12 January 20245 January 2024 OMV and Synthos sign MoU to cooperate on sustainability, including the supply of sustainable butadiene for synthetic rubber Sustainable butadiene will be produced in the steam cracker at the Burghausen refinery in Germany, which received full ISCC PLUS certification in March 2022
OMV und Synthos unterzeichnen MoU zur Zusammenarbeit im Bereich Nachhaltigkeit, einschließlich der Lieferung von nachhaltigem Butadien für synthetischen Kautschuk Nachhaltiges Butadien wird im Steamcracker der Raffinerie Burghausen in Deutschland hergestellt, der im März 2022 die vollständige ISCC PLUS-Zertifizierung erhielt
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)
22 February 202217 February 2022 Lummus and Synthos Advance Bio-Butadiene Technology Development to Produce Sustainable Rubber Technology will use renewable bio-derived ethanol feedstock to produce sustainable rubber for modern mobility
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
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.
1 December 201428 November 2014 Global Bioenergies announces break-through in direct biological production of butadiene Cooperation with Synthos - entirely direct fermentation production process for butadiene
Global Bioenergies gelingt bahnbrechender Erfolg bei der Herstellung von biobasiertem Butadien Kooperation mit Synthos - Erstmalig erfolgreiche Produktion von biobasiertem Butadien durch direkte Fermentation
13 August 201412 August 2014 Global Bioenergies commercialization in momentum Company to license its bio-isobutene processing technology as soon as 2015
6 May 20145 May 2014 Global Bioenergies: key patent on the butadiene process granted in the United States Butadiene bio-production through enzymatic dehydration to place company at the avant-garde of innovation
11 March 201410 March 2014 Global Bioenergies entrusts Linde with the design of its German pilot plant Global Bioenergies built its second isobutene industrial pilot plant at the Leuna refinery site
14 February 201413 February 2014 ADM invests $25M in Rennovia: the complete story 20% lower capital, 30% lower raw materials, 15% lower utilities, 30% lower manufacturing – vs petroleum
14 December 2012 GLOBAL BIOENERGIES hits milestone in SYNTHOS partnership by opening the way to bio-sourced butadiene Third light olefin in pipeline after isobutene and propylene Immediate €1.5million milestone fee - Multi-million euros follow-on development fee over the next three years
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