MINNEAPOLIS/ROTTERDAM, the Netherlands - BioAmber Inc. and IMCD Group announced a new distribution agreement in which IMCD will distribute BioAmber’s biobased succinic acid (Bio-SA^TM) in the Benelux, France, Iberia, Germany, Poland, Southeast Europe, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom and Ireland, targeting customers in the resins and coatings market.

IMCD has a strong commitment to sustainability, with the reduction of CO₂ emissions one of its top corporate priorities. The company has worked on supply-chain excellence and emission reductions for several years, and is committed to cutting its CO₂ emissions by at least 20 percent. IMCD Group is the first distributor to be awarded the Lean & Green award, part of the innovation program Sustainable Logistics by Connekt, an independent network of companies and authorities.

BioAmber currently supplies Bio-SA from a production facility in Pomacle, France, and plans to expand capacity in 2014 with a 30,000 MT capacity plant in Sarnia, Canada. Made from renewable feedstock, Bio-SA has a more favorable carbon footprint (field to gate) than petroleum succinic acid and is one of the few bio-based chemicals currently available at a commercial scale. In resins and coatings applications, BioAmber Bio-SA enables formulation flexibility and the opportunity to develop tailored properties that offer performance in more sustainable solutions.