Croda International Plc. has completed the acquisition of the Specialty Products business of Arizona Chemical, Jacksonville, FL.

Myriant Corp., a global renewable chemicals company, announced the successful scaling and commercial production of bio-succinic acid at ThyssenKrupp Uhde’s biotech commercial validation facility in Leuna, Germany.

OPX Biotechnologies Inc. (OPXBIO) and Evonik Industries AG have entered into an agreement to jointly develop certain bio-based specialty chemicals.

Solazyme Inc., a renewable oil and bioproducts company headquartered in South San Francisco, CA, and AkzoNobel have entered into an agreement targeting the development of advanced tailored oils and their commercial sales for near-term product supply.

Croda Inc. is installing solar panels at its Atlas Point manufacturing facility in New Castle, DE.

Domtar Corp. has successfully installed a commercial-scale lignin separation plant at its Plymouth, NC, mill.

DuPont Powder Coatings has transitioned the DuPont™ Alesta^® RAL product line from the standard triglycidyl isocyanurate (TGIC) to hydroxyalkylamide (HAA), TGIC-free chemistry.

Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette, and Helm have signed an agreement for the European distribution and joint market development of Reverdia’s Biosuccinium™ sustainable succinic acid.