4 October 2012 Gevo wins new patent to enhance isobutanol production rate Gevo Issued New Patent on Method to Improve Production of Fuels, Chemicals, and Amino Acids
13 August 2012 Gevo Wins Stay in Federal Court of Appeals Freeing It to Sell into Any Market Butamax's Attempts To Hinder Gevo with Legal Maneuvers Fail Again
8 August 2012 Gevo Ships First Biobased Isobutanol from Minn. Plant First consignment of Isobutanol in the third quarter to chemical and non-automotive fuel customers
14 July 2012 As commercialization increases, bioplastics promise to become a more significant feedstock New bioplastics such as PLAs continue to face challenges and reduce production cost
10 July 2012 Gevo has Produced Isobutanol at Its Luverne Plant Gevo, Inc. reported today on the progress being made at its Luverne, Minn. facility
29 June 2012 Bioplastics surge towards commercialization A snapshot of current bioplastics and major companies
27 June 2012 Toray and Gevo Sign Bio-Paraxylene Offtake Agreement for the World’s 1st Pilot-scale Fully Renewable, Bio-based Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Production Companies are now able to integrate the supply chain to convert bioPX into bioPET for end users
25 June 2012 12 hot bio-based technologies worth watching The biobased revolution moves into the commercialization stage
21 June 2012 Gevo win court battle over Butamax Butamax denied preliminary injunction in long standing court case with Gevo over enzymes used to make isobutanol, a drop-in biofuel and biochemical compound
19 June 2012 Gevo Signs Malaysian Collaboration to Produce Cellulosic Isobutanol for SE Asia The Company opts for excellent growth opportunity in Malaysia and the fast-growing SE-Asian chemical market
6 June 2012 Design Chain: Packaging is moving away from oil More than 25 percent of petroleum-based plastic packaging will be replaced by 2020 in sustainable alternatives, like "non food" sources and meat
25 May 2012 Butanol hits the biofuels big-time Isobutanol as a starting point for synthesizing more complicated chemicals
24 May 2012 Gevo Announces Successful Startup of World’s First Commercial Biobased Isobutanol Plant Luverne Plant Starts Up on Schedule
2 May 2012 World Congress Talks Renewable Chemicals, Honors Steen Riisgaard To get environmentally cleaner products, you start with a cleaner process!
19 April 2012 Coca Cola and Dow Chemical Among Companies to Bring Consumer Focus to 2012 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology The world's largest industrial biotechnology Conference for bio-based products, biofuels, renewable chemicals, synthetic biology, food ingredients, and biomass opens doors in Orlando
23 February 2012 Lanxess plant verstärktes Engagement bei nachwachsenden Rohstoffen – 10 Millionen US-Dollar-Investition in BioAmber Konzern investiert 10 Millionen US-Dollar in BioAmber
22 February 2012 LANXESS strengthens commitment to renewable raw materials with investment in BioAmber Companies developed sustainable phthalate-free plasticizers from bio-based succinic acid
1 February 2012 Gevo, Butamax patent saga continues Butamax says Gevo’s patent infringement allegations are "unfounded”
15 December 2011 The Coca-Cola Company announces Partnerships to develop Commercial Solutions for Plastic Bottles made entirely from Plants Breakthrough Technologies from Virent, Gevo and Avantium Selected to Reach Global Scale
12 December 2011 Making Rubber From Renewables Supply constraints and high prices give a bounce to raw materials derived from sugar
6 December 2011 Gevo Receives Key Patent from USPTO for Efficient Production of Isobutanol Patent estate to grow considerably over the coming months
21 November 2011 Bio-based chemical IPO window is closing IPO window certainly is narrowing, making it more difficult for companies to go public, says Lux Research analyst
15 November 2011 Toray Succeeds in Production of the World’s First Fully Renewable, Biobased Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Fiber Terephthalic acid synthesized from Gevo’s biobased para-xylene and commercially available renewable mono ethylene glycol (MEG) as raw materials
21 October 2011 Japan chemical firms speed up renewable R&D through joint venturess More investments made by Japanese companies in other parts of Asia but bioplastic manufacturing to remain limited
21 September 2011 LANXESS produziert weltweit ersten EPDM-Kautschuk auf biologischer Basis LANXESS wird seinen Kunden Keltan Eco erstmals bei der in Düsseldorf stattfindenden Konzernveranstaltung Rubber Day Germany präsentieren
LANXESS to produce first bio-based EPDM rubber in the world LANXESS will be showcasing Keltan Eco at its Rubber Day Germany, being held in Dusseldorf
11 August 2011 Renewable PET is big part of the initial bioplastics opportunity Cost, viability to determine winners in biomaterials competition
27 June 2011 Gevo and Toray Announce Commercial Progress for Renewable PET Toray jointly developed new technology with Gevo to produce fully renewable PET
31 May 2011 Gevo Begins Retrofit of World’s First Commercial-Scale Biobased Isobutanol Plant Commercial-scale production expected to commence in the first half of 2012
1 March 2011 The Brew Barons: Masters of advanced fermentation, driving the redefinition of biofuels: Pt 1 Fermenting liquids companies utilizing gas-phase fermentation just now proceeding towards demonstration at scale
15 February 2011 LANXESS: Erweitertes Engagement für den Einsatz von Rohstoffen auf biologischer Basis Exklusiver Liefervertrag mit US-Unternehmen Gevo geschlossen