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Protected: Strong growth for bioplastics in 2020
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Stora Enso enters the FDCA market
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The market for furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is getting more traction with new players entering this space. Stora Enso announced on December 10 that it is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility to focus on developing a cost-competitive…
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VIDEO: Anellotech explains Bio-TCat technology
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Here’s another interesting video explaining Anellotech’s bio-based aromatics production technology called Bio-TCat. Last month, Anellotech announced the proven viability of its process after achieving commercially-targeted yields ints its TCat-8 pilot plant in Silsbee, Texas, during six months of continuous process…
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Avantium to build 5 ktpa FDCA, PEF flagship plant
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Avantium held its first Technology & Markets Day titled “Path to a fossil-free world” yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The management team provided an update on the strategy of Avantium and its technologies, including the strategy…
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BASF to exit from Synvina
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Bad news today as BASF notified Avantium of its exit from their Synvina joint venture effective 15 January 2019. Avantium said it continues to disagree with BASF’s interpretation of the joint venture agreement. I am not sure what exactly they…
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ADM, DuPont starts FDME pilot facility
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Just in time for my Biomaterials newsletter deadline, Archer Daniels Midland and DuPont Industrial Biosciences announced the opening of the world’s first biobased furan dicarboxylic methyl ester (FDME) pilot production facility in ADM’s Decatur, Illinois site. FDME is a building…
