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2 December 201927 November 2019

Resolve-project develops bio-based alternatives for hazardous solvents

New solvent molecules proved to have better performance than their fossil counterparts

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29 November 201926 November 2019

‘Doing More With Lignin’

Project will utilize existing infrastructure for biobased chemistry at 3 locations in the south of the Netherlands

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25 November 201920 November 2019

Like Fine Wine, Smellin’ Fine: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Anellotech’s Aromatics

Get all the details on why Bio-TCat is one cool cat, details on their commercial plant planning underway now, and more

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20 November 2019

BT2i and nova-Institute join forces to offer multi-client program for technology and market intelligence on “Greener Plastics”

Companies can now profit from the long-standing experience of two leading European research institutes on innovation and technology

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14 November 201912 November 2019

Two pilots for the more sustainable chemo-enzymatic production of chemicals via new EU project

The GREEN-CHEM network joins various other partners in a new project hat aims to incite a transition to a more green and sustainable chemistry

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12 November 20197 November 2019

Naturally! Of course. How nature never stops surprising us

Nature is not a passive object. It can resist our manipulations. New findings launched by Alle Bruggink and Diederik van der Hoeven

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11 November 20196 November 2019

Avantium partners with R&F Chemical to market high-value PEF applications in Korea

Under this collaboration, Avantium expects to enter this market for high-value applications such as electronics and smart packaging

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A Dutch consortium led by Vertoro has been granted €1.2 million to investigate the potential of crude lignin oil as a platform for sustainable chemicals and materials

New project to focus on the further development of an interregional campus eco-system and for the conversion of biomass residues to crude lignin oil

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Turning wood into pharmaceutical ingredients

"From Wood to Tetrahydro-2-benzazepines in Three Waste-Free Steps: Modular Synthesis of Biologically Active Lignin-Derived Scaffolds"

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6 November 20195 November 2019

TechnipFMC announces first technology license for epichlorohydrin from renewable feedstock in India

First project using the EPICEROL technology will be managed from TechnipFMC's center in Lyon, France

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Funding opportunity for US biorefineries

USDA to fund with project costs up to $250 million the development, construction and retrofitting of Commercial-Scale Biorefineries using Eligible Technology

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31 October 201928 October 2019

Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Sironix

Sironix Renewables is a seed-stage company developing environmentally friendly and safe chemicals from plants

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28 October 201923 October 2019

MetGen Earns Acclaim from Frost & Sullivan for its Unique, Customized Enzyme Technologies, METNIN™ and ENZINE®

The technologies solve the industry’s major pain points regarding the valorization of lignin, shorter technology development cycles, and customization of enzymes

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25 October 20199 September 2021

CO2 for a clean performance: Rheticus research project enters phase 2

Evonik and Siemens launched their joint research project Rheticus II to produce specialty chemicals from CO₂

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23 October 201918 October 2019

About those biobased amines we might one day dream up at Ptixar Amination

This review presenting both fundamental and applied research on the synthesis of biobased primary and secondary amines with current available biobased resources

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21 October 201916 October 2019

ADM Joins Forces with LG Chem to Develop Sustainable Technology for Superabsorbent Polymers Used in Diapers

Companies will work jointly towards economically viable commercial production of a 100% biobased acrylic acid using ingredients from ADM corn processing

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17 October 201915 October 2019

Greenhouse gas-neutral chemistry is technically feasible

Study on potential and prerequisites for major CO₂ reduction of the industry

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16 October 20199 September 2021

Ceramic technologies for highly efficient power-to-X processes

Fraunhofer IKTS-researchers in Dresden have developed reactors based on ceramics, which use CO₂ and water vapor to produce raw materials for the chemical industry

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14 October 20199 September 2021

Inspired by nature – Converting CO2 to valuable resources with the help of nanoparticles

Enzymes use cascade reactions to produce complex molecules from comparatively simple raw materials. Researchers have now copied this principle

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11 October 20199 September 2021

Industrial Microbes and Opus 12 Awarded $1M to Turn Waste Gas into Valuable Chemicals

Breakthrough chemistry and biotechnology alliance extends iMicrobes’s ability to combat greenhouse gases

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10 October 201910 October 2019

Levulinic acid and succinic acid – A realistic look at the present and future of two versatile bio-based platform chemicals and their market development

Two new market reports published by nova-Institute shed light on the current and future market situation of these previously acclaimed promising bio-based building blocks

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Portable electronics: a stretchable and flexible biofuel cell that runs on sweat

CNRS researchers recently developed and patented an innovative stretchable device producing electrical energy by transforming the compounds of sweat

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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

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8 October 20194 October 2019

BASF strengthens biotechnology footprint to enter natural F&F ingredients market

Company now broadens its portfolio with natural ingredients such as vanillin, nootkatone and valencene and intends to advance the technology for biotech-based aroma ingredients

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The next Bad A$$ Super Force in Flavors & Fragrances? BASF – big company doing big things, entering F&F market

BASF – big company doing big things, entering F&F market

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1 October 201926 September 2019

At chemical maker Nouryon, the transformation begins

Former AkzoNobel business eyes billion-dollar acquisitions, expansions, and divestments

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27 September 201924 September 2019

Synthetic Biology Unicorn Ginkgo Bioworks Raises An Additional $290 Million

Company's dev shop for genetic programming is now worth $4 billion

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26 September 201925 September 2019

Call for Partners: Use or Invest in (Biobased) Polymerization Shared Facility

New plant to produce innovative and redesigned bio-polymers at a sub-commercial scale

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5 Minutes With…Marco Mirata from Lonza

“Over the past decades, the field of biotechnology and especially synthetic biology has progressed tremendously.”

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20 September 20199 September 2021

Materials and chemicals the first commodities to be commercialized by carbon reuse economy

The Carbon Reuse Economy - Transforming CO₂ from a pollutant into a resource

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9 September 20194 September 2019

Avantium awarded €6 million EU grant to accelerate its technologies

Company will lead a 4-year research programme 'IMPRESS' consortium containing ten industry and academic organisations across Europe

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6 September 20196 September 2019

Polymers: Linoleic acid derived from vegetable oils to replace crude oil

TH Cologne researchers developing bio-based polymer intermediates from renewable resources

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5 September 20199 September 2021

Converting waste gas into high value flavours and fragrances

Collaboration of researchers to establish a unique manufacturing facility and biosynthetic platform to produce a range of specialty chemicals

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3 September 201929 August 2019

Applying sustainability to save the Amazon Rainforest

Large-scale agriculture has experienced sizeable expansion and becomes the newest driver of deforestation in the Amazon region

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Wits green chemists find a way to turn cashew nut shells into sunscreen

Team is working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and fast growing non-edible plant waste, through a chemical process named xylochemistry

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30 August 201927 August 2019

Avantium plans to open bio-MEG demo plant in November

Based on the results of a demo plant, Avantium will be able to validate the technical performance and refine its economic opportunities

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Carbon-neutral Fuels from Air and Green Power

Kopernikus Project P2X: Integrated Container-scale Test Facility Produces Fuels from the Air-captured Carbon Dioxide and Green Power

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28 August 201923 August 2019

Catalysts for climate protection

Fraunhofer Scientists together with industrial partners aiming to optimize promising katalytic methods for the use of CO₂ until readiness for marketing

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Thailand promotes promise as bioplastics base

Due to the Thai Government approved tax breaks for purchasing compostable bioplastic-based packaging, various stakeholders are establishing a composting infrastructure

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Avantium First Half 2019 Results

"Company is progressing its technologies towards commercialization"

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22 August 201926 December 2019

Launch of bio-based Cyrene to replace toxic solvents

GREEN-CHEM-researchers developed a new and safer bio-based solvent which is produced in two steps from renewable cellulose

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19 August 201913 August 2019

Growing bio-based solvent market

These specialty chemicals continue to look for safer and less carbon emitter alternatives

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8 August 20194 August 2019

An exclusive interview with Colleen May, President of Cargill’s Bioindustrial Group

In this exclusive interview, Colleen May, tells us what is the bioeconomy from her company’s point of view and what are Cargill’s next steps in the green chemistry

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30 July 201925 July 2019

New coalition working on SAF: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to AFCC

AFCC’s current focus, the appropriations process, and what they are trying to do for the growth of jet biofuels and renewable chemicals

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12 July 20199 July 2019

Turning food waste into bioplastics

An ingenious new solution being engineered at the University of Canterbury aims to turn food waste into valuable chemical components that could be used to make bioplastics

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11 July 20198 July 2019

Strategic alliance between Clariant and Elevance sets the path to extraordinary natural ingredients

First deliverables from are high-performing plant-based substitutes to volatile silicones

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8 July 20198 July 2019

CH-Bioforce revolutionizes biomaterials production

Finnish start-up successfully provides a completely new way of replacing fossil- and food-based raw materials

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4 July 20192 July 2019

BTG commissions innovative thermo-chemical fractionation plant

Important step towards the commercialisation of a fast pyrolysis based biorefinery

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3 July 201928 June 2019

Towards eco-friendly personal care, and other BIO highlights

BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology to raise topics about genetic modification and the future of agriculture

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26 June 201921 June 2019

BASF and Lutianhua plan to pilot a new production process that significantly reduces CO2 emissions

Pilotplant to produce Dimethylether in a new, energy-efficient one-step process from syngas