Press Release
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Innovia Films’ cellulose polymer in tea sachets
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Innovia Films’ compostable cellulose-based material, NatureFlex™ NVR, has been chosen by French company, Les Jardins de Gaïa to pack its range of organic teas in individual sachets. The converter in this application is leading German-based tea packer TPS from Soltau. The…
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Solazyme launches new anti-aging algal oil
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Solazyme has launched a new anti-aging serum product under its anti-aging skin care brand Algenist. The serum Advanced Anti-Aging Repairing Oil, which features Solazyme’s microalgae oil enriched with oleic acid, is now available internationally on store shelves at Sephora, JCPenney,…
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Amyris to get $60m funding from Temasek
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Amyris has entered a deal for the sale of convertible notes in a private placement for up to $60 million in cash proceeds. Amyris’s largest stockholders, Temasek, agreed to purchase $35 million of the notes in an initial tranche and, at…
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Rice hulls-reinforced plastic in Ford trucks
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Ford is using plastic reinforced with rice hulls – a byproduct of rice grain – in an electrical harness in its 2014 F-150 truck model. The company will need at least 45,000 pounds of hulls in the first year. The rice…
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Cleaning industry releases sustainability report
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The American Cleaning Institute (ACI) released its 2013 Sustainability Report which shows overall decreases by member companies in four environmental metric data points: energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, water use and solid waste generation. Data spanned all three reporting years…
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Gevo starts second million-liter fermenter
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Gevo said it has brought its second million liter fermenter and GIFT® system online at its Luverne, Minn. facility. The GIFT® system separates the isobutanol from the fermentation broth. The company plans to bring the final fermenters and GIFT® system online…
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ZeaChem cellulosic ethanol RINs registered
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ZeaChem announced that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) confirmed the successful registration of ZeaChem’s demonstration biorefinery in Boardman, Ore., to generate cellulosic biofuel RINs. The EPA Fuels Programs Registered Company/Facility ID List has been updated accordingly with ZeaChem’s biorefinery…