Amyris, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, announced that its farnesene plant in Brazil has achieved the production run rate of 1 million liters over a 45-day period. Amyris's Chief Executive Officer John Melo will speak ...
A companywide campaign to curb emissions, reduce energy use and decrease water consumption is showing early results at Archer Daniels Midland Company, according to the company’s newly released Corporate Responsibility report. ...
Tags: water consumption, ADM
Verdezyne, Inc., a privately-held industrial biotechnology company focused on producing renewable chemicals, has been awarded “BioNexus” status by Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp), it was announced at the ...
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Carlsbad, Calif.-based Verdezyne, a developer of renewable nylon fiber and biobased chemicals, has been granted BioNexus status by Malaysian Biotechnology Corp. (BiotechCorp), Malaysia's primary biobased industry development agency. ...
Tags: Textile, nylon fiber
SCD-iBIO, an industrial biotechnology group associated with the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA), announced that DSM's vice president of bio-based chemicals and materials, Dr. Marcel Lubben, will be the keynote ...
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The South Dakota School of Mines & Technology will participate in a three-year, $6 million National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored consortium to address strategic national security priorities. The goal of the collaborative effort is ...
Tags: Renewable Chemicals, Mines
Gevo, Inc. announced that Greg Roda has joined the company as Chief Commercial Officer. In this role, Roda will be responsible for all business development activities for the Company. "Greg's background is ideally suited to leading ...
Tags: Bio-Industry, Gevo
Renewable chemicals and biofuels company Gevo has opened its demonstration-scale plant in Silsbee, Texas, US, backed by Coca-Cola and Toray Industries to manufacture renewable plastic component Paraxylene. The company is working with The ...
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Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), input and technology supplier CIC and chemical manufacturer Chemanex have joined forces to produce food packaging polymers. The companies have formed a new joint venture (JV), Chemcel that will construct and ...
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Unites States Senator Michael Bennet of Colorado toured and met with Gevo, Inc. to discuss the importance of renewable fuels and chemicals for Colorado and the U.S. economy. Senator Bennet met with Gevo executives including chief ...
Tags: Renewable Fuels, Chemicals
GIA released a comprehensive global report on Renewable Chemicals markets. Global market for Renewable Chemicals is projected to reach $66.1 billion by 2018, driven by spiraling petroleum prices, rising demand for eco-friendly products and ...
Tags: Renewable Chemicals, Chemicals, Construction
GranBio, a Brazilian biotechnology company, and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, have signed an agreement to create a partnership to produce bio n-butanol. Bio n-butanol is made from sugar cane straw and bagasse, the same raw material that ...
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The Qualifying Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act of 2013 has been introduced by the new legislation to reduce taxes for producers of renewable chemicals in the US. The act also provides the renewable chemical producers with ...
Myriant Corporation, a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful start-up at its flagship bio-succinic acid plant located in Lake Providence, Louisiana. Myriant has produced on-spec commercial product at the plant and the ...
Tags: Myriant, Bio-Succinic Acid Plant, Flagship
Avantium, a renewable chemicals company, and plastic converter specialist Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner have announced a joint development agreement for the development of PEF (polyethylene furanoate) bottles After The Coca-Cola Company and ...
Tags: PEF Bottles, Plastic Converter, Coca-Cola