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14 November 2012

“Neueste Entwicklungen im Naturfaser­verbundwerkstoff­bereich” – Aktuelle Ausgabe des “Journal of Biobased Materials and Bioenergy”

Professor Dr.-Ing. Jörg Müssig als Gasteditor an der Spezialausgabe des Journals beteiligt

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13 November 2012

Merrick selected on Sweetwater Energy’s cellulosic production facility

New refinery to produce low-cost sugars from non-food plant materials

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Italian and Massachusetts Biotechnology Associations build Foundations for Life Sciences Collaboration

Signed in Milan the BioBridge Global Gateway, the agreement to promote stable relations between Italy and Massachusetts

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Zukunftsängste in der Ökosprit-Branche

Ölkonzern BP hat Pläne für die erste großindustrielle Cellulose-Ethanol-Produktionsstätte in den USA auf Eis gelegt

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12 November 2012

A Better Route to Xylan

Joint BioEnergy Institute Researchers Find New Access to Abundant Biomass for Advanced Biofuels

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Direvo introduces BluCon™ for the conversion of non-food biomass to biofuel and chemical building blocks

New German platform to address global commodity supply and environmental concerns

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SAHYOG: Future of Bio-based Economy in India and European Union

An Assessment of Indo-European Biomass and Bio-waste Conversion Potential

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Foundations for UPM’s wood-based renewable diesel biorefinery laid in Lappeenranta

Company wants to start the production of advanced second generation biofuels in 2014

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Biokunststoffe und Recycling

Verbrennung ist sinnvollster Entsorgungsweg für Biokunststoffe

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9 November 2012

DBFZ-Report zu Energiegewinnung aus Stroh

DBFZ entwickelt deutschlandweite Standortplanung und -bewertung für die energetische Nutzung von Stroh

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BioAmber: Kooperation mit Faurecia und Mitsubishi-Chemical zur Entwicklung von Biokunststoffen für die Automobilindustrie

Neue Polymere für Faurecias Herstellung von Komponenten für den Fahrzeug-Innenbereich

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8 November 2012

Faurecia signs R&D agreement with the Fraunhofer ICT

Engineering and prototypes for advanced industrial processes for composites

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7th Bioplastics Award: And the winner is …

... no. ... the winners ARE...

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Evonik investiert in Marl 1,7 Millionen Euro in neue Bio-Labore

Wissenschaftler forschen an der direkten Umsetzung von alternativen Rohstoffquellen in Spezialchemikalien

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Brennholznutzung am Limit

Neue Studie: Im Jahr 2010 wurde in Deutschland erstmals mehr Holz verbrannt als verarbeitet. Energiewende treibt Brennholznachfrage. Holzindustrie unter Druck

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DuPont: Zusammenarbeit mit Braskem bei Haftvermittlern und Kunststoffmodifikatoren auf Basis erneuerbarer Rohstoffe

Coextrudierbare Haftvermittler sollen Verpackungs- und Composite-Eigenschaften in Multilayer-Strukturen optimieren

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7 November 2012

Story Stock Syndrome: Biobased companies fight investor disbelief

With every step towards commercialization, early-stage companies find the skeptics, ironically, piling up. Why, and what can be done about it?

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High-Value Opportunities for Lignin: Unlocking its Potential

Lignin could become the main renewable aromatic resource for the chemical industry in the future

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Bioplastics still on the rise

7^th European Bioplastics Conference demonstrates the future potential of the industry

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Biokunststoffe weiter auf dem Vormarsch

7. European Bioplastics Konferenz demonstriert Zukunftspotential der Branche

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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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Scientists propose new ILUC analysis method

Previous ILUC studies fail to incorporate actual land use dynamics

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PolyOne Launches 99% Bio-Based reFlex™ 300 Bioplasticizer, Helping Customers Meet Future Sustainability Goals

One-for-one replacement for general-purpose plasticizers

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Government projects help China’s WPC industry weather storms

China WPC Conference of New Product Promotion and Project Partnering, Sixth International Forum of WPC, held Nov. 3-4 in Ningbo

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5 November 2012

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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The Law of Biorefineries and Advanced Biofuels

Stoel Rivers Publishes Legal Guide for Advanced Biofuels Industry

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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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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

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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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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Multitalent Hanf:
 EU-Verbund erforscht neue Wertschöpfungspotenziale

Hanf-Bioraffinerie soll optimierten Rohstoff effizient zu verschiedenen Produkten verarbeiten

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31 October 2012

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

Wettbewerb honoriert die besten regionalen Initiativen im Bereich des Ökodesigns

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30 October 2012

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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Bunge invests in biobased chemicals pioneer Cobalt Technologies

Bunge, Cobalt, Rhodia aim for Brazil

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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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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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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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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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Biofuels Digest honored:

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

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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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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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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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Laser-activated bio-adhesive could replace traditional sutures

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

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

Vorstufe für die industrielle Anwendung erreicht

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29 October 2012

ZeaChem Completes Construction of Cellulosic Ethanol Biorefinery

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

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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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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