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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…
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Green Biologics Acquires GreenFlame™ Brand, partners with Kroger
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Straight from Green Biologics’ press release….analysis on this development will be available later this month for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter subscribers. Green Biologics, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, has…
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Toray, Mitsui in cellulosic sugar JV in Thailand
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So here’s another news that I reported last month on Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter, and the trend I’ve been noticing for the past two years or so is really the increased focused on waste-based feedstock and commercialization of chemicals/materials out of…
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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…
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New rhamnolipid producer in town
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Dear blog readers, Unfortunately, I am still having several blog-IT issues and it might take a while to fix it (being a non-tech that I am). An “alternative fact” is that the Trump Administration is now shutting down environment-related blogging sites…
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LEAF opens new yeast facility and launches new product
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Leaf – Lesaffre Advanced Fermentations has inaugurated its the new Lesaffre Yeast Corporation drying facility in Headland, Alabama, last week, which is reportedly the company’s first yeast drying facility in the United States. The drying facility is located in Headland,…
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Are there green premium for bioplastics?
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Germany-based Nova Institute is currently conducting an ongoing number of surveys on green premium prices along the value chain of bio-based products on behalf of the European project BIOFOREVER. Green Premium is defined by the survey as “the additional price…