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6 November 2012

The greening of ethylene – What are the issues, the places, and the technologies?

It’s a monster molecule, one of the backbones within the oil barrel. Who’s going for gold, via green, in ethylene and polyethylene?

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5 November 2012

Netzwerkveranstaltung “Einsatz von biobasierten Werkstoffen im Automobilbereich”

Diskussionsrunde über innovative Ansätze und Potenzial von biobasierte Technische Fasern und Composite, ligninhaltige Duromere

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The Law of Biorefineries and Advanced Biofuels

Stoel Rivers Publishes Legal Guide for Advanced Biofuels Industry

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Mitsubishi Chemical and Faurecia signed an agreement on joint research and development of bioplastics for automotive interior parts

A joint research on tailor-made biomass poly-butylene succinate (PBS) for sustainable resource business

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2 November 2012

Renewables and regulations in the PVC industry

Applied Market Information (AMI) presents discussion focus of the 5^th international conference compounding PVC Formulation 2013 in Germany

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1 November 2012

Multitalent Hanf:
 EU-Verbund erforscht neue Wertschöpfungspotenziale

Hanf-Bioraffinerie soll optimierten Rohstoff effizient zu verschiedenen Produkten verarbeiten

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Ökobilanz-Basisdaten für Bauprodukte aus Holz

Aktuelle Daten stellen ökologische Vorteile von Holzbauprodukten auf eine wissenschaftliche Basis und machen sie für Lebenszyklusberechnungen beim nachhaltigen Bauen nutzbar

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Metabolix Now Shipping MveraTM B5008 Compostable Film Grade Resin

New Certified Compostable Resin Ideal for Compost Bags and Retail Shopping Bags

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31 October 2012

Roquette: “Eco-Design”-Preis für Bio-Kunststoffe

Wettbewerb honoriert die besten regionalen Initiativen im Bereich des Ökodesigns

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Study Shows Americans Seeking Biobased Products

Despite growing audience for green products, there is a great lack of awareness of the organic label and its meaning

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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Russian Federation

Vnesheconombank, Bright Capital Management, and Renmatix jointly consider mutually beneficial relationships, potential collaboration and investment in the biochemical and biofuels industries

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30 October 2012

Weltweit größte Power-to-Gas-Anlage zur Methan-Erzeugung geht in Betrieb

Vorstufe für die industrielle Anwendung erreicht

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AMSilk validiert Produktionsprozess für industrielle Herstellung von Spinnenseide und erweitert das Team mit neuem CBO

Chief Business Officer Mathias Woker neuer Hoffnungsträger für den Unternehmensausbau

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Laser-activated bio-adhesive could replace traditional sutures

Chitosan-based SurgiLux-polymer to repair sensitive tissues and organs

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ROQUETTE’s GAÏALENE® plant-based plastics receives an award at the eco-design competition [avniR]

Competition rewards the best local initiatives in the field of eco-design

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Monsanto’s High-Oleic Soybean Oil ready for bio-based lubricants

Collaboration Creates New Opportunity for Vistive® Gold Soybean Growers, Expected to Increase Demand for High-Oleic Soybean Oil

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SGB Expands Global Hybrid Trial Network; Confirms Superior Performance Across Multiple Geographies

Company produces Jatropha oil for less than $99 a barrel

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Biofuels Digest honored:

The 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Materials for 2012-13 are announced

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Sustainable Textiles Possible from Slime, Study Says

New biomaterial for protein in hagfish slime threads as an alternative to spider silks

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Corn ethanol with less corn

New enzyme allows the biofuel industry to produce more fuel from less corn while improving profits

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Plantic expands it’s product range with an exclusive distributor agreement with LINPAC Packaging for high barrier films in Australia and the Americas

Cooperation allows customer circle development and production of advanced and complete packaging solutions

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Bio Architecture Lab Technology Partners With Xunshan Group to Develop Integrated Bio-Refinery for Fuels, Chemicals & Co-Products From Brown Seaweed

Global Partnership Connects the World's Largest Producer of Seaweed With Leading Biotechnology Company to Convert Seaweed Into Renewable Chemicals and Fuels

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Bunge invests in biobased chemicals pioneer Cobalt Technologies

Bunge, Cobalt, Rhodia aim for Brazil

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AMSilk Achieves Large-scale Production Validation for Spidersilk® and Hires New CBO

Chief Business Officer Mathias Woker to lead the technology into business opportunities

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29 October 2012

Neste Oil now producing renewable naptha suitable for bioplastic

Neste Oil adds NExBTL renewable naphtha suitable for producing bioplastics to its corporate customer product range

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Agrisoma Resonance Energy Feedstock Powers the World’s First 100% Biofuel Flight

New converted feedstock represents a complete replacement for conventional jet fuel

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ZeaChem Completes Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery

$25 million Series C closes with new investors ITOCHU Corp. and Macquarie

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28 October 2012

Sealed Air Introduces Restore^TM Protective Packaging Solution

New Sealed Air Branded Mushroom® Packaging Offers All-Natural Product Protection

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26 October 2012

OKW: Gehäuse aus Bio-Kunststoff ab Lager

Für alle, die einen Beitrag für den Umweltschutz leisten wollen

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battenfeld-cincinnati unterstützt 9. internationale WPC-Konferenz von AMI in Wien

Neuer Extruder für neues Produkt: WPC-Vollprofile

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Fuel From Thin Air? The skinny on making gasoline from air and water

AFS is using carbon dioxide as their source of carbon for production of liquid fuels

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Nike GS Football Boot Incorporates Bio-Based Pearlthane® ECO TPU in the Sole Plate Helping to Reduce Weight by 15 Percent

Nike uses bio-based TPU soccer boot and thus leads a new era of elite soccer shoes

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BioAmber On Track for Plant Commissioning in 2014

BioAmber and Mitsui & Co. will extend of bio-succinic acid capacity of its first plant in LANXESS bio-industrial park in Sarnia to 34,000 metric tons

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25 October 2012

Mode aus Milch

Qmilch produziert ab sofort 100 Prozent biobasierte Milchfasern am Bremer Faserinstitut

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Biobasierte Wirtschaft eröffnet neue Chancen für den Umweltschutz und die Wirtschaft in Deutschland

13 Prozent aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland und knapp acht Prozent der Bruttowertschöpfung der deutschen Volkswirtschaft stehen in direkter Verbindung mit der Nutzung biologischer Ressourcen

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Clear Lam Packaging, Inc. Announces Agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corp. for Bio-PET Supply to Expand Renewable Rollstock Offerings

New Clear Lam Bio-PET rollstock will be available in December

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Lubricants from vegetable oil

Project "Integrated BioProduction" starts in second phase for the extraction of epoxides in industrially relevant scale

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Lignol expands intellectual property portfolio with new lignin patent awards

High performance lignin is proving to be well suited for many applications

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Are algae-based fuels, chemicals and materials sustainable?

The National Research Council says "no, not yet”. The Algae Biomass Organization says "yes, eventually”. Who’s right, and when will it matter?

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TOKU-E Announces Ultrapure bio-Acrylamide for Electrophoresis and other Life Science Applications

TOKU-E Company has announced availability of their newly developed, Ultra-Pure, bioconversion acrylamide

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Grüne Gebäude mit umweltfreundlichen Schäumen

Die Materialwissenschaftlerin Marie-Pierre Laborie erhält die Auszeichnung "German High Tech Champion"

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Biomasse nachhaltig bewirtschaften – ökologische Grenzen der Flächennutzung einhalten!

UBA-Position: Nahrungsmittel haben Vorrang vor Energieproduktion

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24 October 2012

Engineering Escherichia coli to synthesize free fatty acids

Recent metabolic technical efforts to maximize the downstream products of FFA

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From vision to implementation:

CO₂ as feedstock for chemicals and polymers

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Avitez spouts first PLA bottle factory in Asean

Thai company estimates output to reach 300,000 bottles after six months

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The Greening of Dupont

The shift from fossil-based to biobased is paying dividends at Dupont

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23 October 201225 July 2014

Breakthrough in injection moulding of natural fibres: In-feed in the form of fibre pellets solves dispensing problems

Promoted project was completed successfully, hemp fibre pellets available as by now

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Weichen für gebündelte Rohstoffpolitik gestellt

Rohholzverbraucher stärken gemeinsame Rohstoffpolitik organisatorisch und finanziell

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nova-Institut: Durchbruch beim Naturfaser-Spritzgießen

Zufuhr als Faserpellets löst Dosierprobleme

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New biodegradable bioplastic shoes from 01M

One moment 01M biodegradable shoes