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Amyris starts fermentation plant in Brazil
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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,…
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butanol, Company initiatives, Environment, Feedstock, Investments, Press Release, Products, R&D, RecycleSolvay launches Renewable Materials and Biotech Growth Platform
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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…
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PepsiCo sets 2030 virgin fossil-free plastic goal
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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…
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Happy Holidays from GCB
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I promised myself I won’t work and check any of my emails during my 2-week long holiday vacation (I don’t remember taking 2 successive weeks off for the past 4-5 years) but I always consider blogging as a personal hobby…
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lululemon invests in renewable materials
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US athletic apparel company lululemon Athletica Inc. has been very busy these past two months partnering all the way up in the company’s raw material supply chain. The company released its first Impact Agenda in October last year with a…
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Rising Commercialisation of Specialty High-Temperature Bio-based Polymers
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Last month, I wrote a special report for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter about polyimide and polyphthalamide (PPA), which are considered high-temperature specialty polymers. I am not quite familiar with these polymers but apparently, they can now be produced using renewable…
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Global Bioenergies launches long-lasting cosmetics
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Covering the renewable chemicals market, I’m always excited to try out consumer products that use chemical ingredients manufactured by start-up biotech companies that I’ve frequently covered in my reports. I’ve used Biossance skincare products by Amyris (which uses sugarcane-based squalene…