Press Release
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Making vanillin from wood pulp lignin
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Researchers from the University Putra Malaysia say they’ve discovered an environmentally-friendly way to oxidise lignin — sourced from a local saw mill that processed rubber trees — into vanillin that has the potential to change the economics of vanillin synthesis. Their…
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Lanxess invests in enzymes
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Enzymes technology developer evocatal GmbH has completed a Series B financing round with new investors NRW.BANK and LANXESS as well as existing investors also taking part on the recent financing. The investments from this round of financing will be used to…
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Novel cellulose structure to lower feedstock costs
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Researchers from Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) are investigating the unique properties of crystalline cellulose nanofibers to develop novel chemical pretreatments and designer enzymes for biofuel production from cellulosic—or non-food—plant derived biomass.Novel…
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Amyris, Total Successful Demo Flight
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Amyris and Total announced today a successful demonstration flight at the Paris Air Show using renewable fuel produced via engineered microorganisms that convert plant sugars into Amyris’ Biofene®. The companies expect the fuel to be commercially available as early as…
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UPM, Ashland collaborates on UPM Biofibrils technology
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UPM and Ashland Inc. have entered into a cooperative agreement to develop and commercialize products containing UPM’s Biofibrils technology — micro and nanofibrillated cellulose products that can be used for shaping materials and giving them new characteristics. In the biofibrils collaboration…
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Gevo resumes bio-isobutanol production
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GEVO has resumed commercial production of isobutanol at its Luverne, Minn. plant. The company is currently operating a single production train but plans on bringing all its fermenters and Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology® (GIFT®) systems online in the third and fourth…
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Myriant produces on-spec bio-succinic acid
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Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced today the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec commercial product at the plant and the Company anticipates that customer shipments will…