Company initiatives
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Chromatin develops farnesene-enriched sorghum
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Good news for Amyris. Agbiotech company Chromatin has created sorghum plants containing elevated levels of the energy-rich compound farnesene. This milestone achievement was supported in part by the Department of Energy’s ARPA-E program, “Plants Engineered To Replace Oil” (PETRO). Like…
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Givaudan to acquire Soliance
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Givaudan has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire 100% of the shares of Soliance SA and its subsidiaries. Soliance is currently a division of ARD (Agro Industrie Recherches & Développements). Soliance provides innovative cosmetic solutions to its international clients and…
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Elevance’s bio-lube basestock now available worldwide
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Elevance Renewable Sciences expanded commercial availability of Elevance Aria™ WTP 40 worldwide. The base stock’s high viscosity index of 160 is reportedly an improvement over both Group IV and Group V synthetic base stocks. Data also indicated Elevance Aria™ WTP 40…
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BioAmber secures $10m loan from Ag Canada
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BioAmber’s subsidiary, BioAmber Sarnia Inc., has secured a $10 million interest free loan from Agriculture Canada for the 30,000 MT succinic acid plant currently under construction in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The loan, which was secured through the Department’s Agri-Innovation Program,…
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Myriant supplies bio-succinic acid to Oxea
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Myriant Corporation has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea, for use in the production of bio-based, phthalate-free plasticizers. The bio-succinic acid is produced at Myriant’s plant located in Lake Providence, LA. Oxea is expanding its broad product portfolio…
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Cereplast files for Bankruptcy
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It looks like the renewable chemicals/bio-materials industry is now seeing the start of restructuring with LS9 recently being acquired by Renewable Energy Group, Codexis changing its business strategy and focus, and now Cereplast filing for bankruptcy. The Indiana-based bioplastic producer…
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BASF targets 100% certified palm oil purchase by 2015
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Food manufacturers and consumer products companies sometimes are not the only one looking to have its palm oil and other palm oil derivatives products sustainably certified. BASF said it is one of the first suppliers to the European home and…