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8 August 20147 August 2014

Flexibel sein und ressourceneffizient produzieren

Erstes Kooperationsforum „Textil und Nachhaltigkeit“ der Bayern Innovativ GmbH am 17. Juli 2014 in Nürnberg präsentierte Nachhaltigkeitsstrategien und Best-Practice-Beispiele führender Unternehmen

Mining bacterial blueprints yields novel process for creation of fuel and chemical compounds

Promising compound has a variety of potential uses as a biological alternative

Neue Bioenergie-Leitfäden der FNR

Dachleitfaden Bioenergie und Leitfaden Feste Biobrennstoffe bieten Information und Entscheidungshilfe für die Planung von Bioenergieprojekten

HallStar expands organics portfolio with Florasolvs® natural esters acquisition

Specialty chemistry company acquires Florasolvs^® natural esters line from FloraTech

Metabolix, enters into private placement agreement with investors to raise $25 million in equity financing

Important first step to building a successful specialty materials business based on PHA biopolymers

Nexant launches Biorenewable Insights

New subscription program analyzes next-generation biorenewable technologies

Pflanzenzüchter beklagen komplexe EU-Verordnung

17 deutsche Pflanzenzucht-Unternehmen wehren sich mit einer Klage vor dem Europäischen Gericht (EuG) gegen die EU-Verordnung zur detaillierten Dokumentation von Züchtungsinformationen

7 August 20146 August 2014

ABB, Renewable Algal Energy collaborate to commercialize algae production for renewable fuels, nutraceuticals

ABB technology for control and efficiency of algae harvesting and conversion process; algae used for nutritional supplements, animal feed and fuel

From Genoa the Italian Bioeconomy opens to the world

IFIB conference to be held for the second year as a Euro-mediterranean congress

FKuR Plastics Corp. appoints Clariant Masterbatches as a distribution partner for its product lines in North America

Clariant to market, sell and distribute FKuR’s full line of biodegradable and biobased products

DBU zieht Bilanz für 2013: 280 Projekte mit 44,3 Millionen Euro

Biotechnologie: "Wichtiges Werkzeug des produktionsintegrierten Umweltschutzes"

Plant plastics reach for the stars

Researchers in Finland have transformed rice starch into a temporally stable, optically transparent, biodegradable plastic with a high degree of mechanical strength and good thermal resistance

Genomatica confirms nylon intermediates as third set of bio-based processes under development

Builds on extensive intellectual property and early results

6 August 201411 January 2018

iBIB2014/15 – The unique International Business Directory for Innovative Bio-based Materials is available now

Easy and direct access to products, services and experts of the bio-based economy worldwide

iBIB2014/15 – Der international einzigartige Branchenführer für innovative bio-basierte Materialien ist ab sofort verfügbar

Einfacher und direkter Zugang zu Produkten, Dienstleistungen und Experten der weltweiten bio-basierten Ökonomie

Can ISSC PLUS certification be misleading – if the bio-based share is not labelled too?

Comment by Michael Carus, nova-Institute

PE suppliers go after oxo-biodegradable technology in Mexico

Parliament had been asked to comment on a proposal by the commission to ban or tax free-issue shopper bags in the EU

Italy: An easier way to turn plant scraps to plastics

Vegetable waste opens opportunities for new bioplastics

Harnessing biotechnology for a more sustainable economy

Peder Holk Nielsen, president and CEO of Novozymes, speaking at the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF) 2014 in Copenhagen

Silk leaf maker says material could aid space journeys

Graduate builds living leaf from silk fibers and chloroplasts that produces oxygen

5 August 201420 October 2014

Efficient and eco-friendly polymerization of elastomers

List AG's Direct Devolatilization tecnology to reduce costs, processing time and plant footprint impact

UPM ProFi Deck composite decking chosen for sustainable building projects

ProFi Composite Deck plays role in international Solar Decathlon Competition

DOE Biomass 2014 Conference highlights Renewable Chemicals

Growing the Future Bioeconomy, focusing on innovative technologies, financing strategies, and public policies needed to grow the bioeconomy

Konzern Lesaffre kauft Biosprit-Pionier Butalco

Künftig eine Geschäftseinheit Lesaffre Advanced Fermentation (Leaf-) Technologies

Budapest hosts innovative training school on biorefining

Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister Schmidt besucht Fachagentur für Nachwachsende Rohstoffe in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

"Signalwirkung für die Bedeutung von nachwachsenden Rohstoffen"

More people means more plant growth, NASA data show

New analysis shows that on a global scale, the presence of people corresponds to more plant productivity, or growth

Blauer Planet wird grüner

Analyse des globalen Pflanzenwachstums zeigt Einfluss der Landnutzung

Grünes Gold

Die Phytolutions GmbH in Bremen setzt auf marine Algen als Energie- und Rohstoff-Lieferant

4 August 201412 March 2015

The EUROPEAN BAROMETER OF LINEN: 1st Indicator of European linen comsumption

Significant online survey shows consumers level of understanding, purchases of linen products

Solazyme: ROI next year, and some Return on Dream too

Signature AkzoNobel deal expansion highlights Solazyme’s Q2 results – But there’s something more to this company than the cash that sustains it, though sustain it cash does, and necessarily so

Interplay of design and material

Bio-based polymer aids bionics

Zusammenspiel von Design und Werkstoff

Bio- basiertes Polymer unterstützt Bionik

Zeitraffende Beurteilung der Dauergebrauchseigenschaften von Wood Plastic Composites in der Außenanwendung

SKZ entwickelt erstmals Laborbewitterungsverfahren für WPC-Werkstoffe

From Policy to Practice

Founding partner EuropaBio celebrates launch of new Public-Private Partnership on Bio-based Industries

Neuer Weg macht Wasserstoff-Herstellung günstig

Verfahren benutzt Alkohol-Lösungen und nanostrukturierte Elektroden

1 August 201415 August 2014

nova-indices 1980 – 2014 now available

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Side-by-Side Operation of Luverne Plant on Track

Gevo Producing Both Isobutanol and Ethanol

Läuft wie geschmiert

Ein Berliner Klärwerk nutzt seit über zehn Jahren Bioschmierstoffe

Study: Ethanol co-product may offer low-fat product for use in swine diet

In recent years, ethanol plants have begun to centrifuge the solubles from ethanol production to extract oil, which is sold to the biodiesel industry – as a result, new low-fat DDGS products are available for swine diets

Solazyme and AkzoNobel Expand Partnership in Surface Chemistry

Agreement includes joint product development and principal terms of a multi-year supply agreement targeting annual supply of up to 10,000 MT of algal oil for surfactant production

Nationale Umsetzung der Gemeinsamen Agrarpolitik

Bundeskabinett bringt weitere Gesetzesänderungen auf den Weg

ThermoWhey: Creating new horizons together

ThermoWhey project will develop a new bio-based thermoformable barrier coating

31 July 201430 July 2014

Vom Gärprodukt zum Holzwerkstoff

– eine innovative Verwendung von Gärprodukten

Auf dem Weg zur Lignocellulose-Bioraffinerie

Reportage: Fraunhofer-Zentrum in Leuna will Holz als Rohstoff für die chemische Industrie nutzbar machen

The 50 Hottest Companies in Biofuels nominations open; the 30 Hottest Companies in Chemicals, too; Hot 40 debuts

In Florida, Biofuels Digest announced the official opening of nominations for the 50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy and 30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals and Materials, and the 40 Hottest Small Companies in the Bioeconomy

Iowa State University agronomist says miscanthus would yield more biomass than originally thought in Iowa soil

Miscanthus could have a major role to play in the future of Iowa agriculture

M&G Chemicals in JV with Anhui Guozhen (PRC) to build the world largest cellulosic ethanol bio refinery

M&G Chemicals today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary M&G International S.à.r.l ("M&G") has entered into a Sino-foreign joint venture with Anhui Guozhen CO, Ltd ("Guozhen")

Altranex Corp. Finalist in 2014 Defense Energy Technology Challenge (DETC)

Altranex to presents its bio-lubricants at Asia Pacific Clean Energy Summit

Potenziale erschließen – dank Bioextrusion

Interview mit Thilo Lehmann - Geschäftsführer der Lehmann Maschinenbau GmbH

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