Phycus launches USDA-certified biobased glycolic acid for cosmetic market [Full subscriber]
Phycus Biotechnologies recently announced that its glycolic acid, Purolic Acid™, has earned the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product label.
BASF launches innovative catalyst for biobased ethylene production [Full subscriber]
The chemical giant BASF has introduced CircleStar™, an innovative dehydration catalyst to process renewable feedstocks. The novel star-shaped catalyst achieves a 99.5% selectivity for the ethanol-to-ethylene (E2E) conversion.
Braskem and Sojitz partner to produce and market bioMEG and bioMPG [Full subscriber]
Braskem, a market leader and pioneer in producing biopolymers on an industrial scale, and Sojitz, a global trading company based in Japan, recently announced the launch of Sustainea. The new company will focus on producing and commercialising bioMEG (monoethylene glycol) and bioMPG (monopropylene glycol).
LanzaTech engineers microbe to produce ethylene from CO2 [Registered]
LanzaTech recently announced that it has successfully engineered a bacterium to produce specialized biocatalysts to produce ethylene from CO2 in a continuous process directly.
Researchers develop slow-release fertilizers using cellulose [Full subscriber]
Researchers at the Federal University of São Carlos in Araras, São Paulo state, Brazil, have produced and tested cellulose-based materials for enhanced-efficiency fertilizers to improve the supply of nutrients to crops and reduce the release of non-biodegradable chemicals into the ecosystem.
Ginkgo Bioworks strikes enzyme development deal with Merck worth up to US$144 million [Full subscriber]
Ginkgo Bioworks is partnering with Merck to engineer four enzymes for biocatalysts in the latter’s active pharmaceutical manufacturing efforts.
Ginkgo Bioworks acquires biotech start-ups Altar and Circularis [Registered]
The synthetic biology company Ginkgo Bioworks has announced the acquisition of biotech companies, Altar, a French firm with a proprietary adaptive evolution platform, and Circularis, which has a proprietary circular RNA and promoter screening platform. Both companies are located in Oakland, California, USA.
France – Afyren inaugurates €80 million biobased organic acids plant [Full subscriber]
The biotech start-up Afyren has inaugurated its first commercial-scale plant, Afyren Neoxy, in the city of Carling Saint-Avold. According to a press release in late September, it will produce biobased organic acids.
Kao invests US$120 million in Genomatica’s technology to develop palm oil alternatives [Full subscriber]
Japanese chemical and cosmetics company Kao Corporation has joined a US$120 million venture to scale and commercialise the biotech company Genomatica’s biobased alternatives to palm kernel oil, joining Unilever as a founding member.
Microalgae engineered to produce medium-chain triacylglycerols [Full subscriber]
Researchers from the Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology (QIBEBT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have engineered marine microalgae to produce medium-chain triacylglycerols (MCT), which is a kind of plant oil conferring a variety of health benefits.
Monthly Snapshot
Raw sugar for March delivery settled at 19.82 cents/pound on January 18 after reaching a two-and-a-half-week high earlier in the session at 20.25 cents. The white sugar contract expiring in […]
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