Investments
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Beta Renewables starts cellulosic ethanol facility
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The momentum for commercial cellulosic ethanol facility start-ups is going strong and this one from Beta Renewables is considered a big one as the company opened its 25m gal/year (75m liters/year) cellulosic ethanol facility in Crescentino, Italy. The facility is…
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Butamax begins bio-butanol retrofit in Minnesota
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Bio-butanol technology company Butamax™ Advanced Biofuels LLC and ethanol producer Highwater Ethanol LLC have begun to retrofit Highwater’s ethanol plant in Lamberton, Minnesota for the production of bio-butanol. Butamax’s technology package will include the installation of novel corn oil separation technology. Butamax…
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Emery launches bio-polyols business
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Malaysia-based Emery Oleochemicals has established a new business unit called Eco-Friendly Polyols (EP) that will include its brands such as EMEROX® Renewable Polyols and InfiGreen® Recycle Polyols. Emery said the new business unit will offer innovative, sustainable polyols for use…
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NatureWorks picks Jacobs for Asia plant project
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Polylactic acid (PLA) producer NatureWorks has chosen engineering firm Jacobs to provide its services for NatureWorks’ new Ingeo ™ production plant in Southeast Asia. Thailand is currently NatureWorks’ preferred plant location for its second facility. Under the terms of the contract,…
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Verdezyne gets Malaysia’s BioNexus status
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Verdezyne has been awarded “BioNexus” status by Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp), an agency under the purview of the Malaysian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MOSTI). As part of its collaboration with BiotechCorp, Verdezyne expects to open a bio-based chemical…
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BASF to acquire enzymes biz Verenium
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Traditional chemical firms are more and more looking into biotechnology to expand their products and feedstock portfolio. There was the acquisition of Danisco by DuPont in 2011, DSM’s acquisition of Martek in late 2010, Lanxess investing in evocatal GmbH last…
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Green Biologics buys ethanol plant
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Commercialization of cellulosic n-butanol is bubbling near the surface as the Brazil-based partnership Granbio/Rhodia recently recently announced plans to build the world’s first biomass-based n-butanol plant in Brazil that will start in 2015, while UK-based Green Biologics announced yesterday its…