Products
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BASF and the bubbling bio-surfactants market
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Happy Monday morning! There are a couple of company announcements that I’ve heard on the bio-surfactants market but we’ll focus on this recent announcement from BASF who is very familiar with this market given its broad range of oleochemical-based surfactant…
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Forestry Products Market Update
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Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter recently published an update from major pine chemicals producers Kraton and Ingevity, as well as covering a company announcement from Fintoil. You can now access this information for free on this link below: Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials…
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Opportunities in fiber-based food packaging
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As my colleague from Fisher International, Pirita Huotari, pointed out on her recent blog post, ‘Is Fiber-Based Food Packaging a New Golden Opportunity for Specialty Papers?’, several major food corporations like McDonalds are making the commitment to transition to 100%…
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KFC Canada Testing Compostable Cutlery
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO OUR US BLOG FOLLOWERS! (and belated to our Canadian subscribers!) In honor of chickens who are being spared from today’s national US holiday (sorry turkeys…), I came across this interesting news from KFC Canada that it will…
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Calling all startups: Enter the KAITEKI Challenge
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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation (MCHC) and Greentown Labs, the largest climate tech startup incubator in North America, are now accepting applications for the KAITEKI Challenge, the latest iteration of the Greentown Launch corporate partnership accelerator program. Greentown Labs and MCHC…
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E-commerce: A high-growth channel for renewable chems sales
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This is very interesting news and maybe could become a trend in US chemical sales going forward (just like Alibaba in China). Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) Renewable Chemicals business announced that it is significantly expanding its pool of prospective customers…
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Bolt Threads’ Partners Introduce Mylo™
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California-based biotechnology company, Bolt Threads announced the creation of a consortium with iconic global companies – including adidas, Kering, lululemon, and Stella McCartney – who have secured exclusive access to its innovative material, Mylo™ made from infinitely renewable mycelium –…