Company initiatives
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Amyris expands squalene sales in Korea
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Amyris has selected Dowell C&I Co., Ltd., a supplier of ingredients for the personal care industry, as its exclusive distributor of Neossance™ Squalane in the Republic of Korea. The company is planning to double its sugar-based squalene sales in 2014. Until recently, squalane could only be sourced from shark liver or olive oil. Squalane is considered…
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ADM invests in Rennovia
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I just had an interesting conversation with Elevance regarding their partnership with Versalis, and I will try to post a blog soon. In the meantime, I just received this news from Archer Daniels Midland about its $25 million equity investment in bio-based nylon intermediates developer Rennovia. It is interesting that this US agribusiness firm is…
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Scotland launches new industrial biotechnology center
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Funded by the Scottish Funding Council and supported by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands & Islands Enterprise, the new Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) has been launched, involving all 13 Scottish Higher Education Institutions that are active in biotechnology research and will be co-ordinated by the University of Strathclyde. IBIOC is said to be a key…
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Elevance picks URS for Natchez Biorefinery
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I am still working on the Elevance-Versalis press releases, and hoping to score some additional information from the companies. In the meantime, let me post this earlier news from Elevance about its Natchez plant activities. Elevance Renewable Sciences has selected URS Corporation to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for its second world-scale biorefinery…
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The quest for sustainable rubber
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This has been in my draft for quite some time and I am glad to be able to post it after an interesting presentation that I heard from Patagonia and Yulex during the World Bio Markets USA conference last year in October. Since December last year, Patagonia has already been offering its Yulex R2 Front-Zip…
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Clariant, Haltermann cellulosic ethanol in Mercedes-Benz
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Clariant, Haltermann, and Mercedes-Benz are testing a 20% cellulosic ethanol blend, Sunliquid®20, mixed with conventional fuel components at Mercedes-Benz BlueDIRECT petrol engines. Specification of the fuel reflect potential European E20 fuel quality. Over the next twelve months, test fleet vehicles can be refilled with the new fuel at a specially equipped gas station on the Mercedes-Benz site in Stuttgart-Untertürkheim.…
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Maverick Biofuels is Now Maverick Synfuels
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Maverick Biofuels has changed its name to Maverick Synfuels to reflect the company’s growth strategy for producing synthetic fuels and chemicals from low-value feedstocks and waste streams. Maverick builds modular production platforms based on unique combinations of thermochemical and methanol synthesis technology. Maverick’s modular plants can be deployed in oil fields, dairy farms and landfills…