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Bioenergy and Ag Down, Household Care Up: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes Q3

Bioenergy and Ag Down, Household Care Up: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Novozymes Q3

November 6, 2019 |

Novozymes leadership shared their latest results for 2019 with investors last week. Check out this illuminating roadshow presentation that covers their Q3 acceleration that was weaker than expected due to difficult agriculturally-exposed businesses, the ethanol headwinds and other challenges that adversely affected their bioenergy, agriculture and feed sector, the launch of two new products in […]

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St1 and beyond: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen for renewable diesel and other bio-based applications

St1 and beyond: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Hydrogen for renewable diesel and other bio-based applications

November 6, 2019 |

This week, we reported that St1 has awarded ÅF Pöyry with engineering assignment for a new renewable fuel production unit investment project. The new plant will be built in Gothenburg, Sweden, and is the largest single investment in St1’s history. The investment is estimated to approximately 1.5 billion SEK. ÅF Pöyry’s services includes all engineering disciplines, […]

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North American Outlook on Biofuels Challenges and Opportunities

North American Outlook on Biofuels Challenges and Opportunities

November 5, 2019 |

Challenges and Opportunities in Biofuels By Steve Hartig, Former VP of Technology Development at ICM Special to The Digest The North American biofuels market can be split into three main segments all of which have major dynamics.  What I would like to do is give a high-level overview of what I see as some of […]

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SOFAST it’s Scary!: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Arthrospira/Spirulina Algae Strains

SOFAST it’s Scary!: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Arthrospira/Spirulina Algae Strains

November 5, 2019 |

Streamlined Optimization of Filamentous Arthrospira/SpirulinaTraits (SOFAST) is looking at algae in a whole new way. Lumen Bioscience in particular has been working on a unique, patented technology to genetically enhance Arthrospira for improved growth and biomass composition for biofuels and bioproducts. Damian Carrieri from Lumen Bioscience gave this presentation at the DOE’s BETO Project Peer […]

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Protected: ABLC Next 2019 Presentations

Protected: ABLC Next 2019 Presentations

November 4, 2019 |

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ABLCNext Top 10 Takeaways – What was the industry buzzing about in San Francisco?

ABLCNext Top 10 Takeaways – What was the industry buzzing about in San Francisco?

November 4, 2019 |

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The Top 25 Trends in the Bioeconomy

The Top 25 Trends in the Bioeconomy

November 4, 2019 |

It was ABLC Week last week and the semi-annual State of the Industry Address was a highlight at the opening of the on-stage presentations — known as a networking event but also featuring a slide deck and commentary on US and international bioeconomy trends.

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Cash and Costs: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso’s Q3 Update

Cash and Costs: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Stora Enso’s Q3 Update

November 3, 2019 |

Stora Enso has a new CEO coming in as of December 1st, Annica Bresky, and they saw sales decrease by 7.1% compared with Q3 last year, and their outlook for the rest of 2019 is not that great thanks to deteriorating trading conditions and slow demand forecasts, but they are ready to handle it with […]

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Heard on the Floor at ABLC Next

Heard on the Floor at ABLC Next

November 1, 2019 |

In California, ABLC Next 2019 opened with a record crowd of more than 420 delegates and 47 of the Next 50 Companies to Disrupt the World were on hand among more than 2300 companies across the spectrum of the bioeconomy including fuels, chemicals, nutrition, materials, and toolkit companies, researchers, policymakers and financiers. The Digest announced […]

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The Digest’s 2019 State of the Industry Address

The Digest’s 2019 State of the Industry Address

October 31, 2019 |

It’s ABLC Week and the semi-annual State of the Industry Address was a highlight at the opening of the on-stage presentations — known as a networking event but also featuring a slide deck and commentary on US and international bioeconomy trends.

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