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CSIRO licenses Super High Oleic Safflower Oil
When I was a reporter at the previously titled Chemical Market Reporter (now known as ICIS Chemical Business), I used to cover several specialty oilseeds markets such as safflower, camelina, high erucic rapeseed, castor, lesquerella, hemp, etc. I also covered the developing genetically modified oilseeds back then such as high oleic soybeans and canola. Oilseeds … Continue reading
Twitter Live: ICIS World Surfactants Conference – Day 2
The surfactants market is a big potential opportunity for plant-based/biotech-based chemicals. Below are snippets of information based on several presentations at the World Surfactants conference held on 14-15 May in New Jersey, USA, organized by ICIS and co-produced by Neil A. Burns LLC. [DGreenblogger/icis-world-surfactants-conference-day-2″ target=”_blank”>View the story “ICIS World Surfactants Conference – Day 2” … Continue reading
Twitter Live: ICIS World Surfactants Conference – Day 1
The surfactants market is a big potential opportunity for plant-based/biotech-based chemicals. Below are snippets of information based on several presentations at the World Surfactants conference held on 14-15 May in New Jersey, USA, organized by ICIS and co-produced by Neil A. Burns LLC. [DGreenblogger/icis-world-surfactants-day-1-555af888586186ef56cd79d5″ target=”_blank”>View the story “ICIS World Surfactants Conference – Day 1” … Continue reading
Twitter Live ACI 2015: Part 3
Twitter coverage of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention held in Orlando, Florida, USA on January 26-31, 2015 [DGreenblogger/twitter-live-aci-2015-part-3″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Twitter Live ACI 2015: Part 3” on Storify]
Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 2
Twitter coverage of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention held in Orlando, Florida, USA on January 26-31, 2015 [DGreenblogger/twitter-live-at-aci-2015-part-2″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 2” on Storify]
Cleaning industry emphasizes sustainability as top agenda
I do hope you recently read my Tecnon OrbiChem colleague, Philippa Davies’ recent article on the impact of low crude oil price on bio-based chemicals projects, with insights taken from her attendance this week at the ICDC Downstream Chemical Conference in India, which was jointly organized by Tecnon OrbiChem and Elite++. As for me, I … Continue reading
Attending this year’s ACI Meeting
Let’s talk about oleochemicals and biobased surfactants, industries that I have been covering for more than 14 years (and still trying to learn about it). If you want to know the global who’s who in these industries, there is no better conference in the US to attend than the annual American Cleaning Institute’s Meeting and … Continue reading
Solazyme, Unilever Signs Algal Oil Supply
Unilever has long been Solazyme’s development partner — five years to be exact — but I guess the company is now convinced that Solazyme can deliver the goods (tailored algal oil in this case) as it prepares for commercial production to start later this year at the 100 ktpa Solazyme Bunge Renewable Oils facility located … Continue reading
Elevance starts shipment from Indonesia biorefinery
Elevance Renewable Sciences and Wilmar International announced that they have begun shipping commercial products, including novel specialty chemicals, to customers worldwide from their first world-scale joint venture biorefinery located in Gresik, Indonesia, which started operations this year. The biorefinery, which has a capacity of 180 ktpy (400m lbs) and expandable to 360 ktpy, is Elevance’s … Continue reading