Company initiatives
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Diamond Green Diesel lowers biodiesel output
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Diamond Green Diesel (DGD), Darling International’s biodiesel joint venture with Valero Energy Corporation, has announced lowered output at its recently started biodiesel facility in St. Charles, Louisiana to 5,000-7,000 bbl/day until mid-October. DGD is replacing a heat exchanger to improve…
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Unilever launches renewable chemicals research
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Unilever recently announced the launch of a research project with the University of Liverpool to develop biomass-based renewable chemicals such as surfactants and polymers for use in the manufacture of Unilever’s home and personal care product ranges. The three-year project…
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Government of Canada Invests in BioAmber
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BioAmber’s new $110m bio-based succinic acid plant will receive a C$12 million investment from the Canadian Government through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) to support its construction in Sarnia. The plant is expected to create…
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SC Johnson extends Rwanda Pyrethrum program
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SC Johnson, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and The Borlaug Institute for International Agriculture announced the extension of the Rwanda Pyrethrum Program, a Global Development Alliance (GDA) public-private partnership designed to help Rwanda pyrethrum farmers boost incomes while…
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ADM, CIC form bio-SAP JV
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The blog has constantly been monitoring the developments for biobased acrylic acid but this news from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has led the blog to look for more information on starch-based (or even collagen-based) superabsorbent polymers (SAPs). SAPs is one…
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Darling International to acquire Rothsay Rendering
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Animal fats producer Darling International plans to acquire all of the assets of animal by-products recycler Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. for approximately CAD $645 million in cash. Rothsay processes raw materials into finished products of fats…
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Innovia Films’ cellulose polymer in tea sachets
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Innovia Films’ compostable cellulose-based material, NatureFlex™ NVR, has been chosen by French company, Les Jardins de Gaïa to pack its range of organic teas in individual sachets. The converter in this application is leading German-based tea packer TPS from Soltau. The…