In Germany, Evonik Industries plans to build a facility for the biotechnology production of Biolys in the Brazilian town of Castro in the state of Paraná. Biolys is a biotechnology product made from renewable resources, is globally known as a highly effective source of L-lysine for animal feed. The plant will be built at a […]
In India, botanist Naheed Ahmad of Patna University and physicist colleague Seema Sharma of AN College are working together to exploit the skin of pomegranates as a reducing agent for making silver nanoparticles. The team says their approach to these widely researched and technologically invaluable nanoparticles represents a more environmentally benign method than the use […]
In Minnesota and Wisconsin, Cargill announced the purchase of the global Envirotemp FR3 fluid business and brand from Milwaukee-based Cooper Power Systems. Cargill currently manufactures the patented, industry leading FR3 renewable dielectric fluid made from vegetable oil that is used in a wide range of applications for transformers and other electrical equipment. Kurtis Miller, president, […]
In Finland, Nokia has launched a new cell phone, the Asha 311, heralding it as part of their “eco hero devices.” The cell phone case has bioplastic material, is both PVC and BFR free. As part of their eco hero services, the cell phone is cased in 100% biodegradable packaging and comes with a number […]
In Washington, the EPA announced that Codexis and Elevance Renewable Sciences were among the winners of this year’s Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. In the small-business category, Elevance was recognized for the production of high-performing, green specialty chemicals at advantageous costs. These green chemicals can be produced with less energy, significantly reduced greenhouse gas emissions […]
In Missouri and Denmark, CLC bio and the International Laboratory for Tropical Agricultural Biotechnology at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, announced a collaboration to benefit the Virus Resistant Cassava for Africa project. The partnership includes researchers at the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St Louis, MO, the National Crops Resources Research Institute in […]
In Florida, BioTork announces collaboration with BASF to optimize certain microbial strains for the industrial production of bio-based polymers and green chemicals. After six months of collaboration, BASF and BioTork came to the conclusion that a combination of their complementary approaches to strain development can improve the efficiency and resulting economics of biochemical production processes. […]
In Canada, Mercer International has established a C$1 million partnership with The University of British Columbia’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and The Pulp and Paper Centre, both in the Faculty of Applied Science, in the creation of an industrial research chair in Advanced Forest Bio-Products Engineering. Mercer’s five year commitment will establish a […]
In Japan, Tokyo Tech’s Toshiyuki Ikoma and Junzo Tanaka have developed technology for producing artificial bones from fish scales and apatite. The new process forms new bone tissue with a much higher density and are thereby very strong and when implanted into bone defects transform into bone tissue much faster than those using porcine dermis […]
In Holland, the town of Epe has seen the opening of a waste water treatment system that uses micro-organisms that clump together into granules, making it much easier to separate the solids from the water being treated. This new technology, referred to as Nereda, was invented at the Delft University of Technology. The resulting National […]
