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13 April 201711 April 2017

Emery Oleochemicals LLC Launches 100% Renewably-Derived Antifogging Agent, LOXIOL® A 4 SPEZIAL, in North America

PVC foods wrapping films providing a safe, renewable and readily biodegradable alternative

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31 March 201729 March 2017

Rennovia enters piloting stage of its bio-based 1,6-hexanediol process

Key piloting activities and the development of a 1,6-HDO commercial design package are anticipated by the end of this year

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The Race for Bionylon heats up: Rennovia enters piloting stage of its key bio-based HDO platform

Company looking for strategic partnerships to commercialize innovative catalyst processes for the production of cost-advantaged chemicals

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22 March 201720 March 2017

Comet Biorefining Completes Equity Financing

Agricultural residues to be converted into high-purity dextrose for production of sustainable bio-chemicals

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9 March 20177 March 2017

Renewable chemistry company P2 Science attracts BASF as new investor

P2’s technology, called ozonolysis, provides improved value, efficiency, and safety

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1 March 201727 February 2017

The pile-on for bionylon: ADM, Rennovia, JM accelerate the chase

License agreement to provide catalyst and process technology for catalytic production of bio-based glucaric acid

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Helm signs off-take ethyl acetate supply with Greenyug

The production facility is going to be located next to Archer Daniels Midland’s (ADM) corn processing plant in Columbus

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28 February 201717 May 2017

Haltermann Carless signs Letter of Intent with GEVO for Commercial Supply of Next-Generation Biofuels and Bio-Based Chemical Products

Letter of Intent contemplates the parties negotiating and entering into a definitive off-take agreement

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Exponential growth forecast for the biostimulants market driven by an increasing food demand, according to Smithers Viscient

New report shows that evolution is happening in the whole value chain of the biostimulants industry

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27 February 201724 February 2017

Johnson Matthey and Rennovia Announce License Agreement with ADM for Glucaric Acid Production Technology

Licensed process, jointly developed between Johnson Matthey and Rennovia, combines the efficiency and selectivity of heterogeneous catalytic process technology with the use of renewable feedstocks

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37 Chemical SMEs and Start-ups meet with more than 60 Industry representatives and Investors at the 1st European Chemistry Partnering

Industry representatives as well as the number of investors represented 40 per cent of all participants, participants from chemistry Start-ups and SMEs added-up to 34 per cent

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20 February 201716 February 2017

Jungbunzlauer and Green Biologics Partner on Bio-Based Plasticizers

Renewable Tributyl Citrate and Acetyl Tributyl Citrate is Focus of Collaboration

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17 February 201715 February 2017

Rhapynal for a better environment – innovative, biobased and sustainable

Innovative biosurfactant offers virtually unlimited possibilities for application in the agricultural, pharmaceutical and many other sectors

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16 February 201714 February 2017

AkzoNobel collaborates with Itaconix to “explore opportunities” for bio-based polymers

Collaboration aiming hopefully to develop bio-based chemistry on a large scale

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14 February 201710 February 2017

Partnership Initiated for the Development of a Wood to Chemicals Reference Plant in Delfzijl

AkzoNobel, Avantium, Chemport Europe, RWE and Staatsbosbeheer create a breakthrough technology deployment to accelerate the biobased economy

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13 February 20179 February 2017

University of Manchester technology set to reduce the cost of environmentally friendly biochemicals

PhD student's technology to replacing petroleum based surfactants, fuels and other chemicals with environmentally friendly biosurfactants

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10 February 20179 September 2021

The Digest’s 2017 Multi-Slide Guide to Lygos’ technical approach

Malonic acid from biobased source

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Green Biologics Acquires GreenFlameTM Brand, Inks Kroger as First Retail Partner for Sustainable Charcoal Lighter Fluid

Largest grocery retailer by revenue signs on to offer Green Biologics’ first high performance, bio-based product for consumers

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1 February 20179 September 2021

A Discussion With Avantium’s CFO Regarding Its Acquisition of Liquid Light

Acquisition of Liquid Light’s assets giving Avantium another CO₂ technology to strengthen its own CO₂ conversion group

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31 January 201727 January 2017

Biotensidon: Breakthrough in Rhamnolipid Mass-Production

Supra Molecular Complex improves health & environment characteristics of cosmetics, pharmaceutical and agricultural products

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27 January 201725 January 2017

Isosorbide-based Methacrylate Monomer for High Tg Polymers

New derivative can be polymerized and incorporated into block polymers

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24 January 201720 January 2017

Lesaffre inaugurate a new drying facility in Alabama and celebrate the launch of Leaf’s new bioengineered yeast for ethanol production

First yeast drying facility in the United States

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VCs Invest $5.8 Billion in Bio-based Chemicals, as Focus Shifts to Disruptive Synthetic Biology

This year, synthetic biology startups have raised 53% of all VC funding in bio-based materials and chemicals, says Lux Research

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Catalysis in Renewable Chemicals: Noteworthy Developments, 2015 – 2016

The most noteworthy items in catalytic biotechnology are presented

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18 January 201716 January 2017

Amber Waves of Gain: BioAmber, CJ CheilJedang to launch Asian JV for bio-succinic

Some Digest's editors background views

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17 January 201715 January 2017

Global Bioenergies plans to acquire Dutch start-up Syngip B.V.

Company has set the diversification of feedstocks usable in its isobutene process as its new R&D frontier

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Global Bioenergies to acquire gas fermentation start-up Syngip

Some Digest editor's backstories and stakeholder statements about this acquisition

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16 January 201712 January 2017

BioAmber and CJ CheilJedang Plan JV for Succinic Acid Production in Asia

Intent is to produce cost competitive bio-succinic acid in China to accelerate sales growth

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Hydrocarbons from cheap renewable carbon: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Global Bioenergies

CEO Marc Delcourt and Director of Industrial Strategy gave interesting presentations

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13 January 201711 January 2017

Second chance carbon: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to LanzaTech

LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren gave this illuminating address at ABLC Next 2016 in San Francisco

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10 January 201730 December 2016

Reverdia Hires New Business Development Manager, Grows Commercial Team

Alexander Krapivin to establish strong tracks in international sales, business development and marketing

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16 December 201616 December 2016

Purification of bio-based chemicals on an industrial scale

Various innovative separation techniques were presented at the EFIB-event in Glasgow

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14 December 201612 December 2016

UMass Amherst Chemical Engineers Lead Team that Boosts Valuable Chemical p-xylene Production from Biomass

Researchers developed new method that generates a 97 percent yield and uses biomass feedstocks

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12 December 20168 December 2016

Leaf Resources and Novozymes launch biomass-to-sugars collaboration

Novozymes bringing its expertise in biotechnology to customize its broad portfolio of robust, high-yielding enzymes to the GLYCELL process

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8 December 20167 December 2016

Green Biologics receives USDA Certification

Renewable Specialty Chemicals Company receives Certification Under USDA BioPreferred® Program

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6 December 20162 December 2016

DC: The Road Ahead for Renewable Chemicals & Materials

We see a tactical opening to move a top sector priority – enacting a renewable chemical production tax credit

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1 December 201630 November 2016

Corbion and Kraton receive first European certification for bio-based products

New European system for bio-based content certification was launched at the 11^th Annual European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin

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21 November 201617 November 2016

Reverdia and Xinfu Sign Agreement for Biosuccinium® Supply and Collaboration

Collaboration aiming to adopt Biosuccinium^® in bio-based polymers for the packaging industry

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17 November 201616 November 2016

The construction of the Leuna demo plant is completed

Global Bioenergies announces today that the construction of its demo plant, started mid-2015, is now completed

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Die Demonstrationsanlage in Leuna ist fertiggestellt

Global Bioenergies kündigt heute an, dass der Mitte 2015 begonnene Bau seiner industriellen Demonstrationsanlage nunmehr abgeschlossen ist

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15 November 201615 November 2016

Production of itaconic acid in a controllable fungi expression system

Itaconic acid is commercially produced by microbial fermentation using filamentous fungi of the genus Aspergillus

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11 November 20169 November 2016

Sustainable coatings from bio-based polyesters with enhanced functionalities

Reseachers from Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology, synthesised bio-based sorbitol-containing polyester polyols via enzymatic polycondensation

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Global Bio-Based Succinic Acid Market Segmented by Application and Geography (2015 – 2020)

Research and Markets is offering its Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts Report

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BioAmber increases biosuccinic acid sales

BioAmber Inc. recently released third quarter financial results, reporting sales of biosuccinic acid increased 45 percent when compared to the second quarter, reaching $3.7 million

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10 November 20168 November 2016

Reverdia Tops the Bioeconomy Hot 40

Company won ‘Bio-Based Chemical Partnership of the Year’ at the WBM Bio Business Awards

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Green Biologics announces partnership with HOC Industries

Blending, packaging, and distribution for high value consumer products

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9 November 20167 November 2016

Cellulosic Sugar Producers Cooperative Announces Equity Raise and Corn Stover Field Trial Demonstration supply chain

CSPC engaging with growers in the region to supply corn stover and wheat straw to a planned dextrose facility

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8 November 20165 November 2016

Bio-based polyamides update

Arkema to bring on stream in 2017 two production lines to manufacture PA11, made from 100% bio-based monomer sourced from castor oil

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7 November 201612 December 2016

DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Celebrates 10 Years of Bio-based Performance

Joint venture started as a revolutionary innovation project to make high-performance biomaterials in a more sustainable way

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27 October 201626 October 2016

Leaf Resources further advances the development of commercial projects in Malaysia with assistance from Malaysian government agencies

Leaf Resources signed milestone documents with the Malaysian agencies to create a high-value, bio-based industry