AkzoNobel has signed a framework joint development agreement with specialty chemicals company Itaconix to explore opportunities for the production of biobased polymers.
Kansas State University researchers have patented the first plant-based resin of its kind that would be ideal for re-adherable painters' tape, labels, packing tapes, stationery notes and other adhesive uses. It also can provide shiny coatings.
AVALON Industries AG, the new entity of the Swiss-based company AVA-CO2 Schweiz AG, is taking over all biobased chemistry activities from AVA-CO2 with immediate effect.
Green Biologics Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., an industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, announced the branding and product development strategy for its high-purity biobased n-butanol and acetone, as well as associated downstream products.
Green Biologics Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Green Biologics Ltd., a UK industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, announced a distribution agreement with Acme-Hardesty, a division of Jacob Stern & Sons Inc. and a leading U.S. supplier of bio-based chemicals.