In California, Lygos, a sustainable specialty chemical company, announced the signing of an agreement with global fermentation and biotechnology firm, CJ BIO, to produce and deliver commercial volumes of sustainable products to the market.
As part of the partnership, Lygos will develop a commercial-scale biorefinery complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa, combining CJ BIO’s expertise in fermentation and biotechnology with Lygos’ advanced biology, chemistry and application development technologies for sustainable solutions.
The biorefinery complex will utilize infrastructure and capabilities from CJ’s existing site, and Lygos will develop additional facilities and downstream operations for the production of its products.
“CJ BIO has recently formed a precision fermentation CDMO (Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization) business to bring more bio-based solutions to market,” said Lance Choi, CEO of CJ BIO America. “Scaling up our existing CDMO partnership with Lygos to manufacture commercial quantities of their products will help us serve our mission to deliver innovative and sustainable products to large markets.”
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Tags: biorefinery, California, CJ BIO, Lygos
Category: Fuels
