PET
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BASF, Avantium plan FDCA JV
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BASF and Avantium announced today their intention to establish a joint venture for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), as well as marketing of polyethylenefuranoate (PEF), which is being touted as an alternative to PET but with better gas barrier properties and higher mechanical strength. For those who are not familiar with PET,…
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Anellotech expands Suntory deal on bio-PET
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Bio-based aromatics developer, Anellotech, announced yesterday at INFOCAST’s Bio-Based Summit that it has entered the next phase of its strategic partnership with Japan-based Suntory Holdings Limited – one of the world’s leading consumer beverage companies with brands such as Orangina, Schweppes, Ribena, Lucozade, BRAND’s as well as major alcohol brands such as Yamazaki, Hibiki, Jim Beam,…
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Avantium, Mitsui in FDCA supply deal
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Avantium recently announced a signed agreement with Mitsui & Co. where Mitsui has been granted a right to purchase a sizeable volume of FDCA (2,5 furandicarboxylic acid) from Avantium’s planned commercial facility. Capacity, location and time lines are going to be announced in Q1 2016. Avantium is said to be in the preparation stage of the…
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Avantium partners with Tereos
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For years, major agribusinesses have been partnering (although more muted now in the US) with renewable chemical companies e.g. Bunge with Solazyme; ADM with its previous partnerships with Metabolix and recent investments in Rennovia; Cargill with its NatureWorks subsidiary and investments in Rivertop Renewables; palm plantation owner, Wilmar, with Elevance; and in Europe, Global Bioenergies has partnered…
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Coca-Cola produces 100% bio-based PET bottle
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The Coca-Cola Company launched last week the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant materials at the World Expo – Milan. I guess the question is if anybody is ready to invest in commercial production of bio-PX/PTA (the other component of PET bottle aside from bio-based monoethylene glycol) or even in FDCA, another bio-based…
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Avantium Raises €36M, ready for commercial-scale
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I still have several interviews from last month that I need to post and I’m also receiving recent press releases so please bear with me as I try to juggle work and blogging. Next week, I will be at the ACSGCI Green Chemistry & Engineering conference in Bethesda, Maryland. Follow my tweets at @Dgreenblogger #gcande…
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Gevo ships bio-PX to Toray
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Apologies for the sparse posts as I just finished this month’s Tecnon OrbiChem Bio-Materials newsletter, which was published yesterday. Here are the headlines for this month’s Bio-Materials newsletter: Ethylene/Polyethylene SABIC will produce renewable second generation PP and PE from waste fats and oils Glycols Acme Hardesty is now selling bio-based PEGs made from sugarcane bagasse Polyethylene…