Press Release
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Bioplastics merger – Cardia Bioplastics, Stellar Films
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Australia-based Cardia Bioplastics has signed a proposed merger with Stellar Films Group, which manufactures film-based packaging catering to personal care, hygiene and medical product industries with facilities in Melbourne, Australia, and Port Klang, Malaysia. Under the proposed merger, Cardia Bioplastics…
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UPDATED: Iowa State University in glycerine-based adhesives R&D
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The world is again awash with glycerine this year because of growing biodiesel mandates from Southeast Asia and Argentina (not to mention biofuel tax incentives and mandates in the US). Throughout the years that the blog covered the oleochemical industry,…
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Pine chemicals updates
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In Europe, biochemicals company, SunPine is planning to construct a tall oil rosin production facility in Pitea, Sweden, and has contracted Neste Jacobs to perform EPCM (engineering, procurement and construction management) services. The facility is expected to be operational in…
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Global Bioenergies produces isobutene in pilot scale
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Global Bioenergies announces having successfully carried out the first isobutene production trial in its industrial pilot of Pomacle-Bazancourt. Delivered on the Pomacle-Bazancourt site in July, the industrial pilot installation has since been taken through a series of mechanical and functional validations. A production run…
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BioAmber’s Sarnia bio-succinic acid project on track
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BioAmber Inc., an industrial biotechnology company producing sustainable chemicals, recently announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Highlights included: Sarnia project continues to be on budget and scheduled for mechanical completion in early 2015 A 15 year…
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Verdezyne to build diacids plant in Malaysia
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Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, has reached an agreement with Bio-XCell Malaysia to construct Verdezyne’s first commercial-scale renewable chemicals manufacturing facility in Bio-XCell’s premier biotechnology and ecosystem park in Nusajaya, Iskandar, in southern Malaysia. Construction is scheduled…
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Solazyme, Versalis in Encapso™ Partnership
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Solazyme, Inc. and Versalis announced a partnership to expand the commercial use of Encapso™ – which is claimed to be the world’s first commercially-available, biodegradable encapsulated lubricant for drilling fluids. Part of a leading oil and gas company and operating…