Press Release
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Darling International to acquire Rothsay Rendering
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Animal fats producer Darling International plans to acquire all of the assets of animal by-products recycler Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods Inc. for approximately CAD $645 million in cash. Rothsay processes raw materials into finished products of fats…
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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…