2 March 20161 March 2016 Cellulosic ethanol: feedstock costs predominant, sugar cane cheapest Lux’s report shows that the field of the production of second generation ethanol still needs quite some process innovation to attain maturity
12 February 201611 February 2016 Bioplastics application among winners 2016 European Plastics Innovation Awards DSM Engineering Plastics won the trophy for a mountaineering shoe's edging chassis
14 January 201613 January 2016 BRAIN AG announces Intention to Float Biotechnology big player expecting to accelerate the commercialisation of its own product pipeline
Brain AG plant Börsengang Biotechnologie-Konzern erhofft sich schnellere Umsetzung der eigenen Produkt-Pipeline
18 December 201516 December 2015 GF Biochemicals to start using wood waste feedstock in 2016 The technology can use any kind of lignocellulosic feedstock
9 December 20157 December 2015 The bioeconomy to re-industrialize Brazil An interview with Bernardo Silva, President at ABBI
8 December 20157 December 2015 Commercializing Synthetic Biology Innovation to Tackle Climate Change and Feed a Growing Population
4 December 20153 December 2015 Vegetable Oils Improve Super Strong Plastic Fibers Polymer Chemistry: Green production method can be used to make ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene stronger, less expensive, or both
2 December 20159 September 2021 Michael Carus talks to Il Bioeconomista An interview with the founder of the nova-Institut
New Report: “Biorefinery Products Global Market Outlook – Trends, Forecast, and Opportunity Assessment” According to Stratistics MRC, high initial investment and shortage of suppliers are the factors limiting the Biorefinery Products market growth
25 November 201524 November 2015 Bio-PA selected for new high temperature resistant abrasive monofilament from Hahl-Pedex AbraMaXX™ - a new series of abrasive monofilaments based on DSM’s EcoPaXX Polyamide 410
Better biomass utilisation in the biobased economy BUE analysis will answer two important questions regarding the bioeconomy and bio-based chemicals
24 November 201523 November 2015 Biobased polymers too have long lead times, says Jan Ravenstijn PBS market will grow strongly because of increasing markets in countries like China
23 November 201520 November 2015 Syngenta and DSM to develop and commercialize biological solutions for agriculture Collaboration to deliver broad spectrum of pre- and post-harvest tools
20 November 201519 November 2015 European Bioplastics Conference – Day 1 (Nov 5) The most important takeaways of the first day
Biobased economy: slow but steady Development of the international sugar market for biobased chemical industries
18 November 201517 November 2015 Another biobased dicarboxylic acid moves toward commercial production, by Verdezyne Company will be first selling biobased dodecanedioic acid in the market
6 November 20154 November 2015 Bioeconomy is integral part of circular economy Europe, however, must do more to compete
3 November 201530 October 2015 GFBiochemicals Wins John Sime Award For Most Innovative New Technology At the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy (EFIB) in Brussels, GFBiochemicals was presented with the John Sime award by DSM Board member Stephan Tanda
30 October 201528 October 2015 Succinic acid biorefineries BioRefineries Blog will open soon a new section focused on summarizing the information available about the commercial and pilot plants of the most promising Biobased Chemical Building Blocks
29 October 201526 October 2015 More guts needed for the bioeconomy Let’s finally show some more ‘guts’ in Europe in order to get the wider bioeconomy going
12 October 20159 October 2015 Covestro and Reverdia develop and promote bio-based thermoplastic polyurethanes Covestro will employ Biosuccinium™ succinic acid from Reverdia for the production of its Desmopan® -brand TPU for use in a variety of applications
9 October 20157 October 2015 The race for Succinic world domination The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to Reverdia
6 October 20153 October 2015 The industrial enzymes market is projected to reach USD 6.2 billion by 2020 Innovations in technology and increase in the applications provides opportunities for emerging market players
5 October 20153 October 2015 Welcome to the age of CRISPR Delft researchers find kind of immune system that protects bacteria from viruses to switch off and replace genes
29 September 201528 September 2015 BioHub® programme has come to a successful conclusion Roquette and partners develop new industrial production process for very high purity isosorbide and biosuccinic acid
11 September 20159 September 2015 On the Move in the Advanced Bioeconomy: GFBiochemicals, Faegre Baker Daniels, American Coalition for Ethanol, Global Bioenergies The Biofuels Digest's highlighting elections of honoured experts
8 September 20157 September 2015 GFBiochemicals Hires Key Staff For R&D And Business Development Company appreciating to attract exceptional talents
20 August 201517 August 2015 Has PHA’s time come? Newer players in the PHA market are promising that their PHA is affordable, even competitive, in comparison to traditional polymers
8 July 20157 July 2015 Cellulosic ethanol: Where are the gallons? Answers for your questions. Seen a number of high-profile cellulosic projects open in recent years, and not much ethanol being produced? Wondered why? Here are answers to your questions!
29 June 201526 June 2015 EU green light for €120 million new investments in circular bioeconomy projects The European Commission releases €50 million of EU public money via the Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking (BBI JU) leveraging €70 million of investments from industry into projects to boost the European bioeconomy
22 June 201519 June 2015 Genomatica Advances the Commercial Readiness of Biomass Feedstocks for Chemicals Boosts potential for bioprocess plants worldwide; details published in DOE report
11 June 201510 June 2015 Special Report: Bioplastics and additives becoming mainstream NPE tradeshow spotlighted the increasing role of bioplastics at its own booth at the show
5 June 20153 June 2015 Global Bio-based Platform Chemicals Market 2015-2019 with BASF, BioAmber, Braskem, DSM, DuPont, Ineos, Myriant & Novozymes dominating
1 June 201530 June 2015 DSM names Atul Thakrar President Bio-based Products & Services Royal DSM, the Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announces that Atul Thakrar will join the company to head its Bio-based Products & Services unit as from 1 July 2015
15 May 201513 May 2015 Reverdia appoints New Business Development Manager Pascal Moritz to bring huge experience and a strong industry network to Reverdia
12 May 201511 May 2015 Can biotech provide the magic formula for the green economy? Genetic engineering could help cut our use of fossil fuels and resources with the right support from environmentalists and government
11 May 20158 May 2015 Bioplastic packaging market is expected to witness significant growth over the next six years To say this is a new report published by Grand View Research, Inc.
8 May 20157 May 2015 The DOE’s 12 Top Biobased Molecules – what became of them? Take a look back at a DOE paper that sparked so much interest
21 April 201520 April 2015 CEO: We are moving away from the fossil age Feike Sijbesma, CEO of Royal DSM, about how a climate change future will look
16 April 201515 April 2015 New light mountaineering shoe from Salomon has high performance chassis made out of EcoPaXX® from DSM New material suitable for injection molding, certified as carbon neutral from cradle to gate
7 April 20152 April 2015 Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide Inbicon’s technology produces cellulosic ethanol or renewable chemicals from wheat straw via enzymatic hydrolysis, with co-products including renewable power
30 March 201527 March 2015 Opening Bioprocess Pilot Facility for bio-research Scale-up research and education for next generation
20 March 201520 March 2015 Top 10 European Biopharma Clusters Europe is home to numerous regional communities. Find out how they rank on this GEN list.
13 March 201512 March 2015 Levulinic acid commercialization expands Green Chemicals Block on the latest news of levulinic acid
5 March 20154 March 2015 The bioeconomy speaks Dutch: today starts in Amsterdam the World Bio Markets Today starts in Amsterdam the 10th annual World Bio Markets, an event which will focus on three bioeconomy core topics: biofuels, bio-based chemicals and feedstock supply, security and selection
4 March 20153 March 2015 GFBiochemicals breakthrough levulinic acid technology ready for commercialization Commercial-scale production will start in Summer 2015
2 March 201527 February 2015 Column on … Psychology of innovation: biotechnology should learn to listen! Worries about the food/health relationship seem to have reached an all-time high
