{"id":34933,"date":"2016-05-19T07:42:12","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T05:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=34933"},"modified":"2016-05-11T12:05:46","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T10:05:46","slug":"stora-enso-strengthens-bio-based-chemicals-development-and-signs-a-joint-technology-development-and-license-agreement-with-rennovia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/stora-enso-strengthens-bio-based-chemicals-development-and-signs-a-joint-technology-development-and-license-agreement-with-rennovia\/","title":{"rendered":"Stora Enso strengthens bio-based chemicals development and signs a joint technology development and license agreement with Rennovia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SANTA CLARA, California, USA, May 10th 2016 &#8211; Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc. have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will cooperate to develop processes for bio-based chemicals of interest to Stora Enso, employing Rennovia\u2019s high-throughput catalyst discovery infrastructure and process development expertise. Rennovia focuses on the technology development of novel catalysts and processes for the cost advantaged production of chemicals from renewable feedstocks.<\/p>\n<p>As Stora Enso is targeting new markets and developing novel products as it transforms into a renewable materials company, the agreement is a logical step for the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe joint development and technology agreement will accelerate some of the developments Stora Enso is working on and gives us a solid platform to move further in building a portfolio of sustainable bio-based solutions for our customers. We are looking forward to collaborating with Rennovia,\u201d said Juan Carlos Bueno, Executive Vice President, Biomaterials division at Stora Enso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement underscores the broad applicability of Rennovia\u2019s catalytic technologies to the production of a wide range of bio-based chemical products,\u201d said Robert Wedinger, President and CEO of Rennovia. \u201cWe are delighted that Stora Enso recognizes our catalyst and process technologies as an efficient, cost-effective platform for producing bio-based chemicals.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>About Stora Enso Biomaterials division<\/h3>\n<p>Stora Enso Biomaterials division is a provider of pulp grades to meet the demands of various paper, board and tissue producers. The offering also includes fluff for hygiene applications and dissolving pulp for the textile industry. The mission of Stora Enso Biomaterials division is to find new, innovative ways to maximise the value extractable from wood, as well as other kind of ligno-cellulosic biomasses. Through innovation, the aim is to develop into a cost and performance differentiated renewable biochemical company offering drop-in and new materials into existing and new industries to Stora Enso.<\/p>\n<h3>About Rennovia<\/h3>\n<p>Rennovia is a chemical process technology development company focused on the creation of novel processes for the cost advantaged production of commodity and specialty chemicals from renewable feedstocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTA CLARA, California, USA, May 10th 2016 &#8211; Renewable materials company Stora Enso and specialty chemicals company Rennovia Inc. have announced a joint development and license agreement to cooperate on bio-based chemicals development. \u00a0 Under the terms of the agreement, the two companies will cooperate to develop processes for bio-based chemicals of interest to Stora [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,10408],"supplier":[4896,551],"class_list":["post-34933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-greenchemistry","supplier-rennovia","supplier-stora-enso"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/58"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34933\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34933"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=34933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}