In California, Solazyme announced that COO Jean-Marc Rotsaert has resigned and his duties will be assumed by newly-appoimnted President David Cole. “I want to thank Jean-Marc for helping to build a strong and deep sales organization at Solazyme and we wish him great success in his future endeavors,” said Mr. Wolfson.
In the annual poll, voters reward key fighters on the RFS2 front, companies reaching scale, and pioneers in renewable chemicals. Top 300 recognized. In Florida, US Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack headed the “Top 100 People in the Bioeconomy” as voted by the readers of The Digest and the publication’s editorial board. Vilsack was followed […]
In California, Solazyme announced the appointment of David C. Cole as President effective January 1. He has also been elected to Solazyme’s Board of Directors. Mr. Cole most recently held the position of CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. and helped form both the Brazil Renewable Energy Company and Hawaii BioEnergy. More on […]
SZYM, AMRS, GEVO check in with Q3 results. What’s heavenly, what’s hellish? Yep, what’s up at the crossroads of advanced fermentation, synthetic biology, and the markets in big-league fuels, chemicals, fragrances and flavorings — as the three reach for scale? In years gone by, it was not too hard to write up a summary of […]
In California, Solazyme announced that they will be showcasing two ingredients, Whole Algal Protein and Whole Algal Flour, at SupplySide West November 14th-15th in Las Vegas. Their Whole Algal Protein is a vegan, all-natural source of protein that is highly digestible, while the Whole Algal Flour is a multi-functional, lipid rich ingredient that can efficiently replace fat […]
Renewable oils developer Solazyme took the #1 spot in the 2013-14 “50 Hottest Companies in Bioenergy” rankings. It was the third consecutive year at the top for Solazyme, which also topped the Biofuels Digest polls in 2009-10. LanzaTech (#2), KiOR (#3), Sapphire Energy (#4), Gevo (#5), Beta Renewables (#6), POET (#7), INEOS Bio (#8), GranBio […]
Renewable chemicals developer Genomatica took the #1 spot in the 2013-14 “30 Hottest Companies in Biobased Chemicals and Materials” rankings. It is Genomatica’s third consecutive year at the top of the rankings. Solazyme (#2), Myriant (#3), LanzaTech (#4), Elevance Renewable Sciences (#5), Amyris (#6), DSM (#7), Gevo (#8), DuPont Industrial Biosciences (#9), and Novozymes (#10) […]
In California, Solazyme announced its entry into the textile lubricants market through a commercial supply agreement with Goulston Technologies. Goulston expects to commercialize a new class of sustainable products using Solazyme’s renewable high-performance, tailored algal oils for textile lubricants. Solazyme expects to supply Goulston’s high oleic oil needs under the agreement. As a result […]
Bioenergy’s #1 company surges on the exchanges after big Sasol, AkzoNobel partnership announcements. In California, Solazyme announced a Q2 loss of $25.8M, compared to a Q2 2012 loss of $19.2M, on revenues of $11.2M, down from $13.2M for Q2 2012, as government funded revenues declined as expected. Excluding the government sector, sales jumped 28% year […]
In California, Solazyme and Sasol Olefins & Surfactants have announced that they have finalized commercial terms for the supply of an algal oil rich in erucic acid (C22:1) that is under development at Solazyme for production of downstream derivatives such as behenyl alcohol. Sasol O&S produces and sells C22 derivatives such as behenyl alcohol to […]
