an equity investment in Biosynthetic Technologies, LLC (BT), a specialist in biobased lubricants headquartered in Irvine, California. BT has developed and manufactures a new class of bio-based synthetic oils called estolides that are…