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Amyris starts fermentation plant in Brazil
I have not covered Amyris as much as I would like to in the past few years as the company is more focused on highly-specialised chemicals compared to the products I typically cover for Tecnon OrbiChem’s monthly Bio-Materials report. However, it is interesting to hear that the company has finally started its new precision fermentation … Continue reading
IFF acquires DuPont’s Nutrition and Biosciences business
International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) announced yesterday its acquisition of DuPont’s Nutrition and Biosciences (N&B) business in a Reverse Morris Trust Transaction*. The deal values the combined company at $45.4 billion on an enterprise value basis, reflecting a value of $26.2 billion for the N&B business based on IFF’s share price as of 13 December … Continue reading
Solazyme changes name, abandons commodity chems and biofuel
It should not come as a shock that Solazyme is now fully rebranding itself as a food and nutrition ingredients producer after recent announcements of production restructuring and layoffs. The company released a statement today that it has renamed itself as “TerraVia” and will now exclusively focus on food, nutrition and specialty ingredients using its … Continue reading