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Bio-PP and isoprene news

Happy 1st of May! This month, I will attend the ICIS World Surfactants Conference in Jersey City (4-5 May) and the Renewable Materials Conference in Siegburg/Cologne (23-25 May), so I hope to gather new information and of course, do some networking and interviews. The information I want to share on this post is an interesting … Continue reading »

Solvay collaborates with Ginkgo Bioworks

This is a piece of interesting news from Solvay  on the recent announcement of its collaboration with synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks on the development of sustainable biopolymers as well as other specialty chemicals and materials that can be used from home and personal care to agriculture and food. As part of this partnership, Solvay … Continue reading »

Givaudan acquires Amyris’ cosmetics ingredients portfolio

Swiss-based flavours and fragrances (F&F) powerhouse Givaudan announced last month its plan to acquire certain cosmetic ingredients from synthetic biotech company Amyris, including a high-performance emollient Neossance® Squalane, the plant-based silicone alternative Neossance® Hemisqualane and CleanScreen™, a sun protector ingredient. This is an interesting development, given that Amyris currently sells several skincare products that use … Continue reading »

Gucci to establish “Circular Made in Italy”

I’ve always been advocating on the blog about luxury brands taking the lead to test the waters in using renewable chemicals, ingredients, materials and packaging, especially since they can easily afford to pay high premiums for low-volume, sustainable products. Gucci has long been doing this, as far as I recall. I reported on a blog … Continue reading »

Bio-BDO and Succinic Acid Updates

My schedule this October is so tight, but I need to squeeze in these two announcements because it’s rare these days to receive information on bio-based succinic acid and bio-based 1,4-butanediol (BDO). This brief news a month ago about TechnipEnergies acquiring DSM’s Biosuccinium® technology is very interesting to me, given that is currently the only … Continue reading »

UPM gears up for bio-MEG commercialization

UPM Biochemicals is gearing up for its incoming wood-based glycols production in Leuna, Germany, which is expected to be operational by the end of 2023 and ramping up to its full  220 ktpa biorefinery capacity by 2024. The main products that will be produced from the biorefinery are Bio-MEG (monoethylene glycol), bio-MPG (monopropylene glycol), renewable … Continue reading »

Louis Vuitton launches renewable sneakers

I saw this post from Biofuel Digest about Louis Vuitton’s new limited edition Charlie sneakers for men ($2324 available starting 19th July). According to the article, most of the shoe’s outsole is made from recycled polyurethane, while corn-based bioplastic is incorporated into the upper. Shoelaces are made from waste plastic, and packaging is paper-based with … Continue reading »

Amyris starts fermentation plant in Brazil

I have not covered Amyris as much as I would like to in the past few years as the company is more focused on highly-specialised chemicals compared to the products I typically cover for Tecnon OrbiChem’s monthly Bio-Materials report. However, it is interesting to hear that the company has finally started its new precision fermentation … Continue reading »

Solvay launches Renewable Materials and Biotech Growth Platform

Solvay recently announced the launch of its new Renewable Materials and Biotechnology platform, dedicated to developing innovative and sustainable solutions for a range of markets, using renewable feedstocks and biotechnology. I’ve covered Solvay once in a while and I also remember its collaboration (via Rhodia) on bio-based n-butanol with Brazil-based Granbio. Back in 2015, the … Continue reading »

PepsiCo sets 2030 virgin fossil-free plastic goal

This announcement from PepsiCo Europe is just one of the growing list of well-known consumer brands looking to reduce or eliminate future use of virgin fossil-based plastic in their product packaging. The company says it plans to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastic in all its crisp and chip bags by 2030. This will apply to brands … Continue reading »

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