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 Michelin team up with Amyris to make tyres from bio-isoprene Goodyear also in joint venture with Genencor to commercialise own bio-based isoprene
