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March 9, 2011
The governments of Norway and the U.K. have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a three-year R&D collaboration in the fields of industrial biotechnology and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Norway-and-U-K-Agree-on-Biotech-R-and-D-Partnership_33303.html March 9, 2011
The two firms also signed a nonbinding letter of intent that provides Dow with the option of buying 20 million gallons of Solazyme’s oils in 2013 and up to 60 million gallons in 2015....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Dow-Taps-Solazyme-for-Biobased-Dielectric-Insulating-Fluid-Development-Deal_33306.html March 8, 2011
Battelle (Columbus, OH), an independent research and development organization, developed the process to combine soybean meal with “off the shelf” plastic resins with funding from the Ohio Soybean Council. The biomaterial is bonded at a molecular level, rather than simply being an organic filler, rendering comparable performance to conventional PE and PP....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Ohio-Firm-Launches-Soybean-Based-Polyolefin-Composites_33295.html March 8, 2011
Dow Kokam, a lithium-ion battery joint venture involving Dow Chemical, has signed an agreement to supply batteries for medium-duty hybrid and fully electric trucks. The agreements are...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Dow-Kokam-to-Supply-Hybrid-Truck-Batteries_33269.html March 8, 2011
Chromatin says the non-exclusive, royalty-bearing license will help it advance the use of sorghum as a “sustainable source of sugar, starch, and lignocellulose.”...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chromatin-Licenses-Advantas-Sorghum-Germplasm_33261.html March 7, 2011
Metabolix (Cambridge, MA) says it has demonstrated higher yields of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), the building block of its first commercial biobased plastic, in genetically engineered tobacco plants....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Metabolix-Advances-Program-to-Produce-Plastics-Directly-in-Plants_33234.html March 7, 2011
BASF and Evolva Holding (Reinach, Switzerland), an innovative synthetic biology company, have signed an agreement for joint research and design of novel and optimized...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/BASF-and-Evolva-Sign-Agreement-to-Collaborate-in-Crop-Protection_33231.html March 3, 2011
Codexis (Redwood City), an innovator in the field of enzymes technology this week disclosed that it is making good progress in the development of enzymes for use in carbon capture and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-Round-up-March-3_33190.html March 3, 2011
Electronics giant Samsung says it has formed a joint venture company with Quintiles, a top-tier pharma services group to support its entry into the contract manufacture of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Samsung-Enters-Contract-Biopharma-Sector_33189.html March 1, 2011
Genomatica announced today that it has raised $45 million in funding, which the company will use to complete demonstrate-scale production and early commercialization efforts for its first product, biobased 1,4-butanediol (BDO). The money will also be used to advance other biobased chemicals in the company’s pipeline....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Genomatica-Raises-$45-Million_33153.html March 1, 2011
Codexis (Redwood City), an enzymes technology firm, yesterday said it is making “significant progress” in its development of a commercial-scale enzyme that can reduce the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Codexis-Expands-into-Industrial-Applications-Unveils-Carbon-Capture-Technology_33133.html February 25, 2011
This Week on CW: BASF's profits rose as economic conditions continued to improve, and the company is optimistic about 2011. At CW's annual India conference, speakers said the country...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Feb-25_33098.html February 25, 2011
Givaudan intends to market the final product as early as 2012....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Givaudan-Taps-Amyris-for-Biobased-Fragrance-Ingredients_33090.html February 24, 2011
Butamax Advanced Biofuel (Wilmington, DE), a joint venture formed between DuPont and BP, says it filed a patent infringement suit on January 14 against newly public isobutanol producer...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/DuPont-JV-Suing-Gevo-for-Patent-Infringement_32969.html February 22, 2011
“Indicated customer interest to date should suffice to sell out the first commercial plant and justify expansions,” says Laurence Alexander, analyst with Jefferies & Co. (New York). Alexander expects the Clinton site to ramp up to full capacity by mid-2013, at which point royalties should roughly offset base operating costs....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Metabolix-Lands-New-Customers-For-PHA-based-Resin_32980.html February 22, 2011
Biochemical maker Myriant Technologies says it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Davy Process Technology (DPT; London), a Johnson Matthey subsidiary, covering the use of Myriant’s biobased succinic acid in DPT’s butanediol, tetrahydrofuran, and gamma-butylolactone process technology. The MOU covers the non-exclusive testing and approval of Myriant’s succinic acid as feedstock for the DPT process and an exclusive joint development agreement to integrate Myriant’s biobased succinic acid technology with Davy butanediol technology....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Myriant-Davy-Process-Technology-Sign-MOU_32895.html February 18, 2011
This Week on CW: Air Products has dropped its $70/share hostile bid for Airgas as a court upheld the latter's poison pill. LyondellBasell's profits are way, way up. Bayer has started...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Industry-News-Round-Up-Feb-18_32950.html February 18, 2011
Bayer earlier today started-up a pilot plant at Leverkusen that uses CO2 as a raw material for making plastic. The plant produces a chemical precursor into which CO2 is incorporated...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Bayer-Starts-Up-Pilot-for-CO2-to-Plastics-Eyes-Full-Production-in-2015_32921.html February 18, 2011
In 2011, key BWA launches include antiscalants exhibiting 4-5 times more biodegradeability than industry standards, and a new biocide that is both cheaper and more effective for end users....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/BWA-Adds-to-Antiscalants-and-Biocide-Lines_32949.html February 17, 2011
Steps were taken this week toward enhancing the safety of nanomaterials: The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC; Brussels) yesterday officially opened the first...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/CWs-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Feb-17_32912.html |
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