In Delaware, DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products Company announced the winner of the inaugural Zemea Innovation Award. Knowlton Development Corp. was selected as the winner for its patented Natural Zea deodorant stick platform. Zemea propanediol is a natural, 100 percent biobased ingredient made from corn sugar through fermentation and developed for use in the […]
In California, Cereplast announced the incorporation of a new wholly owned subsidiary, Algaeplast, Inc. The subsidiary’s focus will be the development and manufacture of algae-based bioplastics. Cereplast has been a pioneer in algae-based plastics, helping to bring the first products made from Cereplast Algae Bioplastics to market in 2011, and with the recent commercialization of […]
In Massachusetts, Strem Chemicals and Codexis have signed an enzyme distribution agreement, in which Strem receives exclusive distribution rights for the new 100mg CODEX Screening Kits for Codexis’ popular Transaminase and Ketoreductase enzyme platforms. These enzymes enable efficient conversion of ketones to chiral alcohols or amines. The screening kits contain enzymes evolved with proprietary CodeEvolver […]
In Canada, Agri-Neo has received an investment of $1.5 million from the Government of Canada and Sustainable Development Technology Canada for the development of a bio-pesticide that will control bacteria. The current method of controlling crop devastating bacteria is a mixture of copper-based pesticides and chemicals, which causes crop yield decrease along with soil and […]
In Maryland, Intrexon Corporation and AquaBounty Technologies announced the formation of an exclusive channel collaboration to enhance productivity in aquaculture and develop products that decrease the time to market. AquaBounty will use Intrexon’s UltraVector platform and other technologies to research, develop, manufacture and market products involving key synthetic biology tools to improve the value of […]
In Illinois and India, zuChem Inc. and Godavari Biorefineries have entered into a global partnership combining zuChem’s xylitol technology platform with Godavari’s leadership position in the production and commercialization of sweeteners and renewable sugar-derived ingredients. Under the agreement, the parties will apply zuChem’s proprietary bioprocess technology to produce a bio-sourced xylitol for use as a […]
In New Zealand, CarbonScape has signed an agreement to supply New Zealand Steel to supply green coke, using CarbonScape’s microwave process to turn forestry waste into carbon products, including metallurgical coke. CarbonScape will supply a trial shipment in 2014. If approved by New Zealand Steel, CarbonScape will supply green coke to NZS. CarbonScape is working […]
In Massachusetts, Nexant has published a new multi-client report, “From Diapers to Paints – Is Bio-Acrylic Acid on the Way?”, to investigate new developing routes to acrylic acid, including technology and economic analyses for acrylic acid produced via renewable sources (including sugar, biomass, and glycerol) versus petrochemical sources (including propylene, propane, and ethylene oxide). Acrylic […]
In Belgium, Solvay announced that it has finalized plans to increase its global derivatized guar production by 40 percent with the completion of recent expansions in the USA and China. Derivatized guar is a polymer produced from a bean grown mainly in India. Its inherent natural properties make it an ideal bio-based solution for applications […]
In Texas, Headworks BIO has been awarded a contract by Claude Resources to deploy a Moving Bed Biofilm Reactor treat underground mine water at the Seabee Gold Mine in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. The Seabee Mine is situated in a remote location in Northern Canada where direct access to the mine site is restricted. Equipment and […]
