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

3 May 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

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

2 May 20162 May 2016Il Bioeconomista1 Comment

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

28 April 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

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

21 April 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

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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Bio-based agreement in Canada between Comet and BioAmber

18 April 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

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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Catia Bastioli talks to Il Bioeconomista. An exclusive interview with the Ceo of Novamont

9 April 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

“To pass laws that can make a difference means overcoming the braking action of those who defend and feed the advantageous position, put into practice the good industry and multiply virtuous cases there are in our country. Much of the Italian industry has invested and is investing in the development of new products and “green” technologies, and now considers sustainability as an opportunity rather than a constraint”. Catia Bastioli talks to Il Bioeconomista. In this exclusive interview with the Chief Executive Officer of Novamont, considered as the beacon of Italian bioeconomy, we talk about bioeconomy, circular economy and climate change. A few days before the 4^th EU Bioeconomy Stakeholders’ Conference in Utrecht, Bastioli gives us her vision to fully realize in Italy and Europe the new economy based on biological resources, able to create wealth and jobs, starting from the local areas.

Interview by Mario Bonaccorso

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The Bioeconomy Revolution: the new ebook on world bioeconomy

8 April 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

The Bioeconomy Revolution has just begun. The Bioeconomy Revolution is the new ebook on world bioeconomy published by Edizioni Ambiente, the main Italian publisher focused on green economy, bioeconomy and circular economy.

The ebook has the privilege of hosting the preface written by Christian Patermann, the man who is considered as the “father” of the European bioeconomy:

“The Bioeconomy Revolution” is not just another book to be added to the growing number of publications worldwide on the Bioeconomy and more recently on the so-called circular economy.

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Metabolix and CJ CheilJedang together for a bioplastics production unit in Iowa

4 April 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Metabolix, an U.S. advanced biomaterials company focused on sustainable solutions for the plastics industry, announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with CJ CheilJedang Corporation (“CJ”) for a strategic commercial manufacturing arrangement for specialty PHAs, including the Company’s newly launched amorphous PHA (“a-PHA”).

CJ CheilJedang is a Korean-based food, feed, and bioscience company, and a subsidiary of the CJ Group. It is a global leader in the area of industrial biotechnology with innovations in fermentation and purification technologies.

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FedEx plans to use alternative jet fuel made from wood waste

31 March 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

FedEx, the global courier delivery services company headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, entered into an agreement with Colorado-based Red Rock Biofuels to purchase alternative jet fuel made from wood waste. Starting in 2017, FedEx will blend the first 6 million gallons of this jet fuel at its Oakland hub, ultimately producing at least 48 million gallons over an 8 year term.

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Aemetis acquires license from LanzaTech with California rights for advanced bioethanol

28 March 201628 March 2016Il BioeconomistaLeave a comment

Aemetis, an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company founded in 2006 and headquartered in Cupertino, California, announced last Thursday the acquisition of exclusive rights to award winning, carbon recycling company LanzaTech’s patented technology for the conversion of agricultural waste, forest waste, dairy waste and construction and demolition waste (CDW) to ethanol in California.