Today’s top story is all about the renewable materials company, Stora Enso, and even better, we have their latest Q2 earnings slides just released to investors on Friday. Karl-Henrik Sundström, CEO, and Seppo Parvi, CFO, both of Stora Enso, shared this Q2 2019 presentation with investors on Friday and outlined their focus on cash flow and costs, […]
It was a big week for BIO with their annual World Congress last week in Des Moines, Iowa. If you want to get a quick overview of what BIO does, some fascinating statistics they have on the U.S. renewable chemicals market, both current and predicted, and more, check out today’s Multi-Slide Guide. Jim Greenwood, President […]
Q: What was the reason for founding your organization – what was the open niche you saw that could be addressed with a new product or service? What was the problem, or gap, or opportunity? Haldor Topsoe is the world leader in heterogeneous catalysis and technology licensing. Ten years ago, as the signs from […]
Proteins are molecular machines that carry out the vast majority of functions within living things and Arzeda’s unique combination of computational protein design and state-of-the-art high-throughput screening is a radical change over what’s possible with traditional protein engineering. Alexandre Zanghellini, CEO, Arzeda gave this illuminating overview of their computational protein design solution, details on their […]
By Steven Slome, Ron Cascone, and Matthew Morton, Nexant Inc. Special to The Digest As of mid-2019, the Chinese government has only six months to make good on its 2017 pledge to roll out mandatory ten percent ethanol content in gasoline (E10) on a nationwide basis by 2020. While China’s unique economic and political structure […]
Keep cool this summer with CO2 based textile fibers, biobased appliances, and surf the ocean waves on a biobased surfboard. But that’s not all because bioeconomy innovations are ripping and roaring! Here are the Top 10 Innovations for the week of July 17th. In today’s Digest, surf’s up with bioboards, Panasonic’s biobased appliances, CO2 textile […]
American Process has developed proprietary technologies for producing low cost cellulosic sugars from non-food based biomass. Theodora Retsina, Ph.D, CEO, American Process, gave this illuminating overview of what open innovation really means, how it takes place in biorefineries, associated challenges, and more at ABLC 2019 in Washington, D.C.
From California comes news that Oberon Fuels has been officially awarded a grant for $2,876,139 from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a first-of-its-kind, multi-phase project to produce the first renewable dimethyl ether (rDME), with what could arguably be the most carbon-negative transport fuel ever produced at scale. Carbon neutral, zero-emission, carbon negative – what […]
Avantium, originally launched in 2000 as a spin-off from Shell, is a chemical technology company and develops efficient processes and sustainable products made from biobased materials. Avantium offers a breeding ground for renewable chemistry solutions – from invention to commercially viable production processes. Zanna McFerson, Managing Director of Avantium, offers this enlightening overview of their […]
It’s tough to win the public policy debate and the government agency funding battles, so American Diversified Energy offered this super helpful presentation at the ABLC this past April on how to make sure you are lobbying – successfully – for your cause and shared the big no-no’s to avoid. CJ Evans, Managing Director of […]
