{"id":82765,"date":"2020-12-14T06:59:38","date_gmt":"2020-12-14T05:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.biofuelsdigest.com%2Fbdigest%2F2020%2F12%2F07%2Fcargill-ifpen-and-axens-to-jointly-develop-and-scale-bio-based-acrylic-acid%2F"},"modified":"2020-12-12T12:56:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-12T11:56:45","slug":"cargill-ifpen-and-axens-collaborate-to-advance-lactic-to-acrylic-acid-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/cargill-ifpen-and-axens-collaborate-to-advance-lactic-to-acrylic-acid-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cargill, IFPEN and Axens collaborate to advance lactic-to-acrylic-acid technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cargill, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Axens are joining forces to further develop and scale bio-based acrylic acid. The collaboration leverages Cargill\u2019s experience with bio-based materials, IFPEN<\/a>\u2019s expertise in the field of catalyst and bioprocess development, and Axens<\/a>\u2019 catalyst manufacturing and industrial scale-up design process. The effort will focus on commercializing the Procter & Gamble (P&G) company\u2019s lactic-to-acrylic-acid technology, which won the American Chemical Society 2020 Award for Affordable Green Chemistry. Cargill exclusively licensed<\/a> the technology earlier this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMore than 6 million tons of petro-based acrylic acid will be produced this year,\u201d said Dr. Jill Zullo, Vice President of Biointermediates in Cargill\u2019s Bioindustrial business. “By leveraging Cargill\u2019s processing technology and IFPEN\/Axens\u2019 know-how in catalysis and scale up, we\u2019re aiming to produce acrylic acid from renewable resources, thereby reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50 percent.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since Cargill\u2019s award-winning lactic acid technology is already commercially proven, efforts will focus on the catalyst and process development needed to convert lactic acid into bio-based acrylic acid at scale \u2013 expertise for which IFPEN and Axens are world renowned. Bio-based acrylic acid can be used in a variety of applications, from hygiene products to household paints, delivering more sustainable solutions on a wide range of consumer products.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be working with IFPEN and Axens. Given their mutual commitment to furthering the bio-economy and demonstrated capabilities in catalysis and commercial scale up, we knew they were the right partners for this important project,\u201d says Asheesh Choudhary, Global Business Development Director for Cargill\u2019s Bioindustrial business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe firmly believe that the combined expertise of the three partners, which includes our recognized experience in the field of bio-products, represents the strength of this project,\u201d explains Jean-Pierre Burzynski, director of the Process Business Unit at IFPEN.<\/p>\n

Pierre Beccat, EVP Technology Development and Innovation at Axens adds, \u201cWe are very proud to be associated to Cargill and IFPEN to develop a solution in the field of bio-products thus bolstering Axens\u2019 ambition to be a major player in the bio-economy. The technology was developed in P&G\u2019s corporate laboratories and Axens is very excited to develop it to an industrial scale as this technology could have a significant impact on the marketplace.\u201d<\/p>\n

The companies are advancing the technology according to staged milestones. Although it will be several years before it is ready to be deployed at industrial scale, test samples could be ready for potential customers sometime within the next 12 months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cargill, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and Axens are joining forces to further develop and scale bio-based acrylic acid. The collaboration leverages Cargill\u2019s experience with bio-based materials, IFPEN\u2019s expertise in the field of catalyst and bioprocess development, and Axens\u2019 catalyst manufacturing and industrial scale-up design process. The effort will focus on commercializing the Procter & Gamble […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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":[5838,10408,12529],"supplier":[2491,230,6145,600],"class_list":["post-82765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-greenchemistry","tag-technology","supplier-axens-technologies-ifp","supplier-cargill-inc","supplier-ifpen","supplier-procter-gamble"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82765","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82765"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=82765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}