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Biochemtex and Valmet cooperate in the field of conversion of lignin into biochemicals

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Biochemtex's biorefinery in Crescentino

Valmet – an Australian leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries – and Biochemtex, which is part of Italian Mossi Ghisolfi Group, will start to cooperate in the field of conversion of lignin into biochemicals. To announce this are both companies in a note. The development project will combine and adapt LignoBoost and Moghi technologies. LignoBoost is Valmet’s proprietary technology for the extraction of purified lignin from black liquor produced by pulp mills.

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Virent announces the world’s first 100% plant-based polyester shirts

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Lee Edwards, president and CEO of Virent Energy Systems (Photo Andy Manis). Source: Virent
Lee Edwards, president and CEO of Virent Energy Systems (Photo Andy Manis). Source: Virent

Bioproducts are everywhere. And now we have also bio-based shirts. Virent, the bioeconomy company headquartered in Madison, Wisconsin, announced that its BioFormPX® paraxylene was used to produce the world’s first 100% plant-based polyester shirts. “This important project- the company says – demonstrates the potential of Virent’s technology to produce demonstration quantities of bio-based, crude oil free polyester for production of garments and textiles”.

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Neste Oil and Avantherm together to market renewable Heat Transfer Media

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Matti Lievonen, president and Ceo of Neste Oil

Avantherm, a Swedish company specializing in Heat Transfer Media products, has started using Neste Renewable Isoalkane to produce the next generation, high-performance and more environmentally friendly products that will facilitate the transition to a fossil free society. Avantherm becomes one of the first companies in the world to market Heat Transfer Media produced from renewable raw materials.

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Tetra Pak: Another milestone in a long line of bio-based innovations

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Headquarter of Tetra Pak

A new version of Tetra Pak’s Tetra Top® package, more than 80% of which comes from plant-based materials, will make its global debut in the United States with JUST™ water. To announce it was last Friday the Swedish multinational company. The new generation carton bottle now comes with a cap and top made from high-density polyethylene (HDPE) derived from sugarcane. Combined with the FSC™ certified paperboard used in the main sleeve of the carton, this pushes its renewable content up from 53% to 82%, with no impact to its recyclability. This unique bio-based bottle delivers another milestone in a long line of successful environmental innovations at Tetra Pak.

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Willem Sederel talks to Il Bioeconomista. An interview with the GM of the Biobased Delta

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Willem Sederel. Source: www.biobaseddelta.nl
Willem Sederel. Source: http://www.biobaseddelta.nl

“The Dutch Bioeconomy is based on world class farming and agro-industry with very high yields and productivity per hectare. Whereas the country is small in terms of size, often reflected in small to medium size farms, it plays a leading role in Europe in the agro food sector”. What differentiates the Dutch bioeconomy from other European bioeconomies? We have asked this to Willem Sederel, general manager of the Dutch Biobased Delta, who talks to Il Bioeconomista, right after the fourth EU Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference that took place last 12-13 April in Utrecht.

Interview by Mario Bonaccorso 

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Global Bioenergies delivers renewable isobutene to Arlanxeo for bio-based tires

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Arlanxeo's presentation, 6 April 2016
Arlanxeo’s presentation, 6 April 2016

Global Bioenergies, the French company which is developing a process to convert renewable resources into hydrocarbons through fermentation, have delivered isobutene produced at its industrial pilot to Arlanxeo, a world leader in high‐quality synthetic rubbers headquartered in the Netherlands.

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The future of Clariant is bio-based

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Clariant new R&D center in Planegg, near Munich

Clariant’s cellulosic ethanol using sunliquid® technology can achieve price competitiveness with sugarcane ethanol pricing in Brazil. To say it is the Swiss chemical company in a note.

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Bio-based agreement in Canada between Comet and BioAmber

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Trans Alta Energy Park in Sarnia, Ontario

Comet Biorefining, the Canadian bio-based company, has signed an off-take agreement with bio-succinic acid producer BioAmber for high-purity dextrose from Comet’s planned commercial plant in Sarnia, Ontario. 
The dextrose will be produced from agricultural residues using Comet’s innovative technology.

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Bio-on and Tampere University of Technology: the milk carton goes green

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Tampere University of Technology, Finland

Bio-on, an Italian industrial biotech company, yesterday announced a major result achieved thanks to its new collaboration with Tampere University of Technology Finland, one of the most important centers in the world for research and innovation in the use of paper and plastic for food packaging. “A joint project launched in 2015 has produced for the very first time tetrapak type containers made of a combination of paper and bioplastic, namely the special grade EC (Extrusion Coating) of the Minerv PHA biopolymer”.

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Kläusli, Ava Biochem: The bioeconomy is the biggest chance we have to decarbonise our world

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Ava Biochem“The bioeconomy is the biggest chance we have to decarbonise our world and make it a more sustainable place”. Thomas Kläusli, Chief Marketing Officer at AVA Biochem and AVA-CO2, talks to Il Bioeconomista. AVA Biochem is a subsidiary of AVA-CO2 Schweiz AG, which produces the premium platform chemical 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) from renewable biomass, and delivers to industrial and research customers around the globe. “5-HMF – the Swiss manager say – can be used for many applications, including the bioplastics industry”.

Interview by Mario Bonaccorso

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