10 October 20188 October 2018 Versalis: acquisition of “bio-run” companies of the Mossi & Ghisolfi Group New business units will allow the development of an integrated technological platform of chemicals from biomass
13 September 201810 September 2018 The Digest’s 2018 Guide to Italy in the Advanced Bioeconomy Italy is the first country in the EU to decide to create a 0.6% advanced biofuels blending mandate by 2018, the first in Europe to set up such a policy to boost demand for next generation fuels
4 December 20171 December 2017 Novamont doubles production of biopolyesters Company launched second phase of the project to redevelop the Mater-Biopolymer plant in Patrica
Mossi Ghisolfi is for sale: Versalis, Total and Chinese industrial groups are interested According to different rumors in Italy, Versalis and various European and Asian industrial groups would be interested in acquiring the Italian chemical company
14 November 201710 November 2017 DowDuPont to exit cellulosic biofuels business Company annonces long-term interest to find a strategic buyer for their technology including the Nevada, IA biorefinery
10 November 20178 November 2017 Beta Renewables in cellulosic ethanol crisis, as Grupo M&G parent files for restructuring From Italy comes an industry shocker
18 October 201718 October 2017 Mossi Ghisolfi is considering selling its business in the biofuels sector Biorefinery of Mossi Ghisolfi is the first plant in the world to be designed and built to produce bioethanol from agricultural residues and energy crops at commercial scale
5 October 201626 September 2016 IFIB 2016: Sustainability is the single largest business opportunity of this generation The use of biological resources by the chemical industry does not simply depend on economic reasons
9 June 20159 June 2015 Virent, Coca-Cola hit key production milestone with the 100% biobased Plant Bottle Production goes from pilot to demonstration scale as Coca-Cola “makes it happy,” showcasing its newest Plant Bottles at Expo Milan
10 March 20159 March 2015 The war for biomass Heiner Grussenmeyer, Michael Carus speaking at Cluster CLIB2021 International Conference
8 January 20157 January 2015 2014: Renewable chemicals review Doris de Guzman's overview shows 2014 was the year for cellulosic ethanol and marketing milestones for bio-succinic acid
6 March 20145 March 2014 Novamont takes majority in Mater Bioplolymer, the joint enterprise with Mossi & Ghisolfi that controls the Patrica plant in Lazio, already partly transformed using Novamont Technology Company acquires 78% of capital; it may exercise its option to take the remaining stake at the end of 2016
16 October 2013 From Naples the Italian bioeconomy opens to the world Euro-mediterranean bioeconomy congress IFIB to take place from 22 to 23 October 2013
8 July 2013 Biofuel Investments at Seven-Year Low as BP Blames Cost "Technology to produce fuel from woody plants and waste won’t be economical until 2020 or beyond"
8 March 2013 Beta Renewables sees 2015 as boom year for cellulosic biofuels U.S. cellulosic biofuel goals not reached - Beta sees industry stepping up output by 2015 - New players could emerge from eastern Europe
10 December 2012 NanoMarkets’ Latest Report Forecasts the Bio-Plastics Market Through 2020 Bio-plastics market seen to reach $ 6.1 billion in 2018
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
23 May 2012 GraalBio announces the first cellulosic ethanol plant in the Southern Hemisphere A forerunner in the production of second-‐generation biofuels in Brazil, with a plant in Alagoas, GraalBio is determined to become a worldwide reference in innovation for converting biomass into chemicals and fuels
26 April 2012 Novozymes joins Danish biofuel plant project Project aims to bring plant on stream in 2016
7 December 2011 Codexis Introduces CodeXyme™ Cellulase Enzyme Product Line for Biobased Chemicals Cellulase enzyme product line to convert biomass to sugar, enabling cost effective production of sustainable products
18 April 2011 M&G Signs Strategic Partnership with Genomatica for Sustainable Chemicals from Biomass Best-in-class technologies, demonstration-scale production and commercial plant engineering for Bio-BDO
