French seaweed company expands into biostimulants
In France, seaweed-based biotech company Algaia has added plant biostimulants to its list of products. Biostimulants improve crop health and stress-resistance.
Founded in 2004, the...
Get boozy and be green: UK alcohol beverage company offering edible, flavored straws
In the United Kingdom, alcoholic beverage company Diageo is offering an innovative solution to the growing prevalence of plastic straw bans: edible, flavored straws...
Finland furthers fiber foams
In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre has added capacity at Jyväskylä for developing porous materials, insulation products, and nonwovens from natural fibers via foam...
Croda launches 100% biobased surfactant
In the United Kingdom, chemical company Croda has launched a new, 100% biobased surfactant shortly after completing construction of a renewable ethylene oxide plant...
Just in time for holiday shopping: A bright green bioplastic hand gesture
In Italy, quirky product firm Superstuff.it has launched a Kickstarter for a life-size, 3-D printed hand fashioned into a commonly used hand gesture in...
LyondellBasell, Neste partner for bio-based polypropylene, polyethylene at a commercial scale
In the Netherlands, LyondellBasell and Neste (Espoo, FInland; www.neste.com) jointly announced the production of bio-based polypropylene and polyethylene at a commercial scale. This is...
North Carolina fertilizer startup has unlikely boy band roots
In North Carolina, a former Justin Timberlake-owned startup is seeing growing demand for its biobased fertilizers.
Mirimichi Green was formed in by CEO Russ Britton...
Finnish company launches biobased PE film
In Finland, UPM Raflatac has launched a white, plant-based polyethylene film for the home and personal care markets.
UPM says RafBio PE White performs just...
Recent announcements prove Sarnia’s bio cluster is the real deal
In Canada, Sarnia’s biobased industries have progressed from talk to steel-in-the-ground. According Matthew Slotwinski, business development consultant at the Sarnia-Lambton Economic Partnership, activity “ramped...
ZeaKal picks up $10M from Canopy Rivers to bring PhotoSeed to Cannabis
In California, Canopy Rivers announced an investment and strategic collaboration with ZeaKal, a California-based plant science innovator with proprietary technologies that sustainably increase photosynthesis,...