In conjunction with the Institute for Materials and Wood Technology at the Bern University of Applied Sciences, AVALON Industries is launching a research project to replace formaldehyde in phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins with biobased, nontoxic platform chemical 5-HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural).
Green Biologics Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., a U.K. industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, announced a distribution agreement with Caldic B.V., a global distributor headquartered in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Verdezyne Inc., a synthetic biology company producing biobased chemicals, and specialty chemicals distributor Aceto Corp. (ACET) announced an agreement for sales and distribution of Verdezyne's BIOLON® DDDA (biobased dodecanedioic acid).
AkzoNobel and agro-industrial cooperative Royal Cosun have formed a new partnership to develop novel products from cellulose side streams resulting from sugar beet processing.
Driven by large and widespread feedstocks and government incentives, Southeast Asia is positioned to be a hub for biobased materials and chemicals (BBMC), according to Lux Research.
Science and agricultural leaders DuPont Industrial Biosciences (DuPont) and Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) announced a new breakthrough process with the potential to expand the materials landscape in the 21st century with novel, high-performance renewable materials.
The Swedish Minister for Enterprise and Innovation, Mikael Damberg, joined Stora Enso CEO, Karl-Henrik Sundström, at the company’s official inauguration of its new Innovation Centre.
Green Biologics Ltd., a UK-based industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, is moving forward with the construction of its 100-percent renewable, bio-based n-butanol and acetone manufacturing facility in Little Falls, MN.