Partnership
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Dutch biomass sugar partnership formed
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More cellulosic sugar partnerships are taking place, and this one is in Europe. Avantium announced a partnership with AkzoNobel, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer for the development of a reference biorefinery plant at the Chemie Park Delfzijl, which will be based on a new technology that has been developed by Avantium. This Zambezi process aims…
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Mazda uses isosorbide-based engineering plastics
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We just published our first Biomaterials newsletter for the year and it’s a whopping 60 pages (yikes!). For our Tecnon OrbiChem subscribers, I hope you have the entire February to scan through the newsletter. One of the news we included is Mitsubishi Chemical’s announcement of the incorporation of its Durabio isosorbide-based engineering plastics on the…
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Cargill, Calysta to build gas fermentation facility
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Cargill and Calysta, Inc., along with several third-party institutions, plan to invest in reportedly the world’s largest gas fermentation facility in Memphis, Tenn. to produce Calysta’s FeedKind® protein, a family of sustainable, traceable nutritional ingredients for fish, livestock and pets. The new venture plans to build and operate this facility on Cargill’s 69-acre property on President’s…
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Leaf Resources, Novozymes in biomass-to-sugars collaboration
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Unfortunately, I’m having a not-so Chrismassy holiday break in the hospital being poked and prodded the past week so all I can do for now is blog a bit with some cutting and pasting on my mobile app. Here’s a recent one from Our Australian friends Leaf Resources. The company has developed a patented biomass…
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Reverdia looks to China for collaboration
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Bio-succinic acid producer, Reverdia, had two recent press releases and both of them announcing collaborations in China. This week, Reverdia has signed a strategic partnership with Hangzhou Xinfu Science & Technology Co. Ltd (Xinfu) for a long-term supply agreement of Reverdia’s Biosuccinium for use in bio-based polymers and co-polymers for the packaging industry. Xinfu will…
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Corbion, Total in PLA JV
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A good news for Corbion as France-based energy company, Total, decided to join forces and formed a 50/50 JV with Corbion to produce and market PLA polymers. The JV will now handle the construction of a 75 ktpa PLA polymerization plant at Corbion’s site in Thailand, which already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit,…
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Metabolix, NC State on advanced crop techs
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Metabolix might be out of the PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) business now but we will still monitor this company from time to time as it expands its agbiotech business (and hopefully future feedstock for chemical application). This news announced the partnership of Metabolix and North Carolina State University for a worldwide, exclusive license agreement in advanced crop…