I\u2019m sorry I missed posting on International Women\u2019s Day as I was working on the Bio-Materials newsletter deadline. However, I always say better late than never so here is a list of women CEOs blazing trails in the (renewable) chemicals market. Please let me know if I missed somebody on this list!<\/p>\n
AIR PROTEIN\/KIVERDI \u2013 Lisa Dyson
\nKiverdi was founded with a mission to commercialize sustainable resource utilization solutions by transforming carbon to make high-value oils, complete proteins, and other bio-based products. Kiverdi\u2019s NASA-inspired technology uses microorganisms to transform carbon dioxide, along with other simple mineral nutrients and gases, into raw materials for everyday products, such as food ingredients, clothing, personal care items, and industrial goods.<\/p>\n
AMERICAN PROCESS \u2013 Theodora Retsina
\nFounded in 1995 as an engineering consulting company to the forest products industry, and reincorporated in 2019 as a biomass and biorefinery technology and engineering company. American Process specializes in the development of technologies for the commercial production of sugars and ethanol from biomass.<\/p>\n
C16 BIOSCIENCES \u2013 Shara Ticku
\nC16 was founded with the objective of creating a sustainable, environmentally friendly alternative to conflict palm oil. The company developed a technology to brew a sustainable alternative to palm oil from microbes. The product is 20% less expensive to customers and is produced in specialized bioreactors.<\/p>\n
CARBON \u2013 Ellen Kullman
\nCarbon is a digital manufacturing platform reinventing how polymer products are designed, engineered, manufactured, and delivered towards a digital and sustainable future. With Carbon\u2019s Digital Light Synthesis\u2122 technology and broad family of programmable liquid resins, manufacturers can unlock new business opportunities such as mass customization, on-demand inventory, and previously impossible product designs. The Carbon Platform allows customers to build uniquely differentiated products while reducing waste and time to market.<\/p>\n
CURIE CO. \u2013 Erika Milczek
\nCurie Co is a life science company that engineers enzymes and marine biomaterials to replace harmful and banned chemicals. The\u00a0company uses enzyme engineering and recycled marine biomaterials to completely replace the FDA-banned chemicals with sustainable and safe ingredients.<\/p>\n
DMC BIOTECHNOLOGIES \u2013 Carolyn Fritz (Chairman of the Board)
\nDMC Biotechnologies, Inc. operates as a biotechnology company. The Company develops a synthetic metabolic valve technology for rapid engineering of microbial hosts that enables the production of a broad diversity of specialty chemicals, flavors, fragrances, nutraceuticals, and other natural products.<\/p>\n
GENERA ENERGY INC \u2013 Kelly Tiller
\nGenera Energy provides a robust and integrated biomass supply solution for the advanced biofuels, biopower, and biobased products industries. Genera is developing a facility to produce market pulp and thermoformed fibre products from locally grown agricultural materials. Using multiple feedstocks, Genera has created a blended fibre product that exhibits strong, beneficial characteristics required in a wide array of fibre-based applications.<\/p>\n
GINKGO BIOWORKS \u2013 Reshma Shetty (Co-Founder)
\nGinkgo Bioworks specializes in using genetic engineering to produce bacteria with industrial applications. Ginkgo Bioworks is an analytics company that designs organisms for customers in a range of industries. The company develops biological engineering products and custom microbes across multiple markets.<\/p>\n
INKEMIA GREEN CHEMICALS \u2013 Lauren Zarama
\nInKemia Green Chemicals is the US subsidiary of InKemia IUCT Group, a Spain-based company primarily specialized in the biotechnological sector. The Company provides products and services for chemical, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, life science and related industry. InKemia GC\u2019s mission is based on the industrial and commercial exploitation of IUCT technological advances in the field of Green Chemistry.<\/p>\n
LANZATECH \u2013 Jennifer Holmgren
\nLanzaTech is a major developer of gas fermentation technology. The company provides novel and economic routes to ethanol, jet fuel and high-value chemicals from gas streams including industrial off-gases from steel and alloy mills; petroleum refineries, petrochemical complexes and gas processing facilities; syngas generated from any biomass resource (e.g. municipal solid waste (MSW), organic industrial waste, agricultural waste); and reformed biogas. \u00a0LanzaTech\u2019s unique microbial gas fermentation process provides a sustainable pathway to produce platform chemicals that serve as building blocks to products that have become indispensable in our lives such as rubber, plastics, synthetic fibres and fuels.<\/p>\n
MANGO MATERIALS \u2013 Molly Morse
\nMango Materials produces a naturally-occurring biopolymer, PHA, from waste biogas ( methane). The climate positive technology transforms greenhouse gas emissions into a biodegradable material for fashion and products, making a plastic substitute that is better than conventional plastics.<\/p>\n
NEOWASTE \u2013 Jessica Findley
\nNeowaste is decentralizing waste management through chemical recycling. Neowaste, in collaboration with Polycrack Worldwide Ltd, is developing projects to convert landfill-bound materials, particularly plastic, into hydrocarbon fuel.<\/p>\n
NOVAMONT \u2013 Catia Bastioli
\nNovamont develops and manufacture bio-based and biodegradable bioproducts through the integration of chemistry, agriculture and the environment. The main fields of application of the company\u2019s bioproducts are packaging, separate organic waste collection, retail purchasing, disposable tableware, farming, lubricants, cosmetics, hygiene and pharmaceuticals.<\/p>\n
NOVOLOOP \u2013 Miranda Wang
\nFormerly known as BioCellection, Novoloop develops sustainable and performance thermoplastics using its proprietary Accelerated Thermal Oxidative Decomposition(ADOT) technology to convert packaging waste into polyester-based thermoplastic polyurethane. Its features include a low carbon footprint and sustainability. It has applications in apparel, consumer electronics, automotive and additive manufacturing.<\/p>\n
PHOTANOL \u2013 Veronique De Bruijn
\nPhotanol is a Circular Carbon Chemicals production platform company that utilises proprietary engineered cyanobacteria to process carbon dioxide (CO2) and produce renewable chemical compounds. Cyanobacteria offer a much simpler, renewable pathway for chemical production, and have the potential to emerge as the sustainable production platform for next-generation clean chemicals.<\/p>\n
RENEWLOGY \u2013 Priyanka Bakaya
\nRenewlogy developed a patented catalytic depolymerization process designed for converting plastic waste into fuel. The company\u2019s depolymerization process uses a proprietary chemical recycling process that permits reversing plastic back into its basic molecular structure, to convert non-recycled plastic waste into new valuable products like high-value fuels, in order to end plastic waste entering landfills globally, enabling clients to generate fuel easily and sustainably.<\/p>\n
SOLVAY \u2013 Illham Kadri
\nSolvay is an international chemical and advanced materials company. Solvay brings advancements in planes, cars, batteries, smart and medical devices, water and air treatment, to solve critical industrial, social and environmental challenges.<\/p>\n
TRINTERNATIONAL INC \u2013 Megan Gluth-Bohan
\nTRInternational is a 25-year-old import\/export chemical distributor. The Company provides products for pharmaceuticals, concretes, adhesives & sealants, cosmetics & personal care, paints & coatings, and water treatment industries.<\/p>\n
TWIST BIOSCIENCE \u2013 Emily Leprouse
\nTwist Bioscience manufactures synthetic DNA for clients in the biotechnology industry. The company focuses on specialty chemical compounds and drug development. Their innovative silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that we believe is otherwise unavailable to their customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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