15 February 201611 February 2016 US Energy Department Announces $11.3 Million Available for Mega-Bio: Bioproducts to Enable Biofuels Funding opportunity to identify R&D projects that propose a conversion pathway that may flexibly produce bioproducts and biofuels
2016 Time to Double-down on Renewable Chemicals For all of 2015’s turbulence in the renewable chemical sector, in one area – US government policy – the industry saw marked progress
German Pellets: Staatsanwaltschaft ermittelt gegen den Chef Insolvenz des größten deutschen Pelletherstellers gerät zum Desaster
Methanotrophs technology on the rise Calysta announced the formation of Methanotroph.org, a research community and a web source for methanotroph information
Pharmapack 2016: green pharmaceutical packaging Eco-friendly sugarcane as a substitute for PE and PET
Pharmapack 2016: Pharmaprodukte umweltfreundlich verpacken Pharmazeutische Kunststoffbehälter aus Zuckerrohr als Ersatz für PE und PET
FKuR: Kooperation mit Oerlemans Plastics und BK Pac – Biokunststoffe für nachhaltige Lebensmittelverpackungen Künftiger Nachschub von Braskem's Green PE gesichert
Mitsui & Co. Invests Additional $CDN25 Million in BioAmber Sarnia Joint Venture to provide dedicated resources alongside BioAmber's commercial team
12 February 201610 February 2016 29 New Industrial Products Open New Markets for Soy Farmer-funded projects drive innovations in soy chemistry
Bio-Based Solvent Technology “Muck Daddy” Named Official Hand Cleaner of Pirelli World Challenge Muck Daddy is based on Amyris’s proprietary Myralene 10 solvent
‘Big companies driving the sustainability agenda’ Big industry players are making progress where governments are frequently setting unreachable targets
Contitech: Löwenzahn-Kautschuk im Motorlager Forscherverbund findet Alternative zum herkömmlichen Kautschuk
Bioplastics application among winners 2016 European Plastics Innovation Awards DSM Engineering Plastics won the trophy for a mountaineering shoe's edging chassis
Tetra Pak expects to deliver more than 100 million fully renewable packages in 2016 World’s first package made entirely from plant based materials has gained popularity among scandinavian consumers
Künstliche Biofilme für ressourcenschonende Biotechnologie Mikroorganismen sollen künftig maßgeschneiderte Biokomposite ermöglichen
11 February 201610 February 2016 Nurel invests in new biopolymer facility INZEA product line offers a wide range of 100% biodegradable and partially biobased biopolymers
Biotex Aligned Flax Tapes Designed for Maximum Performance and Minimum Cost New tapes offering significantly improved performance at a lower cost
Neues Elektrolyseprojekt macht Power-to-Gas wirtschaftlich Alkalischer Wasserelektrolyseur soll wirtschaftliche Herstellung von CO2-neutralem Wasserstoff demonstrieren und Stromspeicherung ermöglichen
KaiCell Fibers launches advanced wood fibre venture in Finland New biorefinery mill concept to house several downstream operators drawing on wood as primary raw material
Amyris Launches Pathways Program Low-cost, low-risk opportunity to access Amyris’s synthetic biology technology
Neuer Biotreibstoff für eine umweltfreundlichere zivile Luftfahrt Große Fluggesellschaften wie Lufthansa, SAS und KLM wollen Treibstoff aus Leindotteröl beziehen
Biobasierte Innovationen im grenzübergreifenden Projekt umsetzen Chance für KMU, Arbeiten durchzuführen und Innovationen zu entwickeln, die sonst aufgrund beschränkter finanzieller Möglichkeiten nicht realisierbar wären
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Forscher machen Eichenblatt zur Öko-Batterie Natrium ersetzt herkömmlich verwendetes Lithium als Ladungsträger
DYKA premieres world’s first plastic pipe system from renewably-sourced plant-based material Novel bioplastic piping system to be introduced in the Dutch and Belgian market in spring 2016
Nahrung & Rohstoff: Nylonstrümpfe und Plastikflaschen aus Chicorée-Salat-Abfällen Qualitätsprodukte aus Abfall der Lebensmittelproduktion: Wissenschaftler der Universität Hohenheim gewinnen Basis-Chemikalien für Chemie-Industrie aus Wurzelrübe des Chicorée
Dünger aus der Kokerei ThyssenKrupp und TU Berlin entwickeln neues Verfahren zur umweltschonenden Verwertung von Prozessgasen
Finns continue to have more confidence in forest sector New poll to show: Finns’ attitudes towards forestry issues differ significantly from the rest of Europe
9 February 201615 February 2018 An unusual new series of events starts in-depth discussions on issues of the future of the bioeconomy Industry, associations, policy and civil society are invited to get together with leading experts
Eine neue Veranstaltungsreihe schafft Raum für Expertengespräche über Zukunftsthemen der Bioökonomie Interessierte Experten aus Industrie, Verbänden, Politik und Zivilsektor sind dazu eingeladen ihre Themen eingehend zu diskutieren
Gevo Signs Licensing and Joint Development Agreements With Porta Targeting the construction of at least four isobutanol plants in Argentina; first plant to be wholly owned by Porta, with a targeted production capacity of up to 5 million gallons per year
Turning air into fuel: USC scientists convert carbon dioxide into methanol “We need to learn to manage carbon. That is the future.”
Anna Rath, NexSteppe: “Outside of Brazil, EU has the most favorable policy for the bioeconomy.” Company to produce feedstocks tailored for biobased industries
Henkel enables 3D printed façade in Amsterdam Individual elements manufactured by Henkel with hot melt adhesives based on renewable raw materials
Recyclable bio based composites for automotive industry and sliver from reprocessed carbon staple fibres for lightweight structures – STFI presents innovations during JEC World Composites Show in Paris Project BIOFIBROCAR to use modified PLA fibres in car interior
Kompostierfähige Composites für die Automobilinnenausstattung und carbonbasierte Sekundärrovings für den Leichtbau – STFI präsentiert Neuheiten auf der JEC World Composites Show in Paris Projekt BIOFIBROCAR setzt auf modifizierte PLA-Fasern für Autoinnenraum-Anwendungen
8 February 20161 March 2016 HOW TO SHAPE The Next Level of The European Bio-Based Economy? What Does the Concept of Bio-Based Economy Promise?
The safest and most sustainable electrical cable Prysmian expands Afumex Green line of cables with biopolyethylene by Braskem
Why University-Industry Collaborations in Biotechnology Matter Partnerships between universities and industry benefit consumers and society
Composites Germany – Results of 6th Composites Market Survey are available Level of satisfaction among participating companies was generally very high
Composites Germany: Ergebnis der 6. Composites-Markterhebung liegt vor Zufriedenheit bei den beteiligten Unternehmen überwiegend auf sehr hohem Niveau
If Jefferson was into 3D Printing: Hemp filament from 3Dom USA 3Dom USA introducing innovative way to make virtually anything from hemp
Croda achieves milestone in construction of Delaware renewable-surfactants plant New factory to produce ethylene oxide from bio-ethanol for the creation of new renewable surfactants
Improved harvest for small farms thanks to naturally cloned crops Natural cloning via seeds might enable the efficiency of such plants to be passed on unchanged
5 February 201629 January 2016 Are Biobased Products Clean and Safe? By Steve Hentges, special to The Digest
Metabolix to Relocate Corporate Headquarters to Woburn, Massachusetts in 2016 The new laboratory facilities will include a microbial fermentation lab and an expanded biopolymers applications development lab
PE bags and sacks demand to reach 37.9 million tons by 2022, forecast Ceresana Bioplastics and biodegradability gained more importance in recent years
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