9 June 202116 June 2021 Ginkgo Bioworks going public for $15bn SPAC deal Company will be a publicly-traded company on the New York Stock Exchange and will continue to make other filings with the SEC in line with public company requirements
23 November 201820 November 2018 Duckweed takes off in nutrition space as well as biofuel and bioenergy Versatile crop, often mistaken for algae, is high in protein and starch and is more digestible than pea, soy, or algae protein
25 January 201723 January 2017 Bioplastics: disruptive shift to come Biobased materials show a stable growth world-wide, according to nova-Institute and European Bioplastics
1 July 201621 June 2016 Novamont’s bio-based butanediol plant will be on stream by the next September The plant of Bottrighe di Adria will be the first facility in the world capable of producing butanediol (BDO) directly from sugars (30 thousand tons yearly)
24 February 201623 February 2016 Ajinomoto launches Innovation Alliance Program Company looking for open innovation opportunities in the area of fermentation, bio-based materials or biopharmaceutical manufacturing technology
25 January 201622 January 2016 Concrete, an unlikely marine ally Arginine added to concrete promoting algae growth
10 July 2012 More Japanese firms in green chems Toray, Sojitz, Showa Denko & Co. put of plant-based chemicals
31 May 2012 Ajinomoto Co., Inc. and Bridgestone Corp. – Jointly developing synthetic rubber from biomass Pioneering new field with world's most advanced fermentation technology
20 February 2012 Ajinomoto and Toray to Conduct Joint Research on Biobased Nylon Joint research for manufacturing the nylon raw material 1,5-pentanediamine (1,5-PD) from amino acid lysine
12 December 2011 Renewable chemicals welcome outlet for molasses Indications for 2011/12 point to a record molasses production: most of the growth in Europe and Asia
