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4 June 202528 May 2025

Avantium Awarded Grant to Participate in Michelin-Led Consortium for Biobased Chemical HMF Production

The consortium, led by Michelin Engineered Polymers, aims to construct and operate an HMF Flagship Plant to demonstrate the wide range of applications for HMF

3 June 20252 June 2025

A global first: Michelin announces the construction of an industrial demonstrator in France for the 5-HMF molecule, an essential component of green chemistry

It will allow for the creation of approximately 30 direct jobs and should begin its activities during 2026

3 July 20242 July 2024

Precision Fermentation: What is it?

How Precision Fermentation can accelerate the journey to Net Zero by 2040

24 June 202418 June 2024

Danone, DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France join forces to create a cutting-edge biotechnology platform

With an investment of over 16 million euro, the Center for Sustainable Materials in Clermont-Ferrand within the Parc Cataroux will become an innovation accelerator, supported by Michelin

19 June 20242 October 2024

IFPEN and ResiCare, leaders in the development of a production process for the non-toxic* biobased molecule 5-HMF

Following ten years of laboratory research on the conversion of fructose into a biosourced molecule, 5-HMF, IFPEN joined forces with ResiCare in 2021 to develop a process for producing 5-HMF on an industrial scale

6 June 202412 June 2024

Enzymatisches Recycling

Das enzymatische Recyclingverfahren von Carbios verwendet ein Enzym, das das PET (Polyethylenterephthalat) in verschiedenen Kunststoffen oder Textilien gezielt polymerisiert

19 March 202413 March 2024

Altreifen-Recycling: Michelin, Antin und Enviro bauen erste Anlage in Schweden

Das Projekt wird auf Enviro's einzigartiger Pyrolyse-Technologie aufbauen, die Rohstoffe aus verschiedenartig zusammengesetzten Produkten gewinnen kann

Michelin joins Antin and Enviro to announce the construction of first end of life tire-recycling plant

The project will be based on Enviro’s unique pyrolysis technology with the ability to extract raw materials from multi-component products

2 February 202426 January 2024

Inauguration of the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing butadiene from bioethanol in France

A major step towards accelerating the development of the bio-based butadiene sector and paving the way to commercializing the technology

5 December 20234 December 2023

IFP Energies nouvelles and ResiCare, leaders in the development of a production process for the non-toxic* biobased molecule 5-HMF

They announce that all the stages of industrial development have been completed, from tests on various scales to pre-FEED and FEED engineering studies for an industrial unit

24 November 202227 November 2022

Pyrowave Sets New Standard With 100% Traceable Recycled Styrene

Pyrowave technology has successfully passed Michelin Group’s quality tests with the first 99.8% pure recycled styrene monomer produced from polystyrene waste

3 March 202228 February 2022

Synthos to build a commercial bio-butadiene plant

It has been a long time coming for the commercialization of bio-based butadiene (at least for this one where you can count the percentage renewable content unlike some of the mass balance approaches)

9 December 20216 December 2021

DMC Biotechnologies has completed the first close of its Series B fundraising, raising $34 million (USD)

Company has a deep pipeline of predictable, scalable, cost-competitive products, addressing sustainability challenges across a wide range of industries

4 October 202129 September 2021

MICHELIN’s airless tire, tested and approved!

Michelin to make tyres containing recycled plastic by 2024 - MICHELIN Uptis, the airless prototype tire was fitted to the e-Mini at the Munich Motor Show, was unanimously approved. The proof on video!

Recycling-Reifen der Zukunft auf der IAA: Bei Michelin wandert Plastik aus der Tonne auf die Felge

Ab 2024 wird der weltweit bekannte Reifenhersteller Michelin recyceltes Plastik in Reifen verarbeiten

5 May 20219 September 2021

Michelin: PET-Flaschenabfälle für die Reifenherstellung

Erfolgreiche Validierung der enzymatischen Recyclingtechnologie von Carbios

30 November 20209 September 2021

Michelin and Pyrowave join forces to industrialize an innovative plastic waste recycling technology

Pyrowave, a pioneer in the electrification of chemical processes and plastics recycling, and Michelin agree to industrialize an innovative plastic waste recycling technology

18 September 202017 September 2020

BlackCycle: A major European project for recycling end-of-life tyres into new tyres

Michelin to enable a massive circular economy of tyres by designing world-first recycling processes for end-of-life tyres

BlackCycle: Michelin und Partner starten europäisches Projekt zum Recycling von Altreifen

Michelin setzt sich für konsequente Kreislaufwirtschaft und die Wiederverwertung von Altreifen bei der Reifenproduktion ein

12 May 20209 September 2021

Pyrowave closes Series B led by Michelin and Sofinnova Partners

The investment marks a significant step forward making plastic circularity a reality

3 March 202028 February 2020

Take Five: Bio-based businesses aiming to stimulate positive environmental change via successful partnerships

More and more companies are increasingly working together to develop renewable and circular solutions

7 February 20204 February 2020

Greentech pioneer AVA Biochem teams-up with Michelin Group to foster eco-innovation

Collaboration aims to establish the world’s first commercial-scale production plant of 5-HMF, and to ultimately bring novel product applications onto the market

28 October 201925 October 2019

Michelin, IFP Energies nouvelles, and Axens give a new dimension to the BioButterfly project

Construction of this first industrial-scale prototype of a plant will start in late 2019 and is expected to be completed in late 2020 on Michelin’s site in Bassens, near Bordeaux

Michelin, IFP Energies nouvelles und Axens errichten Prototyp-Produktionsstätte für Butadien aus Bioethanol

Kooperationspartner treiben BioButterfly-Projekt voran

24 October 201924 October 2019

Projekt BioImpulse: Michelin forscht an Biotechnologien für umweltschonendere Werkstoffe

Gemeinschaftsprojekt von öffentlichen und privaten Akteuren will ein neues, umwelt- und gesundheitsschonenderes Klebeharz für den Konstruktionsmarkt entwickeln

The BioImpulse project gives new impetus to biotechnology in materials

Collaborative project brings together public and private players to create a new adhesive resin without any SVHC compound for the automotive and construction markets

9 October 20199 September 2021

Exclusive expert insights from day two of EFIB 2019

Bio Market Insight’s Liz Gyekye was on the ground and she picked out some of the highlights from day two

2 July 201927 June 2019

Swedish firm Nynas launches bio-based tyre oil

Nytex Bio 6200 aims to create sustainable value by reducing the rolling resistance of the tyre

16 July 201816 July 2018

It’s not a mistake, French tyre giant looks to wood products to replace oil

Michelin is driving the wooden wedge as it also works towards a future where 3D printing of rubber will allow cars to run on a single set of tyres for a lifetime

15 June 201813 June 2018

Michelin’s 2048 ambitions: MICHELIN tires will be made using 80 percent sustainable materials 100 percent of tires will be recycled

Group is investing in high technology recycling to be able to increase this content to 80 percent sustainable materials

22 November 201720 November 2017

Michelin’s Vision Concept Tire of the Future Selected Among TIME Magazine’s ‘25 Best Inventions of 2017’

Michelin unveils airless, biodegradable, 3D printed concept tire

Many bio-based strategies, national bio-economy strategies look old-fashioned

Current company bio-based strategies move towards a circular economy, and go beyond just low carbon and clean energy sustainability

2 March 201625 February 2016

Henri Colens, Braskem Europe: “At the moment biobased is seen as a niche alternative”

Interview on raising public awareness and communicating the potential of the bioeconomy

19 November 201517 November 2015

A truly circular economy will massively reduce Europe’s climate impact

The climate conference in Paris is only weeks away but the emissions reductions pledges made by countries are far from sufficient

29 June 201526 June 2015

LEGO commits $150M to search for sustainable alternative plastics

$150 million, 100+ employees, a new sustainable materials center, and a commitment to move off fossil fuels dependency by 2030

19 June 201518 June 2015

Avantium partners with Tereos

Exclusive partnership agreement to produce an alternative to PET called polyethylene furanoate (PEF) made from 2,5 furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) in Lillebonne, France

16 February 201513 February 2015

TWB welcomes 10 new partners to accelerate innovations in the bioeconomy

Unique construction associates researchers, manufacturers and investors inside a consortium to develop a bioeconomy in the field of chemistry, materials and energy

9 January 20158 January 2015

Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

The company profile of Amyris

5 December 20144 December 2014

The radical re-sourcing of tires, nylon, parachutes and balloons

Who’s in the global chase for a process to make one of the world’s Big 7 industrial chemicals via a renewable process — and how did Global Bioenergies just jump into the lead? The Digest investigates.

15 September 201411 September 2014

Braskem joins Amyris and Michelin to accelerate the industrialization and commercialization of renewable isoprene

Partnership aims to develop and produce renewable isoprene for production of tire and other rubber applications

16 December 2013

Michelin and Tereos sign a partnership agreement on the industrial transformation of agricultural raw materials

Companies jointly to develop innovative biomass transformation processes

2 December 20131 December 2013

Schaffung eines Industriezweiges für synthetischen Kautschuk aus Biomasse

"BioButterfly"-Gemeinschaftsprojekt zur Herstellung von biobasiertem Butadien auf den Weg gebracht

13 November 201314 November 2013

Axens, IFPEN and Michelin join forces to create a synthetic rubber production channel using biomass

BioButterfly process to produce more environmentally-friendly synthetic rubber

5 July 2013

KSB supports the development of bio-based elastomers

BIOPROOF project to strengthen industry's competitiveness using bio-based or recycled materials

8 August 2012

The Biobased A-List: The pursuit of high-performance, parity-cost renewable tires

Solutions at hand: Goodyear, United Soybean Board and Biolsoprene

25 May 2012

Conference looks at green chemistry for polymers

Green Polymer Chemistry 2012 in Cologne to present sustainable resource for synthesis of conventional plastics

12 December 2011

Making Rubber From Renewables

Supply constraints and high prices give a bounce to raw materials derived from sugar

7 October 2011

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