Partnership
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Association, Company initiatives, Conference, Government, Investments, Partnership, Press Release, R&D, VideoSynthetic Biology – The next renewables frontier?
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Ok, so the title might be a bit misleading as I’ve been covering agbiotech for more than a decade and synthetic biology companies focusing on chemicals application since 2007 such as Genomatica, Amyris, Codexis, etc. However, it seems there are more and more interests these days on genome engineering tools for chemicals production as DNA synthesis…
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Global Bioenergies advances bio-isobutene commercialization
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Because I like posting videos, here’s one that was just published by France-based Global Bioenergies, which is currently building its new bio-isobutene demonstration plant at Leuna, a German petrochemical/refining complex. The first run on the demo plant is expected this autumn. Global Bioenergies also recently announced a EUR 9 million funding received under the Investissements…
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Amyris, CJ CheilJedang Partnership
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CJ CheilJedang has definitely been very busy this year in the bio-sphere. Amyris and South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang Corporation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support large-scale manufacturing of Amyris’s farnesene in existing CJ facilities. The arrangement described in the MOU would enable Amyris to utilize CJ’s manufacturing capacity while minimizing the capital…
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Green Biologics in distributor partnerships
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Still in my catching-up mode, this time with bio-based n-butanol developer, Green Biologics, which we have the pleasure of speaking with at BIO World Congress. The company recently announced partnerships with chemical distributors, Nexeo and Acme Hardesty for its bio-butanol and bio-acetone, which will soon be produced at its first commercial production facility in Little Falls,…
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Second gen bio-succinic acid coming soon
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Good afternoon here in sunny San Diego! Day 2 of the BIO World Congress in Industrial Biotechnology and our friends from Sustainability Consult sent us this news regarding BioAmber’s plans to soon use cellulosic high-purity dextrose for their bio-succinic acid in Sarnia, Canada, as well as other products (bio-BDO, bio-THF) in future planned facilities. BioAmber has…
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DuPont Tate & Lyle, BioAmber Launch Sampling Program at UTECH
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I am currently working on Tecnon OrbiChem’s March issue of Bio-Materials newsletter but I can’t pass up this opportunity to post this interesting announcement from DuPont Tate & Lyle and BioAmber on their efforts to jointly developed the market for bio-based polyols using DuPont’s bio-PDO (1,3 propanediol) and BioAmber’s bio-succinic acid. The two companies said they…
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BASF, Avantium plan FDCA JV
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BASF and Avantium announced today their intention to establish a joint venture for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), as well as marketing of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF), which is being touted as an alternative to PET but with better gas barrier properties and higher mechanical strength. For those who are not familiar with PET,…