Category: Million Minds

4 minutes… Mark Herrema. Co-founder and CEO, Newlight Technologies

4 minutes… Mark Herrema. Co-founder and CEO, Newlight Technologies

February 3, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Newlight is harnessing methane-based carbon emissions as a resource to replace oil and reduce the cost of plastics production–fundamentally changing both the economics and environmental impact of the plastics industry. Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the […]

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4 minutes with… Douglas Furtek, Director, Operational Innovation, R&D, Teck Guan Group

4 minutes with… Douglas Furtek, Director, Operational Innovation, R&D, Teck Guan Group

February 2, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Teck Guan Group is a progressive multinational (Malaysia, China, Indonesia) oil palm plantation, palm oil mill, and oleochemical company. We are now converting our massive amounts of agricultural residues into biogas and liquid biofuels. The only oil palm empty fruit bunch- (EFB) fed […]

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4 minutes with…Michael Sweet, Managing Director, Brilliant Adventures Australia

4 minutes with…Michael Sweet, Managing Director, Brilliant Adventures Australia

February 1, 2015 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Brilliant Biofuels Technology Xiamen Company Ltd is a wholly owned foreign Enterprise of Brilliant Australia and was set up with purpose of Jatropha agriculture in Fujian Province. Brilliant Australia came first in 2004 in Madagascar where plantations were set up on communal village lands […]

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4 minutes with… Johan Martinez, Director of Renewable Energy and New Business, Asocaña

4 minutes with… Johan Martinez, Director of Renewable Energy and New Business, Asocaña

January 29, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Asocaña is the association of Colombian sugarcane growers and sugarcane mills. 5 of the mills have ethanol distilleries that produce all the ethanol needed for the mandatory blend program. The sustainability of the production is the main goal, including the carbon footprint, regulatory […]

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4 minutes with… Hugo Jacobs, Founder, Methyl Ester

4 minutes with… Hugo Jacobs, Founder, Methyl Ester

January 28, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Our company has been established with one goal in mind and that is to produce and supply the local market with a quality bio diesel product which has been eagerly awaited for by the industry. Tell us about your role and what you […]

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4 minutes with… Stephen P. Toon PhD, President/Executive Consultant, GoldenBio

4 minutes with… Stephen P. Toon PhD, President/Executive Consultant, GoldenBio

January 27, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We are focused on supporting a number of clients at various stages of bioprocess development from test tube to train load. Our experience includes products produced from various feed stock sources in the biochemical, biofuels, animal and human food industries delivering eighteen products […]

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4 minutes with… Thomas H. Arrington III, Chairman, Tidewater Biodiesel

4 minutes with… Thomas H. Arrington III, Chairman, Tidewater Biodiesel

January 26, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. TIDEWATER BIODIESEL will play a major role in the Mid Atlantic Region as our logistical position is amongst several large entities who are keen on using biodiesel fuel for their operations. We are not only focused on the financial rewards, but also on […]

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4 minutes with…Dennis Adkesson, Consultant, Tate & Lyle

4 minutes with…Dennis Adkesson, Consultant, Tate & Lyle

January 25, 2015 |

Tell us about your organization and it’s role in the advanced bioeconomy. Tate & Lyle operates three corn wet mills in the US, and views bio-based chemicals as a way to sustain grind as HFCS and starch markets decline. We currently have an ethanol plant and are a partner with DuPont in the JV that […]

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4 minutes with… Victor Covone, Senior Director of Engineering, Yulex Corporation

4 minutes with… Victor Covone, Senior Director of Engineering, Yulex Corporation

January 22, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Yulex is a biopolymer company that creates renewable products from plant-based materials in a zero-waste, sustainable way by producing and converting our own raw material. Our biomaterials provide an alternative to synthetic rubber medical, consumer and industrial products. We are continually looking for […]

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4 minutes with… John O’Hare, CEO, SCAD Queensland

4 minutes with… John O’Hare, CEO, SCAD Queensland

January 21, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Within the facility there will be an intensive dairy farm, beef feedlot, aquaculture farm, hydroponic vegetable, fruit & herbal growing hothouses and sugarcane farming. All food production will have the produce processed at the onsite SCAD Processing facility. Also, there will be within […]

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