Company initiatives
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INVISTA and LanzaTech expand collaboration
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I had several interviews last month and a few of them I will post in the blog as all the interviews I did was already published on Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter. During the recent BIO World Congress in Philadelphia, INVISTA and LanzaTech announced that they have signed a research and development agreement on projects that will…
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Aemetis Approved for NASDAQ Listing
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Aemetis, Inc., based in Cupertino, California, announced that its common stock will begin trading on Friday, June 6, 2014, on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the “AMTXD” ticker symbol. After the company completes its market transition period on June 10, 2014, the NASDAQ ticker symbol will be “AMTX”. Aemetis owns and operates a 60…
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AkzoNobel, Solvay tracks bio-ECH in the supply chain
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AkzoNobel and Solvay have joined forces with EY (Ernst & Young) to jointly develop a monitoring system that tracks and quantifies the use of renewable raw materials in paints, coatings and other applications. The partnership builds on last year’s agreement between AkzoNobel and Solvay, whereby the company progressively increases the use of Solvay’s bio-based epichlorohydrin,…
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Solazyme Begins Commercial Production in Brazil
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Good news! I will be attending the American Chemical Society Green Chemistry Initiative (ACS GCI) 18th Annual Green Chemistry & Engineering Conference (whew, that’s a mouthful!), which will be held on June 17-19 in Bethesda, Maryland. This is my first time attending this conference so I’m excited to cover it live via Twitter. Follow @DGreenblogger…
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Gevo ships bio-PX to Toray
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Apologies for the sparse posts as I just finished this month’s Tecnon OrbiChem Bio-Materials newsletter, which was published yesterday. Here are the headlines for this month’s Bio-Materials newsletter: Ethylene/Polyethylene SABIC will produce renewable second generation PP and PE from waste fats and oils Glycols Acme Hardesty is now selling bio-based PEGs made from sugarcane bagasse Polyethylene…
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PTT-MCC signs bio-succinic acid contract with BioAmber
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I’m still trying to catch up with a lot of news that came out the past few weeks but unfortunately this week is a deadline week for me for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter, so I’ll make some of my postings brief. Here is one from BioAmber about its first succinic acid take-or-pay contract with PTT-MCC…
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P2 Science partners with Ballestra
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Connecticut, US-based renewable chemical company, P2 Science, has partnered with global engineering company, Desmet Ballestra SpA (DBI), for the commercialization of Ballestra’s reactor technology in P2’s proprietary ozonolysis process for the production of flavor, fragrance and cosmetic ingredients using biomass for feedstock. P2’s ozonolysis technology for the conversion of vegetable oils and terpenes has demonstrated…