China
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Raises the Stakes in Biomanufacturing
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Biomanufacturing is moving deeper into China’s industrial policy base as indicated in the country’s recently-released 15th Five-Year Plan. The national 2026-2030 plan identifies biomanufacturing and advanced materials as priority areas for technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrading. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is also expected to issue a dedicated 15th Five-Year Biomanufacturing Development…
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US Biotech and National Security
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The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) has released a pivotal report highlighting the strategic importance of biotechnology to U.S. national security and expressing concern over China’s rapid advancements in this sector. The report underscores that the United States, historically a leader in biotechnology, is now at risk of falling behind in critical areas…
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thyssenkrup to build 2nd PLA plant in China
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thyssenkrupp actually announced this news earlier than the recent announcements from NatureWorks and Total Corbion PLA but we’re definitely seeing a theme here on PLA capacity expansions worldwide. According to thyssenkrupp, its plant engineering business recently won another order to build a bioplastics plant based on its patented PLAneo® technology. The new facility will be…
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Cathay to expand bio-monomers and bio-polyamides capacity
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I have finally finished this month’s Bio-Materials newsletter for Tecnon OrbiChem and we have a very comprehensive 8-page Chemical Profile this month featuring 1,5 pentanediamine and polyamides 5,6, which was written by my boss (and chairman of Tecnon OrbiChem), Charles Fryer. He’s the global guru of the polyamides/nylon markets and knows the industry and technology inside and out…
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DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol tech in China
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DuPont announced a licensing deal with Jilin Province New Tianlong Industry Co. Ltd. (NTL) for the use of DuPont’s cellulosic ethanol technology and its Accelerase enzymes for the production of renewable biofuel from leftover biomass on Jilin Province’s corn farms. This project aims to develop China’s largest cellulosic ethanol manufacturing plant to be located in…