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Association, Company initiatives, Conference, Feedstock, Investments, News Roundup, Partnership, Press ReleaseMethanotrophs technology on the rise
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Somebody asked me who are the companies developing the use of methanotrophs (bugs that can convert methane to fuels/chemicals). It has been interesting to see more and more companies on this space and last year September at the INFOCAST bio-based…
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Amyris launches Pathways Program
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Yes, it has been awhile since I last blogged but no apologies here as I had a good time off visiting my hometown in the Philippines the past two weeks (despite working on my newsletter while there as well). It’s…
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Anellotech expands Suntory deal on bio-PET
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Bio-based aromatics developer, Anellotech, announced yesterday at INFOCAST’s Bio-Based Summit that it has entered the next phase of its strategic partnership with Japan-based Suntory Holdings Limited – one of the world’s leading consumer beverage companies with brands such as Orangina, Schweppes,…
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Logos Technologies now selling bio-surfactants online
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The greenblogger is still officially on vacation but I am currently writing an article about bioplastics for the SPE’s Plastics Engineering magazine as well as preparing for INFOCAST’s Bio-based & Sustainable Products Summit in January 12-14, where I will be moderating…
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Cathay to expand bio-monomers and bio-polyamides capacity
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I have finally finished this month’s Bio-Materials newsletter for Tecnon OrbiChem and we have a very comprehensive 8-page Chemical Profile this month featuring 1,5 pentanediamine and polyamides 5,6, which was written by my boss (and chairman of Tecnon OrbiChem), Charles Fryer. He’s the…
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Solvay’s Epicerol® bags RSB certification
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Solvay’s subsidiary, Advanced Biochemical Thailand Co., Ltd. (ABT) has received certification from the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) for the production of Epicerol®, a bio-based building block for renewable chemicals and resins. The certificate covers the manufacture of bio-based epichlorohydrin…
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Dutch Consortium invests towards sustainable chemistry
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AkzoNobel, BASF, Shell, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Top Sector Chemistry, the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, Utrecht University, the Eindhoven University of Technology and Groningen University, have formed a consortium, known as the Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks…