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UPM and Nokian Tyres partner to introduce the first concept tire with UPM BioMotion Renewable Functional Fillers

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Biofore Concept Car. Full rights owned by UPM. Photographer: Sami Kulju

UPM Biochemicals and Nokian Tyres, a leading developer and manufacturer of premium tires, are set for an industry first with its concept tire partly based on UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF). The partnership will launch UPM’s CO₂-negative Renewable Functional Fillers (From cradle to gate, considering biogenic carbon from UPM’s feedstock and purchasing 100% green electricity) into a new market segment and highlights the possibilities to use a lighter weight, 100% renewable alternative to traditional CO₂-intensive fillers.

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AFYREN takes a step forward as a leading player in industrial green chemistry

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“After several months of tests and trials, our teams have now a good control of our process and its critical steps. I welcome their resilience and determination to meet the challenges related to the unique and innovative nature of our process. Based on these achievements, we are very confident in our ability to ensure the start of continuous production of AFYREN NEOXY in 2024, and to make AFYREN a leading player in industrial green chemistry worldwide”. To say it is Nicolas Sordet, Chief Executive Officer of AFYREN, the greentech company that offers manufacturers bio-based, low-carbon ingredients produced using unique fermentation technology based on a completely circular model. The French company provided an update on recent activity of its AFYREN NEOXY plant during a visit organised for individual and institutional shareholders, and confirmed its target to start continuous production in 2024.

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Roquette presented its global sustainable development program life+nature

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Biosuccinium® used notably for the disposable cutlery (PBS). Copyright: Roquette

Roquette, a global leader in plant-based ingredients and a major supplier of pharmaceutical excipients, presented its life+nature program, aimed at renewing and strengthening its sustainability approach, and defining some ambitious targets for 2030. In the coming years, the group is committed to decarbonizing its activities by reducing its direct and indirect emissions, making its product offering more sustainable by systematically integrating eco-design, and continuing to put people at the heart of its strategy in terms of health, safety, well-being, ethics, diversity and inclusion – whether they are Roquette employees, customers, suppliers or the local communities where it operates.

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Origin Materials and Bachmann Group partnered to mass produce PET caps and closures

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BioIndustrial Innovation Canada in Sarnia, Ontario (Canada)

Origin Materials, the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and Bachmann Group , a leading packaging production and logistics company, partnered to mass produce PET caps and closures.

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FS Italiane Group and Eni joined forces to accelerate the energy transition to new energy sources

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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.

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Chevron Completed Acquisition of Renewable Energy Group

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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.” 

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Evonik drives sustainable biosurfactant revolution with inauguration of new facility in Slovakia

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Rhamnolipid plant opening ceremony, from left: Yann d’Hervé; Head of Care Solutions Business Line – Nicole Rudningen; Head of Production and Technology, Care Solutions Business Line – Harald Schwager Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board, Evonik Industries AG – Christian Kullmann; CEO, Evonik Industries AG – Peter Bakker President & CEO World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) – Barbara Wolf Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Slovak Republic – Johann-Caspar Gammelin Member of the Executive Board | President Nutrition & Care – Miroslav Havlík, General Manager, Evonik Fermas s.r.o. Source: http://www.evonik.com

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.  

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Danone, DMC, Michelin and Crédit Agricole Centre France join forces to create a cutting-edge biotechnology platform

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Berlaymont, European Commission’s Headquarter in Brussels

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.

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Bayer CropScience and Novamont experiment with twine and clips to reduce plastic waste in agriculture

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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. 

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Circa and Ixom Partner to Develop the Market for Cyrene in Australia and New Zealand

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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.

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