Company initiatives
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Solazyme partners with Sasol on erucic algal oils
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The oleochemical industry is definitely getting more and more interesting as erucic acid (C22:1), traditionally sourced from high erucic rapeseed oils (HERO), can now be sourced from algal oils as is the case with Solazyme’s recent announcement. I remember the…
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Rice hulls-reinforced plastic in Ford trucks
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Ford is using plastic reinforced with rice hulls – a byproduct of rice grain – in an electrical harness in its 2014 F-150 truck model. The company will need at least 45,000 pounds of hulls in the first year. The rice…
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Cleaning industry releases sustainability report
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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released its 2013 Sustainability Report which shows overall decreases by member companies in four environmental metric data points: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste generation. Data spanned all three reporting years…
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Gevo updates bio-isobutanol production plans
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Earnings season is in full force for the next week or so, and unfortunately (or maybe fortunately??) I will be on vacation with no internet connection starting this Sunday. By the way, it was a pleasure talking with OPX Biotechnology…
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Codexis battles with Dyadic on enzymes
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Codexis has received notice from Dyadic International alleging that Codexis is in breach under a license agreement established by the companies on November 14, 2008. According to the notice, Dyadic intends to terminate the agreement in 60 days if the…
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INEOS Bio ships cellulosic ethanol
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INEOS Bio’s recent announcement of its cellulosic ethanol production at its Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida, has created a big buzz in the biofuels sector. INEOS Bio said their first ethanol shipments will be released this month….
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BioAmber Interview at NYSE
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Before I start with this post, I just wanted to say thank you for those companies who have already subscribed to Tecnon Orbichem’s new Bio-Materials & Intermediates service! We are thrilled to have very many positive response within a short…