9 January 201730 December 2016 Introducing BamBook – The Global Bamboo Resources Directory BamBook contributes to WBO’s global network and a series of INBAR Taskforces
19 December 201629 November 2016 Bio-based News wishes you happy holidays and a good start to 2017! Bio-based News starts its winter break – we will be back 9 January 2017
Bio-based News wünscht Ihnen frohe Festtage und einen guten Start nach 2017! Bio-based News startet in die Winterpause - am 9. Januar 2017 sind wir wieder da
16 December 201616 December 2016 Renewable specialty chemicals: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Green Biologics Green Biologics CEO Sean Sutcliffe gave this comprehensive presentation at ABLC
Purification of bio-based chemicals on an industrial scale Various innovative separation techniques were presented at the EFIB-event in Glasgow
Biodegradable silk in Adidas shoes AMSilk GmbH claims to be the world’s first industrial supplier of synthetic silk biopolymers
Covestro startet Auslieferung von erstem Produkt auf CO2-Basis: Debüt für Kohlendioxid als Rohstoff Klimagas in Schaumstoff-Komponente für Matratzen
Covestro begins delivery of first CO2-based product: Debut of carbon dioxide as raw material Climate gas in foam component for mattresses
Fraunhofer WKI koordiniert vom BMEL geförderten Forschungsverbund zu Zusatznutzen von Dämmstoffen aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen Die sechs Arbeitsbereiche des Projekts führen erstmals zu einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung des Themas
Meet the French Seaweed Startup rethinking Bioplastics Algopack hopes to offer new office supplies made from algae
15 December 201631 January 2017 Are there GreenPremium prices for bio-based products along the value chain? Be part of it and take 5 minutes for the latest BIOFOREVER survey
AVALON Industries Takes Over All Bio-based Chemistry Activities From AVA-CO2 Subsidiary of AVA-CO2 to taking over all operational activities and focus on global implementation of the HTP-technology for the industrial-scale production of 5-HMF
AVALON Industries übernimmt alle biobasierten Chemieaktivitäten von AVA-CO2 Tochtergesellschaft von AVA-CO2 übernimmt sämtliche operativen Tätigkeiten und konzentriert sich auf weltweite Umsetzung der HTP-Technologie für die industrielle Produktion von 5-HMF
Industry Leaders DuPont, Archer Daniels Midland Company Win Platts Global Energy Breakthrough Solution of the Year Award Award Honors the Companies for Developing New Platform Technology for Long Sought-After Molecule
Forschung baut auf Schälabfälle von Garnelen Eröffnung der neuen Labore des Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials, AMIBM
Research Banking on Peels of Shrimp The new laboratories of the Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials, AMIBM, have been inaugurated
Asiatische Pflanze hilft gegen das Ebolavirus Biochemiker und Virenforscher testen erfolgreich Hemmstoff gegen Seuchenerreger aus Afrika
Biofuels volume mandates are passé; carbon intensity is hot, says report Renewable diesel and conventional electricity will be the near-term winners according to the “Identifying Winners in Low-Carbon Fuels” report
14 December 201615 December 2016 Survey from nova confirms GreenPremium prices for bio-based plastics nova-Institute is conducting a number of surveys on GreenPremium prices within the BIOFOREVER project
SynBio reinvents Photosynthesis with artificial CO2-fixing Pathway Team leader of CETCH project, Tobias Erb, succeeded in isolating a very efficient CO2-fixing enzyme
Bio-Schmierstoffe aus Frittenfett Berliner Materialforscher haben ein enzymatisches Verfahren zur Herstellung von Schmierstoffen aus Altfett entwickelt. Der neue Bio-Schmierstoff basiert auf Frittenfett und ist biologisch abbaubar
UMass Amherst Chemical Engineers Lead Team that Boosts Valuable Chemical p-xylene Production from Biomass Researchers developed new method that generates a 97 percent yield and uses biomass feedstocks
We Really Do Mean “Drop-in”: The Digest’s 2016 Multi-Slide Guide to Gevo Overview on the company that developed an industrial scale yeast biocatalyst to produce isobutanol without typical byproducts
Leaf Resources, Novozymes in biomass-to-sugars collaboration Glycerine to economically produce cellulosic sugars
Minnesota n-butanol plant comes online The plant has already made its first customer shipment and facility operations are going well so far
13 December 20169 September 2021 Did you know that carbon dioxide can be used as raw material for plastics? 5th Conference on CO2 with record attendance
New Publication: Handbook of Commercial Bio-based Chemicals Objective is to concentrate on the approaches to achieving commercially viable processes, and to evaluating the chances of bio-products to compete with petrochemical materials
Suez and Total partner to recycle cooking oil into biofuel Signature of a 10-year agreement to increase the amount of used cooking oil collected by 20% and supply the La Mède biorefinery in France
Tetra Pak gets closer to fully renewable packaging goal with new aseptic carton World's first aseptic carton package to receive the highest class of Vinçotte certification for its 80% content of renewable materials
Tetra Pak nähert sich mit neuem aseptischem Karton dem Ziel, Verpackungen zu 100 Prozent aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen zu fertigen Weltweit erste aseptische Kartonverpackung erhält mit 80% Anteil an nachwachsenden Rohstoffen die höchste Vinçotte-Zertifizierung
Who is afraid of the bioeconomy? Election of Donald Trump at the US presidency will be a strong brake in the development of the bioeconomy
The Emerging Bioeconomy Ecosystems Leaf Resources and Novozymes collaboration to further increase the yields and efficiency with Leaf Resources’ innovative biomass conversion technology
Chinese firm gives tentative green light to Kemi biorefinery The CEO of the company's Finnish subsidiary says that next year will bring a final decision – and hopefully a groundbreaking for the billion-euro facility in northern Finland
12 December 201611 August 2020 Depolymerizing lignin and making it pay – now, soon, never? Lignin developed from residue that was only useful as a fuel for producing cellulose into a sustainable and very satisfactory alternative to fossil fuels
Leaf Resources and Novozymes launch biomass-to-sugars collaboration Novozymes bringing its expertise in biotechnology to customize its broad portfolio of robust, high-yielding enzymes to the GLYCELL process
Commission under fire over post-2020 biofuels targets EWABA suggests that Commission's proposal for a new Renewable Energy Directive can still be improved during its legislative passage
Grüner Gegenentwurf – Biokunststoffe bieten nicht nur ökologische Vorteile EU prüft Verbot von oxo-Additive enthaltenden Kunststoff-Tragetaschen und unterstützt Standardisierung und Einsatz kompostierbarer Produkte
Would You Feel Sexy Wearing Eau de Extinction? Synthetic biologists seek to make perfumes from extinct trees and flowers
Biomass-Fed Chemical Process Projects, 2016 All projects using biomass to manufacture a product and all process projects fed an intermediate produced from biomass are included in the database
9 December 20167 December 2016 Christophe Schilling talks to Il Bioeconomista An exclusive interview with the CEO of Genomatica
INEOS Compounds announced today that it has entered into a licence agreement with Resysta International GmbH The Resysta ARF will initially be manufactured at the INEOS Compounds site in Sins, Switzerland, to respond to the growing demand from European customers
INEOS Compounds gab heute den Abschluss eines Lizenzvertrags mit der Resysta International GmbH bekannt Resysta ARF soll am INEOS Compounds-Standort in der Schweiz hergestellt werden, um wachsender Europäischer Nachfrage zu begegnen
University researchers make new discovery in plastics Innovative method could remove current limitations, allows creation of new kind of biodegradable cellulose-based plastic
IfBB-Webinar zur Nachhaltigkeitsbewertung von biobasierten Kunststoffen am 14.12. Fortsetzung der Webinarreihe „Biowerkstoffe im Fokus“, Teil 4
The Bioeconomy in a World Without Carbon Pollution Scientist concludes that, with smart land use strategies, the bioeconomy need not be a zero-sum game
Viessmann Gruppenunternehmen MicrobEnergy erhält Sonderpreis der Deutschen Gaswirtschaft Biologische Methanisierung liefert hochwertiges Methan, das direkt ohne Nachreinigung ins Erdgasnetz eingespeist werden kann
8 December 20167 December 2016 Green Biologics receives USDA Certification Renewable Specialty Chemicals Company receives Certification Under USDA BioPreferred® Program
CocoPallet: grow in niches and compete on price, says Michiel Vos Young dutch company working with improved Wageningen UR technology won several prizes on its sustainable product
5 minutes with… Alex Baker, COO of Leaf Resources Emily O’Dowd speaks with COO of Leaf Resources, an Australian firm, which look to cellulosic feedstocks as next generation biomaterials