glucaric acid

  • What Renewable Chemistry Can Learn from the Karate Kid

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    What Renewable Chemistry Can Learn From the Karate Kid By Mike Knauf, CEO, Rivertop Renewables The era of renewable chemistry is here: consumers have demanded it, manufacturers have embraced it and Congress is updating regulations to reflect the influx of new chemicals. That said, bio-based chemical companies still must deliver products that compete on price…

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    Rivertop starts commercial glucarates production

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    Montana, US-based Rivertop Renewables recently announced the start-up of commercial manufacturing of the company’s glucarate-based products through its partnership with DTI, a custom manufacturer of fine and specialty chemical products based in Danville, Virginia. Rivertop said this will be the first of several planned production facilities for its patented technology.  With successful commissioning and initial…

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    Rivertop launches glucaric-based water treatment ingredients

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    Rivertop Renewables, a Montana-based novel chemicals company, launched Waterline™ corrosion inhibitors and chelating agents, a new family of cost-effective, high performance and sustainable chemicals designed to be integrated with products in the water treatment industry. The new products are high performance, low-cost alternatives to phosphate-based options in water treatment formulations. According to Rivertop Renewables, the…

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    Rennovia, Johnson Matthey in catalyst R&D

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    Specialty renewable chemicals developer, Rennovia Inc., has entered a joint development agreement with engineering and process technology firm, Johnson Matthey, for the co-development and manufacture of catalysts to be used in the scale-up and commercialization of Rennovia’s process for the production of bio-based glucaric acid and adipic acid. This agreement, for the co-development and manufacture of catalysts, builds upon…

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    Rivertop starts construction of first commercial plant

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    Montana, US-based specialty chemicals company, Rivertop Renewables has begun construction of its first commercial plant, located at DanChem Technologies, Inc.’s (DTI) facility in Danville, Virginia. DTI, a custom manufacturer of fine and specialty chemical products, is expected to begin production of Rivertop’s sugar-based glucaric acid-derived products beginning in the summer of 2015. At full capacity,…

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    Q&A: Rivertop Renewables on Glucaric Acid

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    Here’s another recent Q&A that I had, this time with Rivertop Renewables about their glucaric acid.  The company recently raised $26 million from Cargill, First Green Partners and existing investors. Q: When will Rivertop start up its semi-works facility in Missoula? What products will be produced in this facility? What is the capacity of this…

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    Rivertop bags $26m funding from Cargill, First Green Partners

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    Rivertop Renewables, a Montana-based producer of novel chemicals derived from natural plant sugars, has raised $26 million from Cargill, First Green Partners and existing investors. Rivertop will leverage these funds and an existing manufacturing relationship to produce market development quantities of salts of glucaric acid for select customers. In addition, the company will complete construction and…