In Florida, Green Earth Technologies’ G-OIL Bio-based Full Synthetic Motor Oil, which currently displays the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Certified BioPreferred® Product Label, is now identified as a Federal Procurement Preferred Product within the newly created 4-cycle “crankcase” engine oil category. To date, G-OIL is the only listed product in this newly created category. More on […]
In Massachusetts, Modular Genetics has successfully completed Phase I of a project funded by the National Science Foundation, to demonstrate bio-production of an acyl glycinate surfactant, to demonstrate Modular’s proprietary “green” purification method can be used to purify the surfactant, and to ship a sample of the surfactant to a customer for evaluation. Modular produced […]
In Texas, GelPro introduced NewLife Eco-Pro, a new line of premium, eco-friendly and ergonomic commercial anti-fatigue floor mats designed specifically to benefit a workforce that stands. NewLife Eco-Pro is the industry’s first integral skin polyurethane mat made with Bio-Foam, a plant-based renewable resource.
In the Netherlands, DSM announced the launch of its latest natural preservation solution for beverages, DelvoCid+, at the Institute of Food Technologist Annual Meeting & Food Expo 2013. Applying the unique benefits of natamycin, the natural antifungal, to beverages, DSM is offering its latest preservation solution to beverage manufacturers. DelvoCid+ effectively eliminates the risk of […]
In New York, Trellis Earth Products will be moving manufacturing operations from China and launch its first U.S. manufacturing facility outside of Rochester. Trellis will invest $8.3 million to establish its new headquarters at the Rochester Technology Park, and expects to be operational by the second quarter of 2014. By year’s end, Trellis will begin […]
In Michigan, three Michigan Technological University scientists have come up with a new model for how genes interact and affect each other’s function. They also identified a network of genes that cause poplar roots to grow well in low-nitrogen soil. The researcher’s goal was to find ways to produce plants that require less nitrogen. The […]
In India, Punjab Agricultural University reports that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with International Panaacea Ltd for the licensing of Trichoderma harzianum for use as a bio-pesticide. PAU developed the strain to deal with Foot Rot disease that strikes basmati rice. IPL will have to get the bio-pesticide registered with the Central Insecticide […]
In Indiana, Cereplast announced it has received multiple purchase orders for Cereplast Compostables blown film resins totaling approximately $200,000 in sales. These resins will be used for the manufacture of single-use plastic bags for use at about 45 supermarkets located in the Veneto and Trentino Regions in, Italy. The resin is being produced this month […]
In California, OriginOil announced it will establish a permanent technology showcase at Aqua Farming Technology in the Coachella Valley. Aqua operates a 120 acre facility. “We’ve hit the limit of what we can do in our Los Angeles lab,” said Nicholas Eckelberry, OriginOil co-founder and chief inventor. “We need lots of algae and big fish ponds […]
In North Dakota, Prairie Business reports that c2renew is hoping to go into full production of their biomass filler for biocomposite plastics. The company uses agricultural wastes such as flax stalks, oat hulls, and sugar beet pulp as replacement fillers for minerals, at half the weight. Chief Technology Officer and co-founder Chad Ulven is quoted, […]
