Finland – Spinnova and Fortum partner to expand production textile fibres from lignocellulosic feedstocks [Full subscriber]
The Finnish start-up Spinnova is partnering with the local clean-energy firm Fortum to advance the production of cellulose-based textile fibres.
Singapore – Arkema to build new biobased polyamide plant [Full subscriber]
The speciality chemicals Arkema has selected the location of Jurong Island in Singapore to launch its new biobased polyamide plant.
Biobased fire-retardant coating developed by VTT [Full subscriber]
Researchers at the VTT Technical Researcher Center of Finland have developed a highly fire-retardant coating from nanocellulose obtained from wood pulp.
Australia – PFS paves way for a biorefinery in Queensland producing sugars from cane waste [Full subscriber]
The biotech start-up and Australia-based Leaf Resources announce on 20th May that completed the pre-feasibility study (PFS) on a second-generation commercial biorefinery in Queensland that will deploy the company’s proprietary process for conversion of lignocellulosic feedstocks to industrial sugars which enable multitude downstream technologies to produce substitute petrochemicals. A bio-manufacturing hub is intended to be developed in a sugarcane producing region of Queensland after the PFS assessment of various locations.
Anellotech to build commercial-scale plant to produce biobased BTX [Full subscriber]
The biotech start-up Anellotech says it has validated its Bio-TCat technology by achieving commercially-targeted yields of aromatic chemicals, such as benzene, toluene and xylenes (BTX), in its TCat-8 pilot unit in Silsbee, Texas during six months of continuous process operations.
Redesigning a bacterial enzyme aids production of rare sugar from table sugar [Registered]
Researchers from the Ghent University, Belgium have modified sucrose phosphorylase from Bifidobacterium adolescentis (BaSP) that can be used as a transglucosylase in the production of rare sugar nigerose from sucrose and glucose. This could provide a cheap and convenient route to make enough nigerose to explore potential applications in the food and pharmaceutical industries.
Biofine secures US$750,000 from MTI to produce biobased levulinic acid [Registered]
The Maine Technology Institute has awarded US$750,000 to Biofine Developments Northeast to support the development of a commercial biorefinery in Bucksport, Maine, that will produce biobased chemicals from lignocellulosic feedstock.
Biobased succinic producers priced out by cheaper, petrochemical-based producers [Registered]
The biosuccinic acid market has gone through a marked change over the past five years, from being the young, rising star of the biobased chemical building blocks industry into one having to confront competitively produced succinic acid from a petrochemical feedstock.
Lygos secures 3 grants from US agencies to advance biochemicals production [Registered]
The US-based biotech start-up, Lygos, producer of specialty chemicals, recently announced three innovation research grants totalling US$750,000 of non-equity funding to support advanced research and development. These funds have been awarded through separate grants from the US Department of Energy, USDA and the National Science Foundation.
Elevance Renewable Sciences and Stahl partner to bring biobased coatings to market [Registered]
The US-based start-up Elevance Renewable Science has signed a supply agreement with Stahl, a global leader in leather chemicals and high-performance coatings. The agreement enables Stahl to commercialize new coatings and polyurethane dispersions (PUDs) based on Elevance’s C18 polyol technology.
Monthly Snapshot
Market overview Fifteen-day average of ISA daily price of 12.93 cents/lb on 20th June suggests that the sugar market is reacting to the impending deficit in 2019/20 highlighted by several […]
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