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Helm signs off-take ethyl acetate supply with Greenyug
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Germany-based chemical distributor, Helm AG has signed an off-take agreement for the purchase and sale of bio-based ethyl acetate produced at Greenyug’s planned ethyl acetate facility in Columbus, Nebraska, which will be owned and operated by Greenyug’s subsidiary, Prairie Catalytic LLC. The production facility is going to be located next to Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM)…
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ADM enters glucaric acid production
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Johnson Matthey and Rennovia announced today that they have signed a license agreement with Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) to provide catalyst and process technology for catalytic production of bio-based glucaric acid. The licensed process, jointly developed between Johnson Matthey and Rennovia, combines the efficiency and selectivity of heterogeneous catalytic process technology with the use of…
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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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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 acquired the GreenFlame™ brand and the associated intellectual property. GreenFlame™ is a USDA BioPreferred® certified, natural,…
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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 those feedstock. Toray Industries announced last month that it has formed a joint venture company…
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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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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 based in the US. 🙂 In the meantime, I hope you were able to get…