French biotech start-up Afyren is partnering with Mitr Phol, the world’s third largest sugar producer, to form a 70-30 joint venture biorefinery in Thailand.
Futerro plans to build PLA biorefinery in Normandy, France [Full subscriber]
Belgian bioplastics manufacturer Futerro plans to build Europe’s first vertically integrated biorefinery in Normandy, France, to produce polylactic acid (PLA).
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.
Dongsung partners with UPM to develop biobased polyurethane – with UPM investing €750 million in commercial scale plant [Full subscriber]
South Korea-based Dongsung Chemical is partnering with Germany’s UPM Biochemical to develop renewable products from biobased raw materials, initially for footwear.
Germany – Construction of the new €550 million UPM’s biorefinery has commenced [Full subscriber]
The Finnish pulp and paper producer UPM commenced the construction of the state-of-the-art biochemicals facility in Leuna, Germany on 7th October.
Australia – Mossman Sugar Mill gets US$17.6 million state aid for a new biorefinery [Full subscriber]
The Queensland government recently committed AU$25 million (US$17.6 million) to establish an innovative bio-refinery that would secure the future of the Mossman Mill owned by Far Northern Milling.
Romania – Clariant to build 50,000 t capacity cellulosic ethanol plant [Registered]
Clariant has secured an approval from its board of directors to invest in a new commercial scale plant in south-west Romania to produce cellulosic ethanol.
Renmatix plans to open first commercial biorefinery in 2016 [Registered]
Renmatix’s patented Plantrose process conversion technology uses supercritical water to produce cellulosic sugars from lignocellulosic feedstock. These sugars are then made available for conversion into biofuels or biochemicals via variety of microbes, whether purposefully engineered to produce a particular molecule or not engineeered.
France – Total to convert another refinery into a biorefinery [Registered]
The French refiners have made losses of 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) over the past six years, reported Bloomberg. The planned closure of the La Mède site follows the end of refining operations in Reichstett (Bas-Rhin), Dunkerque (Nord), Petit-Couronne (Seine-Maritime) and Berre (also Bouches-du-Rhône) over the last four years.
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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