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Avantium in FDCA deal; releases 2030 Sustainability Plan
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 this is loaded news when you get the implication of a cost-economic production of FDCA … Continue reading
Protected: Q&A with AVA Biochem
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Updates on Top Value Added Chemicals from Biomass
The July Bio-materials newsletter and other deadlines that I have for Tecnon OrbiChem is done, so now I can get back to blogging. I do hope readers were able to see some of the compiled tweets that I posted from the recently-held BIO World Congress in Montreal. This Monday, I will be tweeting a bit on Jefferies’ Industrial … Continue reading
Levulinic acid commercialization expands
There were two recent press releases about levulinic acid that were just announced the past two weeks and it was an interesting coincidence that we just published a comprehensive chemical profile about levulinic acid in Tecnon OrbiChem’s February BioMaterials newsletter issue. For those who are not familiar with levulinic acid, it is a non-toxic organic … Continue reading
Q&A: AVA Biochem on 5-HMF
I know there had been several press release that came out today but let me post some of my previous Q&A interviews first. This one is from AVA Biochem, manufacturer of 5-HMF (hydroxymethylfurfural). I’ve reported a market analysis of 5-HMF at Tecnon OrbiChem’s April Bio-Materials & Intermediates issue, which also included this Q&A from AVA Biochem. … Continue reading