DSM opens biotech center, honors DNA-pioneer Rosalind Franklin
In the Netherlands, DSM has opened a biotechnology lab to develop food and nutrition, feed, fuel, pharma, and materials products from renewable sources. DSM...
Avantium set to open pilot biorefinery
In the Netherlands, Avantium is on track to open a pilot biorefinery at Delfzijl in August. The pilot plant will convert plant-based feedstocks into...
Canadian company looks to benefit from straw bans
In Canada, entrepreneurs Geet Sheth and Ravi Kesh have founded a paper straw company to meet demand for green options amid numerous plastic straw...
DuPont completes Sorona expansion
In North Carolina, DuPont Industrial Biosciences has completed an expansion of its Kinston biopolymer facility. The investment increased capacity by 25% and will help...
Zoe Saldaña and Henry Cavill sport eco-couture at Avatar premiere
In Los Angeles and London, biobased textiles from Lenzing were well-represented on the red carpets for AVATAR: The Way of Water premieres, thanks to...
Potato-based cutlery wins Swedish design prize
In Sweden, a 24-year-old student has won the James Dyson design award for developing a bioplastic made from potato husk.
Pontus Norquist received the 22...
NatureWorks and IMA create compostable coffee pod
In Minnesota, a two-year partnership between IMA Coffee and polylactic acid producer NatureWorks has resulted in the development of a compostable coffee pod. Unveiled...
Hexion to boost epichlorohydrin capacity at Pernis, Netherlands
In the Netherlands, chemical company Hexion Inc has said it will expand production of biobased epichlorohydrin to meet growing demand in epoxies.
The planned expansion...
Indian Oil evaluating biobased naphtha as cracker feedstock
In India, a top refiner may soon be adding biobased naphtha to its ethylene crackers to help decarbonize its operations.
Shrikant Madhav Vaidya, chairman...
One man’s trash: RPI microbe converts polyethylene to silk
In New York, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are developing bacteria that consumer plastic waste and excrete a biodegradable material similar to silk.
The...