Novozymes expands to Iowa, adds lab facility as enzyme operations grow

April 25, 2008

In Iowa, Novozymes has established a new laboratory facility for ethanol production at the Iowa State University Research Park in Ames. Novozymes which supplies enzymes for conventional and cellulosic ethanol production, has additional facilities in California, Virginia and North Carolina.

Novozymes to build $100 million enzyme plant in Nebraska

In Nebraska, Novozymes said that it will construct a 50,000 ton enzyme plant in Blair at a cost of between $80 million and $100 million. The plant will produce enzymes for ethanol production, as well ...

Novozymes inks pact with Brazil, will supply second-generation enzymes to increase ethanol yield

Novozymes signed a pact with Brazil to second-generation biofuels. Novozymes will contribute enzyme technology for developing ethanol from bagasse, a residue from sugar cane pressing. The process prod...

Poet, Novozymes, Aventine, Ceres CEOs to speak in Chicago, New York

The CEOs of Poet, Ceres, Novozymes and Aventine Renewable Energy will be headlining separate conferences this month in Chicago and New York. Poet CEO Jeff Broin, Novozymes CEO Steen Riisgaard and Cere...

US researchers discover powerful cellulosic ethanol enzymes in fabric-rotting fungus of WWII fame

In New Mexico, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute and Los Alamos National Laboratory said that the biomass-degrading fungus Trichoderma reesei has an array of enzymes ...

Maryland researchers find enzyme that converts cellulose to sugar in one step; potential cost breakthrough for cellulosic ethanol

In Maryland, researchers have launched a new company, Zymentis, to commercialize a new enzyme they say will convert plant cellulose into sugars in one step. The researchers, from the University of Ma...

Novozymes projects that US production of next-gen ethanol to top first-gen biofuels by 2022

In California, Novozymes has projected that US production of cellulosic ethanol will exceed first-generation biofuels by 2022. In February, Novoymes was one of four companies to share $33.8 million...

Written by Jim Lane · Filed Under Producer News