R&D
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Avantium in FDCA deal; releases 2030 Sustainability Plan
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Avantium announced on February 9 that its subsidiary, Avantium Renewable Polymers, signed a patent license agreement with Eastman Chemical Company for the right to operate under Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio. Now the press release just really contains three paragraphs but…
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US DOE Releases Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the Plastics Innovation Challenge Draft Roadmap and a request for information (RFI) seeking stakeholder input on the Draft Roadmap. Announced in November 2019, the Plastics Innovation Challenge is a comprehensive program to accelerate…
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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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Calling Startups to join the Carbon-to-Value Initiative
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Urban Future Lab, New Yor City’s leading cleantech incubator has partnered with Greentown Labs and Fraunhofer USA to launch ‘Carbon to Value (C2V)’ initiative, a multi-year multi-stakeholder program aiming a building the carbon tech ecosystem. Application is now open for…
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More R&D Activities Open Up Lignin’s Feedstock Potential
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Lignin is expected to play a significant role as a new chemical feedstock particularly in the formation of supramolecular materials and aromatic chemicals. Lignin is a complex plant-derived macromolecule found in the cell walls of almost all dry plants. It…
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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…