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June 18, 2013
Chromatin (Chicago) a developer of sorghum seeds for agriculture and renewable energy; and the Sorghum Checkoff (Lubbock, TX), a producer-funded organization, have entered into a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Chromatin-and-the-Sorghum-Checkoff-partner-to-develop-higher-yielding-sorghum-hybrids_52891.html June 18, 2013
Calysta Energy (Menlo Park, CA) and NatureWorks (Minnetonka, MI) have entered into an exclusive, multiyear collaboration to research and develop a practical, world-scale production...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/NatureWorks-Calysta-Energy-enter-R-and-D-to-produce-lactic-acid-via-methane-fermentation_52888.html June 17, 2013
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, MA) chemical engineers have devised a cheaper way to synthesize gamma-valerolactone (GVL)—a potential feedstock of interest...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/MIT-researchers-devise-cost-efficient-process-to-produce-biosourced-GVL_52860.html June 14, 2013
Researchers at Georgia Tech (Atlanta) have developed an improved technique for producing nanocrystals with consistent sizes, compositions, and architectures—including metallic...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Georgia-Tech-researchers-use-polymer-structures-as-nanoreactors-to-develop-uniform-nanocrystals_52833.html June 13, 2013
Evonik Industries has opened a technical center in Singapore for its comfort and insulation business line, the company says. The center is the business unit's fifth laboratory globally...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Evonik-opens-technical-service-center-in-Singapore_52816.html June 13, 2013
Evonik Industries has opened an innovation center for products for the cosmetics industry at its site at Essen, Germany. The center cost nearly €17 million ($23 million) and will...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Evonik-opens-innovation-center-for-cosmetics-industry_52787.html June 12, 2013
Ecolab announced that it is expanding its research, development, and engineering (RD&E) center at Campinas, São Paulo—doubling its size to 1,300 sq meters. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Ecolab-to-expand-Brazil-R-and-D-center_52784.html June 12, 2013
Air Liquide has signed an agreement to acquire Voltaix (Branchburg, NJ), Air Liquide announced today. The acquisition is expected to close later this summer, pending applicable...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Air-Liquide-acquires-advanced-precursors-firm_52782.html June 10, 2013
Cool Planet Energy Systems (Camarillo, CA) says it closed on $29.9 million of its anticipated $100-million D-series financing that will fund construction of the company's first...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/US-firm-raises-funds-for-construction-of-commercial-biomass-fractionating-biorefinery_52718.html June 7, 2013
Cardia Bioplastics (Mulgrave, Australia) and biomolecular engineers at the University of Sydney are developing more cost-effective polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymers, Cardia has...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Australias-Cardia-Bioplastics-and-Univ-of-Sydney-researchers-develop-renewable-PPC-polymers_52691.html June 7, 2013
The US Department of Energy (DOE)’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL; Washington) is partnering with Cobalt Technologies (Mountain View, CA), the US Navy, and Show Me...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/US-NREL-partners-with-Cobalt-Technologies-to-develop-biosourced-jet-fuel_52689.html June 4, 2013
Renewable chemicals firm Avantium (Amsterdam) and leading plastics converter Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner have announced a joint development agreement for the development of biobased...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Avantium-and-Alpla-ink-biobased-PEF-development-deal_52543.html June 3, 2013
Clariant has taken a step toward the commercialization of Sunliquid, the company's proprietary biodiesel technology, by widening the range of raw materials that can be used with the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Clariant-widens-raw-material-range-for-its-second-generation-biodiesel-technology_52501.html May 29, 2013
Benefuel (Irving, TX) has completed agreements with Flint Hills Resources (FHR; Wichita, KS) to develop biodiesel refineries in the United States using Benefuel’s patented Ensel...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Flint-Hills-and-Benefuel-to-develop-biodiesel-refineries-jointly-in-the-US_52354.html May 29, 2013
Lignol Energy Corp. (LEC; Vancouver) has become majority shareholder in Territory Biofuels (TBF; Darwin, Australia) after it acquired an additional 2.67 million shares in the company...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Canadas-Lignol-Energy-becomes-majority-owner-of-Australias-largest-biorefinery-production-to-restart-by-year-end_52327.html May 23, 2013
DuPont is expanding its microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) product lines through an extended agreement with Mingtai Chemical (Bade City, Taiwan), a leading manufacturer of MCC. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/DuPont-inks-MCC-deal_51692.html May 22, 2013
Novo A/S (Hellerup, Denmark), parent of pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk (Bagsvaerd, Denmark), has acquired Xellia Pharmaceuticals (Oslo) from private equity firm 3i (London) for an...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Denmarks-Novo-acquires-Xellia-Pharmaceuticals-in-$700-million-deal_52226.html May 21, 2013
Syngenta and DuPont say they have entered into technology licensing agreements that will broaden each company’s crop protection product portfolio and enable both to bring new...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Syngenta-DuPont-sign-fungicide-tech-agreement_52116.html May 21, 2013
The central theme of the latest BASF research conference, held recently at Ludwigshafen, was “Chemistry powers energy: Renewable generation, safe storage, and efficient transport and use,” relying on chemistry as an enabler....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/BASF-R-and-D-conference-Chemistry-powers-energy_52094.html May 21, 2013
International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF) and Amyris (Emeryville, CA) have agreed to a multiyear collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize a set of biobased fragrance...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/IFF-Amyris-sign-fragrance-deal_52068.html |
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