Category: Top Stories

Hot 50 PhotoVote: Corbion

Hot 50 PhotoVote: Corbion

March 1, 2019 |

This is an official photo vote submitted for the 2019 Hot 50 by Corbion. Photo Votes are distributed via the Digest, Twitter and LinkedIn (subject to review for taste and originality) and each Like for each photo vote counts for 1 additional vote in the Hot 50. Notes on PhotoVotes. This year, you may submit Photo […]

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Hot 50 PhotoVote: USA BioEnergy

Hot 50 PhotoVote: USA BioEnergy

March 1, 2019 |

This is an official photo vote submitted for the 2019 Hot 50 by USA BioEnergy. Photo Votes are distributed via the Digest, Twitter and LinkedIn (subject to review for taste and originality) and each Like for each photo vote counts for 1 additional vote in the Hot 50. Notes on PhotoVotes. This year, you may submit […]

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Hot 50 PhotoVote: USA BioEnergy

Hot 50 PhotoVote: USA BioEnergy

March 1, 2019 |

This is an official photo vote submitted for the 2019 Hot 50 by USA BioEnergy. Photo Votes are distributed via the Digest, Twitter and LinkedIn (subject to review for taste and originality) and each Like for each photo vote counts for 1 additional vote in the Hot 50. Notes on PhotoVotes. This year, you may submit […]

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Hot 50 PhotoVote: LanzaTech

Hot 50 PhotoVote: LanzaTech

March 1, 2019 |

This is an official photo vote submitted for the 2019 Hot 50 by LanzaTech. Photo Votes are distributed via the Digest, Twitter and LinkedIn (subject to review for taste and originality) and each Like for each photo vote counts for 1 additional vote in the Hot 50. Notes on PhotoVotes. This year, you may submit Photo […]

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Shell joins Air Liquide, Nouryon in Enerkem waste-to-chemicals project in Rotterdam: the complete story

Shell joins Air Liquide, Nouryon in Enerkem waste-to-chemicals project in Rotterdam: the complete story

March 1, 2019 |

In the Netherlands, a consortium of world-leading companies comprising Air Liquide, Nouryon (formerly AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals), Enerkem and the Port of Rotterdam – has announced that Shell will join as a partner in Europe’s first advanced waste-to-chemicals facility in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Shell, Air Liquide, Nouryon, Enerkem– well, perhaps SANE is the right acronym, and there’s […]

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World’s 1st for product carbon footprints, polyhydroxyalkanoates bioplastic, BASF shoe shanks, bacteria-infused knits, Eastman’s cellulosic yarn and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of February 28th

World’s 1st for product carbon footprints, polyhydroxyalkanoates bioplastic, BASF shoe shanks, bacteria-infused knits, Eastman’s cellulosic yarn and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of February 28th

February 28, 2019 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of February 28th. In today’s Digest, world’s 1st for product carbon footprints, polyhydroxyalkanoates bioplastic, BASF shoe shanks, bacteria-infused knits, Eastman’s cellulosic yarn — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. #1 […]

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The Competitive Edge: Benefuel Inc.

The Competitive Edge: Benefuel Inc.

February 27, 2019 |

Benefuel Inc. Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Benefuel recognized that biodiesel production from virgin oil seeds was neither profitable nor sustainable long term. However, to […]

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High Tide for Brontide – Genomatica’s Butylene Glycol and its markets

High Tide for Brontide – Genomatica’s Butylene Glycol and its markets

February 26, 2019 |

If forced to guess in a game of Balderdash, the average citizen might well describe Brontide as a detergent used by the Flintstones back in Bedrock City, right up there name-wise with the BrontoBurger — a memorable chemical indeed it is, but not that one. It’s the marketing name for Genomatica’s butylene glycol, and 21 […]

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Proud papa DSM transfers Biosuccinium to Roquette, dissolves Reverdia JV

Proud papa DSM transfers Biosuccinium to Roquette, dissolves Reverdia JV

February 23, 2019 |

In the Netherlands, there is a big change coming for bio-succinic acid production, a graduation of sorts for Biosuccinium. Since 2012, Reverdia’s parent companies — Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, and Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients for Food, Nutrition and Health markets, — have been producing […]

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Grow your own bioplastic home, avocado-pit bioplastic, Arla and UPM’s wood-based dairy packaging, PHA bioplastic water bottle and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of February 20th

Grow your own bioplastic home, avocado-pit bioplastic, Arla and UPM’s wood-based dairy packaging, PHA bioplastic water bottle and more: The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of February 20th

February 21, 2019 |

The pace of bioeconomy invention and change continues at a frenetic pace. Here are the top innovations for the week of February 20th. In today’s Digest, grow your own bioplastic home, avocado-pit bioplastic, Arla and UPM’s wood-based dairy packaging, PHA bioplastic water bottle — these and more, ready for you now at The Digest online. […]

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