Company initiatives
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UK’s BDC bio-based grants to help SMEs
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The Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC), a not-for-profit company based at the University of York, has a new funding opportunity, the Biorenewables Capital Grant Scheme (BCGS), for Yorkshire and Humber-based small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) wishing to explore commercial feasibility of…
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Codexis sells Budapest lab to Intrexon
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Synthetic biology company, Intrexon Corporation, has acquired state-of-the-art laboratory operations in Budapest, Hungary from biocatalysts developer Codexis, Inc. The acquisition will expand Intrexon’s strain and protein development capabilities, as well as strengthen fermentation process optimization and scale-up. Intrexon’s Industrial Products Division (IPD)…
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Maverick Synfuels and PPE in GTL methanol partnership
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Maverick Synfuels and Plant Process Equipment, Inc. (PPE), a global energy engineering and fabrication company, have formed a partnership to manufacture and sell small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) methanol plants. The skid-mounted modular plants can be rapidly deployed and are capable of…
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Solvay launches production of torrefied biomass
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Solvay has launched the production of torrefied biomass at an industrial scale in the United States, run by the recently created Solvay Biomass Energy joint venture between Solvay and U.S. company New Biomass Energy NBE. The biomass is produced in…
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NY funding for Eastman Bioscience Manufacturing Center
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The New York State government will commit $3 million to the Eastman Business Park (EBP) Bioscience Manufacturing Center in Rochester, which will begin construction later this year. The construction of the $25 million, 60,000 square feet facility, which will improve…
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UPM launched the Biofore concept car
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It’s 6am US EST and I still can’t sleep (which I will pay for later), so it’s back to blogging for me. Helsinki, Finland-based pulp and paper company UPM recently launched the Biofore Concept Car at the Geneva International Motor…
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Porta licenses Gevo’s bio-isobutanol tech
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Argentine ethanol producer, Porta Hnos S.A. (“Porta”), has signed a letter of intent to become the exclusive licensee of Gevo’s GIFT® in Argentina to produce renewable isobutanol. Porta is a 132 year old family owned company in Argentina that produces liquor,…