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9 June 20204 June 2020

Sekab and Praj Industries in collaboration to accelerate a green transition

Collaboration's aim is to scale up, integrate and optimize the unique CelluAPP^® technology platform developed by Sekab

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3 June 20203 June 2020

2nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, 2–3 February 2021, Cologne, Germany –Call for abstracts and innovation is open!

2^nd International Conference on Cellulose Fibres, the fastest growing fibre group in textiles, the largest investment sector in the bio-based economy and the solution for avoiding microplastics

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25 May 202023 May 2020

Harnessing the Power of Enzymes for Tailoring and Valorizing Lignin

This review summarizes how enzymes involved in lignin biosynthesis pathways and microbial enzymes are being harnessed to produce chemicals and materials

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7 May 20204 May 2020

Competitive Edge: MetGen

The What, When and How of the Advanced Bioeconomy Rising Stars

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5 May 202030 April 2020

Andaltec will develop sustainable packaging with enhanced properties from agricultural waste

Inititative will reuse vegetal biomass waste derived from the agricultural activity to produce biobased packaging manufactured with cellulose

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22 April 202016 April 2020

Carbon fibers from renewable materials

AKK research prize awarded to Dr. Manuel Clauss from the University of Stuttgart

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Carbonfasern aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

AKK-Forschungspreis für Dr. Manuel Clauss von der Universität Stuttgart

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16 April 20209 April 2020

Lignin Research Yields Additional Answers into Bacteria’s Role

Newly published research builds upon previous observations at NREL on the ability of 14 strains of bacteria to break down lignin oligomers and take advantage of those components

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Die Lignin-Forschung liefert zusätzliche Antworten auf die Rolle der Bakterien

Neu veröffentlichte Forschung nimmt frühere Beobachtungen am NREL auf und berichtet über die Fähigkeit von 14 Bakterienstämmen, Lignin-Oligomere abzubauen und diese Komponenten zu nutzen

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3 April 202031 March 2020

Redox-Flow-Batterie: So lässt sich Strom speichern wie Benzin oder Heizöl

Mithilfe eines pflanzlichen Stoffs haben Schaeffler und CMBlu einen neuartigen Stromspeicher entwickelt – mit einer altbewährten Technik

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1 April 202027 March 2020

Climate Disrupted: Lignin, Cellulose, and Starch Bioplastics, TSPs

There exist a big variety of biodegradable bioplastics that could be used to replace petro-based materials in 3D-printing

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23 March 202017 March 2020

From tree to money faster and more efficiently than ever

Futurity to license MetGen’s award-winning METNIN™ technology for lignin valorization

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11 March 20207 March 2020

Plastic from Wood

X-ray analysis points the way to lignin-based components made to measure

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Plastik aus Holz

Röntgenuntersuchung weist Weg zu maßgeschneiderten Bauteilen auf Lignin-Basis

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3 March 20202 March 2020

Optimizing Co-Product Production: The Digest’s 2020 Multi-Slide Guide to Alkaline-Oxidative Pretreatment of Woody Biomass

Eric L. Hegg from Michigan State University, shared the latest research developments on how they are optimizing their two-stage alkaline-oxidative deconstruction process

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28 February 202026 February 2020

„Grüne“ Reststoffe ersetzen Rohöl: Demonstrator der LXP Group für disruptive Biomasse-Wertschöpfung in Betrieb

Innovation für Kreislaufwirtschaft und CO₂-neutrale Produktion von Kraftstoffen, Energie und chemischen Grundstoffen in der industriellen Umsetzung

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21 February 202018 February 2020

FENIX NTM BLOOM & ARPA HPL BLOOM

Arpa Industriale products are made of paper and thermosetting resins based on phenol, which they substituted significantly by their innovative lignin technology

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18 February 202018 February 2020

Tecnaro nabs second prize in newly created Innovation Champions Award

Germany-based manufacturer of bio-compounds has been awarded for its high resilient, innovative biomaterials made from lignin, starch, sugar or cellulose

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Hochrangige Auszeichnung für TECNARO – The Biopolymer Company

Unternehmen wurde für seine hoch beanspruchbaren Werkstoffe auf Basis von Lignin, Stärke, Zucker oder Zellulose ausgezeichnet

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11 February 20206 February 2020

MEGaproject: UPM and its $600M gambit in renewable chemicals

Company chewed through a lengthy evaluation process for a technology partner, and ultimately selected supercritical technology and tapped Renmatix as the partner

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6 February 20203 February 2020

Die Lösung für alles – Das Entstinkungs-Patent

Ein Hamburger Startup hat einen Biorohstoff weiterentwickelt, der als Plastikersatz dienen und die Flut an Mikroplastik eindämmen könnte. Vorher musste ein gravierendes Geruchsproblem gelöst werden

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A novel environmentally friendly process for depolymerization of hydrolysis lignin using Kraft cooking liquor:

Chemicals recoverable by the Kraft recovery cycle - developed approach could be significantly more cost‐effective if integrated into Kraft pulp mill operations

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4 February 20203 February 2020

UPM invests in next generation biochemicals to drive a switch from fossil raw materials to sustainable solutions

EUR 550 million in an industrial scale biorefinery to convert solid wood into next generation biochemicals

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10 January 20207 January 2020

Event Report: Biorizon Forging Ahead with Bio-Aromatics Upscaling

Many promising results have since been achieved in all horizons. Since the start-up in 2013, high-quality facilities have been added in the Flanders-Netherlands region

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19 December 201916 December 2019

Spero Renewables signs $2 million DOE agreement to advance ‘wood-based’ plastic technology

Plastic-made surplus wood shown to be as strong as steel but light weight and more easily recyclable

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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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Destabilisierung macht Holz stabiler: Das Holz-Paradoxon

Forscher der EMPA und ETH Zürich entwickeln innovativen Hightech-Werkstoff aus Holz, aus welchem sie das Lignin entfernt haben

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28 November 201926 November 2019

Novel Biocatalytic System Turns Waste Biomass into Value-Added Chemicals

Their findings have been published in Nature Communications on November 12, 2019

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18 November 201917 November 2019

The Wood Paradox

Destabilization renders wood more stable

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Das Holz-Paradoxon

Destabilisierung macht Holz stabiler

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11 November 20197 November 2019

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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25 October 201922 October 2019

Turning lignin into bioactive molecules in three green steps

Efficient, waste-free process transforms pine wood into novel benzazepines

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22 October 201919 October 2019

Graanul Invest flagship plant received the cornerstone

Graanul Invest laid the cornerstone for wood processing flagship plant, thus marking the start of new biomaterials business line

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15 October 201910 October 2019

World’s first combined 2G ethanol and crude lignin oil biorefinery inches closer to reality

New bio-refinery at Villaralto, in Cordoba Province, Andalusia will produce second generation ethanol alongside so-called crude lignin oil

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13 September 201911 September 2019

Der Umwelt zuliebe: Bioplastik aus Lignin

Forschungsteam von LignoPure will aus Lignin im industriellen Maßstab Kunststofflösungen für seine Kunden entwickeln und selbst produzieren

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10 September 201910 September 2019

Stora Enso: Bio-based carbon materials for batteries

Interview with with Lauri Lehtonen, Head of Innovation, Biomaterials, about this exciting innovation to replace fossil-based and mined raw materials with renewable solutions

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Finland Makes Batteries from Trees. Can Maine?

Stora Enso has recently made an exciting and innovative new investment that could one day come to Maine

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5 September 201931 August 2019

From Lignin to Value: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to MetGen’s Enzymes

Alex Michine, CEO of MetGen gave this enlightening overview of MetGen’s ‘how’, the Sweetwoods project and its integrated biorefinery flagship, and more at ABLC 2019

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23 August 201923 August 2019

CMBlu stellt Bundesverkehrsminister Scheuer Organic-Flow-Batterie vor

Lignin statt Lithium: Organische Energiespeicher aus Alzenau

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30 July 201925 July 2019

Stora Enso invests in producing bio-based carbon materials for energy storage

Another step on Stora Enso's transformation journey to explore new ways to replace fossil-based, scarce and high-cost materials with renewable alternatives

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What to do in an increasingly paperless society? Stora Enso adapts and innovates with 3 big announcements on being ‘fit for the future’

Moving from paper to packaging and other biobased products and more

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2 July 201927 June 2019

Could the roads of the future be bio-based?

Some researchers, concerned about the environmental impacts of bitumen asphalt and future supply after petroleum-slowdown, have started to develop bio-based alternatives

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7 June 20193 June 2019

Yanfeng Automotive Interiors and Prisma Renewable Composites Collaborate to Bring Plant-Based Lignin Technology to Vehicle Interiors

The agreement includes plans to introduce Prisma’s BioLANTM material to YFAI’s broad customer base for use in various automotive interior applications

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4 June 20193 June 2019

FPInnovations and Resolute Inaugurate Thermomechanical Pulp Bio-Refinery in Thunder Bay

TMP-Bio is a patented technology developed by FPInnovations for the commercial production of large quantities of bio-sourced chemicals

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27 May 201922 May 2019

Researchers develop biobased, self-healing elastomer derived from lignin

To achieve these results, ORNL researchers developed a unique method to extract a specific form of lignin

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LignoPure: aufstrebendes Start-up

Future Hamburg Award für einzigartigen Produktionsprozess von kosmetisch reinem Lignin verliehen

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24 May 201922 May 2019

Global Lignin Products Market 2019 – Borregaard, LignoTech, KMT Polymers, Tembec (Rayonier Advanced Materials), Domtar

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of the market based on segmentation involving both economic as well as non-economic factors

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14 May 20199 May 2019

Of Renmatix and All These Pivots

Without the use of any harsh chemicals or solvents, company is able to release building blocks of nature to create an entirely new material with multiple functional benefits

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Eco-friendly formulations based on vegetable oils

There is an increasing demand for green products, but for them to be genuinely sustainable, manufacturers must also use adhesives and paints that are made of bio-based feedstocks