FS Italiane Group and Eni have signed a Letter of Intent with the objective of developing joint initiatives aimed at accelerating the energy transition towards new energy sources. The collaboration between the two industrial groups will involve identifying new opportunities in the transport, energy and materials sectors through feasibility studies, analysis and experimentation with innovative technological solutions.
Chevron Corporation completed its previously announced acquisition of Renewable Energy Group, Inc. following approval by REG stockholders. “We have brought together companies with complementary capabilities, assets, and customer relationships to make Chevron one of the leading renewable fuels companies in the United States,” said Mark Nelson, executive vice president of Downstream & Chemicals for Chevron. “Chevron now offers our customers an expanded suite of cost-effective, lower carbon solutions that utilize today’s fleets and infrastructure.”
Evonik officially inaugurated its new sustainable biosurfactant plant together with key customers in Slovakia. The triple-digit million-euro facility is the first worldwide to manufacture industrial-scale quantities of rhamnolipid biosurfactants. These exceptionally high-quality, sustainable biosurfactants are already transforming the cleaning, beauty and personal care industries and have huge potential in many other applications.
Two major French industrial leaders Danone and Michelin, the American start-up DMC Biotechnologies and Crédit Agricole Centre France, a key investor in the region, have agreed to create the Biotech Open Platform to bolster the development of advanced fermentation processes, particularly precision fermentation, on a larger scale. Precision fermentation is a revolutionary biotechnological process to produce bio-based materials and ingredients.
A year-long experimental trial in Spanish greenhouses by Bayer CropScience has confirmed that using twine and clips made from Novamont’s compostable bioplastic Mater-Bi contributes to solving the problem of the end-of-life of waste products in agricultural crops.
Sustainable biochemicals company Circa Group AS and IXOM Operations Pty Ltd, a market leader in water treatment and chemical distribution in Australia and New Zealand, entered into a collaboration agreement to develop the market for Cyrene™, Circa’s sustainable, bio-derived industrial solvent, in the ANZ region. This collaboration aims at developing the business in the region through IXOM channels and ultimately to enter into a supply and distribution agreement.
Artigo, an international rubber flooring company based in Italy, will produce their next-generation flooring collections from 2025 with UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF). By incorporating UPM Biochemicals’ RFF, Artigo has achieved CO2 footprint savings of up to 0.5 kg CO2e/sq. meter and managed to reduce the weight by up to 5% per square meter flooring.
Global Bioenergies has successfully completed the basic engineering phase of its plant project dedicated to the cosmetics markets whose commissioning is scheduled for mid-2027. The engineering work carried out as part of the basic engineering has precisely defined the each of the units that will enable the fully integrated production of cosmetic-grade isobutene derivatives. It also confirms the project schedule and the nominal CAPEX of 65 million euros (i.e. a maximum CAPEX of 80 million euros taking into account contingencies).
The Compostable By Design Platform (CBDP) was launched in Europe by a group of leaders of compostable materials value chain with TotalEnergies Corbion has one of the steering group members. The platform gathers stakeholders representing the entire value chain from raw material producers, converters, brand owners to waste management organizations as well as testing and certification bodies.
Lygos, Inc., a sustainable specialty chemical company, has plans to open a state-of-the-art Sustainable Solutions Center in Hayward, CA. Designed as a commercial launch facility, Lygos will scale production of bio-inspired solutions that are designed to replace persistent and carbon intensive chemicals with products that are better, cleaner, and cost effective. The end-to-end solution center will accelerate the development of new, sustainable products for Lygos and its customers, the company claims
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