With this recognition and thank to the excellent conference hosted by Bio-Based World News, Advonex is poise to launch its products into the European and global markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the many highlights of World Bio Markets\u00a0this week in Amsterdam (under the ownership of Bio-Based World News for the first time) were the awarding of our 2018 Bio-Based World News Awards. After a two month process, our panel of independent industry expert judges carefully deliberated and decided our shortlist and winners. We received a varied range of submissions from around the world, with entries including gaining fuel from the fatbergs floating in our sewers, bio-based baby toys, some amazing uses of lignin and many more. But there could only be one winner for each category, so who are our 2018 winners?<\/p>\n
Bio-Based Product of the Year 2018
\nWinner: Stora Enso – Lignin repurposed for fossil-based materials<\/p>\n
Runner Up: Clean Plus, Inc (CPI) – Drip Trap Granules<\/p>\n
Highly Commended: The Chemours Company – Plant-based, water-repellent fabric\u2026Teflon re-imagined.<\/p>\n
Markus Mannstr\u00f6m, Executive Vice President of the Stora Enso Biomaterials division, says, \u201cWe are delighted that LineoTM has been recognised as an innovative, important bio-based product. Made from lignin, an abundant product and one of the main building blocks of a tree, LineoTM is a step on the way to replacing petro-based products with renewable solutions. As we say at Stora Enso, \u201ceverything made from fossil-based materials today, can be made from a tree tomorrow\u201d and it is wonderful that this is being recognised by key industry representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bio-Based Chemical of the Year 2018<\/p>\n
Winner: Advonex – Hydrocarbon ingredients<\/p>\n
Runner Up: Beta Process Bioenergy – Biomass processing, using complete sugar beets<\/p>\n
Highly Commended: Vertoro- Crude lignin oil<\/p>\n
Chad Joshi, of Advonex, \u201cAdvonex would like to thank Bio-Based World News for awarding Advonex with \u201cBio-Based Chemical Innovation of the Year 2018. Our electrochemical synthesis technology is a unique approach to making renewable chemicals that heretofore could only be derived from petroleum. With this recognition and thank to the excellent conference hosted by Bio-Based World News, Advonex is poise to launch its products into the European and global markets.\u201d<\/p>\n
Best use of alternative feedstocks 2018
\nWinner: Enerkem – Non-recyclable waste converted into fuels and chemicals<\/p>\n
Runner Up: Argent Energy Fatbergs to biodiesel<\/p>\n
Highly Commended: \u0178nsect – Insect meal as an alternative feedstock<\/p>\n
Anton de Vries, Corporate Director at Enerkem said on receiving the award: \u201cWe are very pleased and proud to be the Award Winner of Best Use of Alternative Feedstocks. We have come a very long way from Waste-to-Chemicals technology development to commercial deployment stage today. It is now ready to make a substantial contribution to eliminate a global waste issue and at the same time making a substantial contribution to GHG savings\u201d<\/p>\n
Bio-based industry story of the year 2018 – As voted for by the Bio-Based World News Community.
\nWinner: Clariant and Enviral sign first license agreement on the sunliquid technology for a new full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are extremely proud to be receiving this award\u201d, said Paolo Corvo, Head of Sales & Marketing, Business Line Biofuels & Derivatives at Clariant. \u201cThe collaboration with Enviral marks Clariant\u2019s official entrance into the cellulosic ethanol market and the award confirms that the industry recognizes the immense potential of our sunliquid technology.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van\u2019t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences Poster of the Year
\nWinner: Dr Sangho Chung, University of Amsterdam.<\/p>\n
Convener\u00a0of the Awards, Luke Upton, Editor and Co-Founder of Bio-Based World News; \u201cOnce again we have been delighted at the variety of entries we have received to these Awards and it has again cast a spotlight on the wonderful innovations featured on our news website and digital magazine. We are also excited to have awarded our first award voted for directly by the Bio-Based World Community and in the Poster of the Year to reward a leader in the next generation of bio-based industry development. The judges had a really tough time choosing our winners, with only a few points between our final places. A big thanks to our judging panel and all the entrants.\u201d<\/p>\n
We’d like to thanks our panel of judges;\u00b7 Marcel van Berkel (CEO VanBerkel Consultancy).\u00a0Bridgett Luther (Co-Founder, The Disruptive Factory, founder Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute),\u00a0Duncan MacLeod, (Former CEO, Iogen),\u00a0Melanie Williams (Director, Melanie Williams Consulting),\u00a0Jeff Passmore (Founder and CEO at Passmore Group Inca),\u00a0Adam Lusby (Founder, CE Optimal) and\u00a0Lawrence Sullivan (Adjunct Professor, the Citadel) for their time and energy in making these awards happen.<\/p>\n
Our worthy winners received their trophies on the first day of our very successful World Bio Markets conference hosted at Passenger Terminal in Amsterdam on 20th March 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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