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4 March 20202 March 2020

Birla Carbon and GranBio Technologies Introduce Breakthrough Innovation In Nanocellulose Dispersion Composite (NDCTM) Masterbatch

For Tire and Technical Rubber Goods Applications

3 March 20202 March 2020

Optimizing Co-Product Production: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Woody Biomass

Eric L. Hegg from Michigan State University, shared the latest research developments on how they are optimizing their two-stage alkaline-oxidative deconstruction process

28 February 202026 February 2020

„Grüne“ Reststoffe ersetzen Rohöl: Demonstrator der LXP Group für disruptive Biomasse-Wertschöpfung in Betrieb

Innovation für Kreislaufwirtschaft und CO₂-neutrale Produktion von Kraftstoffen, Energie und chemischen Grundstoffen in der industriellen Umsetzung

27 February 202023 February 2020

“Wood” you like to recycle concrete?

This research may help drastically reduce construction costs, as well as slash carbon emissions

25 February 202024 February 2020

OrganoPor: Bio-Based Boards for A Thermal Insulation Composite System

The Fraunhofer LBF’s project developed a competitive, bio-based hybrid material for PS boards which are also price-competitive

OrganoPor: Biobasierte Platten für Wärmedämmverbundsysteme

Neuartiger Fassadendämmstoff aus Rest- und Abfallstoffen der Land- und Forstwirtschaft hat das Zeug, den Markt zu erobern

21 February 202018 February 2020

FENIX NTM BLOOM & ARPA HPL BLOOM

Arpa Industriale products are made of paper and thermosetting resins based on phenol, which they substituted significantly by their innovative lignin technology

20 February 202018 February 2020

From petroleum to wood in the chemical industry: cost-efficient and more sustainable

A shift from petroleum to wood would lead to a reduction in CO₂ emissions

18 February 202018 February 2020

Tecnaro nabs second prize in newly created Innovation Champions Award

Germany-based manufacturer of bio-compounds has been awarded for its high resilient, innovative biomaterials made from lignin, starch, sugar or cellulose

Hochrangige Auszeichnung für TECNARO – The Biopolymer Company

Unternehmen wurde für seine hoch beanspruchbaren Werkstoffe auf Basis von Lignin, Stärke, Zucker oder Zellulose ausgezeichnet

17 February 202012 February 2020

Versalis will soon have Crescentino plants up and running

Restart of the most innovative plant in the biomass chemistry sector will be up and running by the first half of 2020

11 February 20206 February 2020

MEGaproject: UPM and its $600M gambit in renewable chemicals

Company chewed through a lengthy evaluation process for a technology partner, and ultimately selected supercritical technology and tapped Renmatix as the partner

6 February 20203 February 2020

Die Lösung für alles – Das Entstinkungs-Patent

Ein Hamburger Startup hat einen Biorohstoff weiterentwickelt, der als Plastikersatz dienen und die Flut an Mikroplastik eindämmen könnte. Vorher musste ein gravierendes Geruchsproblem gelöst werden

A novel environmentally friendly process for depolymerization of hydrolysis lignin using Kraft cooking liquor:

Chemicals recoverable by the Kraft recovery cycle - developed approach could be significantly more cost‐effective if integrated into Kraft pulp mill operations

Who’s the Mystery Date? Green hydrogen for renewable diesel’s stealthy project

Hydrocarbons are of enormous utility and biobased feedstocks generally come up short in the hydrogen department

4 February 20203 February 2020

UPM invests in next generation biochemicals to drive a switch from fossil raw materials to sustainable solutions

EUR 550 million in an industrial scale biorefinery to convert solid wood into next generation biochemicals

27 January 202022 January 2020

Michelle Jou nominated as a new member of Avantium’s Supervisory Board

Michelle brings extensive commercial experience from the chemicals and plastics industries together with a specialist knowledge of the Asian regio

23 January 202020 January 2020

Forscher machen Biosprit-Produktion billiger

Forscher der Rutgers University entwickeln effektive Konversionsmethode, um Pflanzenzucker in Ethanol umzuwandeln

How to Make it Easier to Turn Plant Waste into Biofuels

Rutgers-led team develops innovative process to rapidly dissolve plant fibers

21 January 202020 January 2020

Avantium: Neue FDCA-Anlage im niederländischen Delfzijl in Planung

Anlage wurde mit Hilfe des EU-Rahmenprogramms Horizon 2020 mit 25 Mio. Euro gefördert

20 January 202016 January 2020

A vision: insect biorefineries as components of a sustainable bioeconomy

BMBF is funding projects for applications of insects-based chitosan as a sustainable domestic source that can replace tropical oils

Vision Insekten-Bioraffinerie: Baustein einer nachhaltigen Bioökonomie

BMBF fördert Projekte für die Nutzung von regional verfügbarem insektenbasierten Chitosan

15 January 202012 February 2020

Avantium to build FDCA flagship plant at Chemie Park Delfzijl, Netherlands

The 5-kiloton facility will produce plant-based FDCA – a key building block for many chemicals and plastics such as PEF (polyethylene furanoate)

13 January 20208 January 2020

Avantium appoints Bart Welten as Chief Financial Officer

New CFO will bring 30 years of experience in finance to Avantium and has extensive knowledge of the chemical and life-sciences industries

10 January 20207 January 2020

Event Report: Biorizon Forging Ahead with Bio-Aromatics Upscaling

Many promising results have since been achieved in all horizons. Since the start-up in 2013, high-quality facilities have been added in the Flanders-Netherlands region

19 December 201916 December 2019

Spero Renewables signs $2 million DOE agreement to advance ‘wood-based’ plastic technology

Plastic-made surplus wood shown to be as strong as steel but light weight and more easily recyclable

17 December 201912 December 2019

Fraunhofer IAP: Biobasierte Carbonfasern

Am Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung können dank eines neuen Ofens Präkursoren aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen entwickelt werden

11 December 201911 December 2019

Avantium secures financing milestone with €25 million EU funding for FDCA flagship plant

The PEFerence partners aim to replace a significant share of fossil-based polyesters with 100% plant-based PEF

Zukunft der Bioökonomie: Zwischen Chance und Irrweg

In Zukunft sollen bei der Produktion von Alltagsgegenständen mehr biobasierte Materialien wie Pflanzen, Tiere oder Mikroorganismen zum Einsatz kommen

4 December 20193 December 2019

Call for Abstracts – 13th Bio-based Materials Conference, 12 – 13 May 2020, Cologne, Germany ready for submission

Innovative companies to find markets for their new bio-based products and upcoming technological breakthroughs for a sustainable future

Verdict’s in for Vertimass: Yep, it’s commercially viable

The innovative catalytic technology of one of the Digest's 'next 50 companies to disrupt the world' allows any feedstock for the conversion of biomass into fuels

29 November 201926 November 2019

‘Doing More With Lignin’

Project will utilize existing infrastructure for biobased chemistry at 3 locations in the south of the Netherlands

Destabilisierung macht Holz stabiler: Das Holz-Paradoxon

Forscher der EMPA und ETH Zürich entwickeln innovativen Hightech-Werkstoff aus Holz, aus welchem sie das Lignin entfernt haben

28 November 201926 November 2019

Novel Biocatalytic System Turns Waste Biomass into Value-Added Chemicals

Their findings have been published in Nature Communications on November 12, 2019

26 November 201924 November 2019

An exclusive interview with Alex Michine, CEO of MetGen. “Building consumer awareness is key for the expansion of the European bioeconomy”

In this exclusive interview with Il Bioeconomista, the CEO, Alex Michine, talks about the achievements and the next steps of the company

19 November 201914 November 2019

Avantium opens branch office in Japan to reinforce high-value market for PEF

Japan is considered to be the key market for introducing innovative and advanced materials - and the new Avantium Japan branch office will provide local support

18 November 201914 November 2019

Valmet introduces roll covers made of recycled and renewable raw materials

New composite covers for press, guide and calender rolls are now available for the first customer deliveries

The Wood Paradox

Destabilization renders wood more stable

Das Holz-Paradoxon

Destabilisierung macht Holz stabiler

15 November 201913 November 2019

Avantium advances its plant-based MEG technology with the opening of its demonstration plant

Company additionally announces the naming of this innovative technology to produce plant-based MEG: Ray Technology^TM

11 November 20196 November 2019

Avantium partners with R&F Chemical to market high-value PEF applications in Korea

Under this collaboration, Avantium expects to enter this market for high-value applications such as electronics and smart packaging

A Dutch consortium led by Vertoro has been granted €1.2 million to investigate the potential of crude lignin oil as a platform for sustainable chemicals and materials

New project to focus on the further development of an interregional campus eco-system and for the conversion of biomass residues to crude lignin oil

Turning wood into pharmaceutical ingredients

"From Wood to Tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in Three Waste-Free Steps: Modular Synthesis of Biologically Active Lignin-Derived Scaffolds"

28 October 201923 October 2019

MetGen Earns Acclaim from Frost & Sullivan for its Unique, Customized Enzyme Technologies, METNIN™ and ENZINE®

The technologies solve the industry’s major pain points regarding the valorization of lignin, shorter technology development cycles, and customization of enzymes

25 October 201922 October 2019

Turning lignin into bioactive molecules in three green steps

Efficient, waste-free process transforms pine wood into novel benzazepines

23 October 201918 October 2019

Avantium joins the Paper Bottle Project

Announcement at the Paboco Pioneer Community Event in Copenhagen

About those biobased amines we might one day dream up at Ptixar Amination

This review presenting both fundamental and applied research on the synthesis of biobased primary and secondary amines with current available biobased resources

22 October 201919 October 2019

Graanul Invest flagship plant received the cornerstone

Graanul Invest laid the cornerstone for wood processing flagship plant, thus marking the start of new biomaterials business line

15 October 201910 October 2019

World’s first combined 2G ethanol and crude lignin oil biorefinery inches closer to reality

New bio-refinery at Villaralto, in Cordoba Province, Andalusia will produce second generation ethanol alongside so-called crude lignin oil

10 October 20197 October 2019

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