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Biopolymers Symposium 2014
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Brazilian Industrial Biotech Association (ABBI) launched
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Companies that include Amyris, BASF, BioChemtex, BP, Centro de Tecnologia Canavieira, Dow Chemical, DSM, DuPont, GranBio, Novozymes, Raizen and Rhodia have joined forces to form the Brazilian Industrial Biotechnology Association (Associação Brasileira de Biotecnologia Industrial or ABBI) with a primary…
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Q&A: Rivertop Renewables on Glucaric Acid
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Here’s another recent Q&A that I had, this time with Rivertop Renewables about their glucaric acid. The company recently raised $26 million from Cargill, First Green Partners and existing investors. Q: When will Rivertop start up its semi-works facility in…
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Q&A: AVA Biochem on 5-HMF
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I know there had been several press release that came out today but let me post some of my previous Q&A interviews first. This one is from AVA Biochem, manufacturer of 5-HMF (hydroxymethylfurfural). I’ve reported a market analysis of 5-HMF at…
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US renewable chemicals to gain from the New US Farm Bill
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I have been working on this since February but unfortunately travel and work has further delayed me from posting this. Tecnon OrbiChem’s April Bio-Materials issue just came out yesterday and now, I have a few days of blogging before becoming…
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PBIO 2013 Oleochemical presentation
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I have received so many requests for a full copy of my oleochemical presentation from last year’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils (PBIO) conference that I am posting it here in order for me to save 15MB of space per email every…
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British Airways commits to 50 ktpa biomass-based jet fuel supply
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The blog does not usually post much about biofuels but the technology involved in this project announcement is also associated with the developments of waste syngas-based chemicals. Yesterday, advanced biofuels technology developer, Solena Fuels, announced that it will build the world’s first facility,…