4 April 20164 April 2016 Making Lignin Pay: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide The slides presented at the webinar on “Making Lignin Pay — Now, Soon, Never?”
Qiagen kauft Exiqon: Biotechkonzern setzt Expansionskurs fort Übernahmeangebot im Volumen von rund 100 Millionen Dollar für dänische Biotechfirma
QIAGEN to submit conditional voluntary takeover offer for shares of Exiqon A/S Transaction will expand leadership position in RNA technologies
1 April 201621 March 2016 Smaller, Cheaper Microbial Fuel Cells Turn Urine into Electricity A new design could help produce sustainable energy in developing countries
Solegear buys bioplastics unit from Ex-Tech U.S. Asset Acquisition Estimated to Represent Annualized Bioplastic Packaging Revenues of Over US$2 Million
Kleinwindanlage mit Naturfasern: Französischer Ingenieur arbeitet an nachhaltiger Stromerzeugung Prototyp soll bis zu 2000 Kilowattstunden pro Jahr produzieren
Aemetis acquires license from LanzaTech with California rights for advanced bioethanol First step will be an eight million gallon processing unit planned by the end of 2017
Naturfasern drängen aufs Carbon- und Glasfaser-Feld Nachwachsende Alternative kann Rohölschwund entgegensteuern
New Plastics Economy: circular, not yet biobased New report first sketches the importance of plastics for the economy and the magnitude of the problem caused by plastic waste
BIO-ON and ITALERI for a Eco-Sustainable Scale Modelling Companies unite to use Minerv PHA Supertoys in the toys and models of the future
DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products and BioAmber Launch New Sampling Program at UTECH NA New Polyol sampling program to accelerate the speed to market for bio-based solutions
31 March 201621 March 2016 Generating electricity with tomato waste Spoiled tomatoes can be used in a biological or microbial electrochemical cell
Haloalkaline Bioconversions for Methane Production from Microalgae Grown on Sunlight Trends in Biotechnology
Amyris Brotas Plant Sold Out for 2017-2020 Farnesene Volume Project for Dedicated Flavors & Fragrances Initiated
Die erste biologisch abbaubare Wasserflasche ist da Isländischer Student entwickelt kompostierbare Flasche aus Algen
Biodegradable algae water bottles provide a green alternative to plastic Icelandic product designer Ari Jónsson fashioning a compostable plastic bottle
Aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen: Toyota-Studie Setsuna Holz-Roadster in der Technik allerdings auf neuestem Stand
Compostable coffee cups present solution to single-use cups in foodservice environments Vegware setting up new trade waste routes all around the UK for compostable packaging and food waste
ORNL researchers invent tougher plastic with 50 percent renewable content New recyclable thermoplastic with lignin can be melted three times and still perform well
30 March 201617 March 2016 AERT sales up for composite wood decks As AERT’s biggest customer, Lowe’s represented about 40 percent of sales in 2015
Uni Bonn entwickelt Hochleistungsdämmstoff Agrarforscher nutzen das Großgras Miscanthus als Basis. Bundesministerium fördert Projekt mit 1,1 Millionen Euro
Solar fuels: a refined protective layer for the “artificial leaf” Helmholtz researchers developing conductive and stable polymeric protective nanolayers
Solare Brennstoffe: Raffinierte Schutzschicht für das „Künstliche Blatt” Helmholtz-Forscher entwickeln leitfähige und hochstabile Nano-Polymerstruktur
DIN CERTCO first certification body to include newest French compostability standard Extension of home compostable certifications with the French Standard NF T 51-800
Zertifizierung gartenkompostierbarer Produkte nun auch nach der französischen Norm NF T 51-800 Neue Spezifikationen für heimkompostierbare Kunststoffe
Neol Bio: waste to green chemicals New Spanisch Start-up company to produce high value oils from a wide range of biomass waste
Cars: Design’s Love Affair with New Materials Several car manufacturers to develop and use eco-friendly materials, trying new ones, either bio-based or recycled
Ad Smolders Joins Reverdia As Operations Director DSM-Expert to lead Reverdia’s operations to manufacturing low pH yeast plants technology
A day for start-ups to get valued information for their business, 7 April 2016, Cologne Start-ups meet finance experts at the Bio-based Start-up Day
Stora Enso invests 63 million euro to improve competitiveness in strategic growth areas The investment is expected to be completed in mid-2017
AVA-CO2’s move to replace formaldehyde shows the endurin’ allure in furans It might be the hottest race going on in renewable chemicals right now
Explosive growth: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to Nanocellulose and its applications Excerpt of American Process Senior VP Kim Nelson's great overview, recently hold at the BDC meeting
Successful start of the new conference series “Industrial Biotechnology Forum” in Munich Start of the conference series attracted high number of interested scientists from academy and industry, political representatives
Erfolgreicher Start des „Industrial Biotechnology Forum“ Auftaktveranstaltung in München zog Rang und Namen an
Deinove and Arbiom join forces to develop a “carbon-free” chemical industry Companies to produce biofuels and bio-based chemicals by using Deinococcus bacteria
Bio-Urne: Bäume wachsen aus der Asche Verstorbener Weltweit erstes Bestattungssystem, das die Asche unserer Lieben in Bäume wachsen lässt
Report quantifies employment, turnover impacts of EU bioeconomy According to BIC, some sectors, such as the forest-based industry, are fully biobased and thus fully accounted to the bioeconomy
Is it the perfect energy solution? Where solar, carbon capture and bio collide We probably have a while to wait for true biobatteries, that use renewable energy, CO2 and water
Corbion’s product and applications development lab: firing on all cylinders Corbion opens advanced R&D and applications laboratory in the Netherlands
24 March 201618 March 2016 Biosynthesis of N-Acetylneuraminic acid {NeuNAc, NANA) from the renewable ressource chitin using Trichoderma reesei as whole-cell biocatalyst New process combines the advantage of a single-step process and using the cheap and renewable substrate chitin
From biomass to dispersions: For the first time BASF produces binders for interior paints based on the mass balance process New interior paints combine environmental responsibility with premium quality
Von Biomasse zu Dispersionen: BASF stellt erstmals Bindemittel für Innenfarben nach dem Massenbilanz-Verfahren her Neue Innenfarben vereinen Umweltverantwortung und Premiumqualität
Multilayer-Papiertüte als Alternative zur Plastiktüte entwickelt Faserverstärkte Papiertüte könnte Plastiktüte als Einkaufshilfe ersetzen
Typhaplatten: Biologisch abbaubar und überraschend stabil Pflanzenplatten aus Rohrkolben überzeugten auch schon Fraunhofer Forscher
Cultivating a Bio-Based Future in India National bioethanol mandate to revitalize struggling rural economies and address urban pollution concerns
Newsflash: Seedling Guidelines Handout EUBP Guidelindes for the use of the Seedling Logo available online
WaterWorks: Bekanntmachung zur nachhaltigen Wasserwirtschaft BMEL beteiligt sich mit dem „Förderprogramm Nachwachsende Rohstoffe“ am Forschungsnetzwerk (ERA-NET) zur nachhaltigen Wasserwirtschaft
WaterWorks: Stepping up EU research and innovation cooperation in the water area 2016 Joint Call on "Sustainable management of water resources in agriculture, forestry and freshwater aquaculture sectors"
