In Germany, AI biotech company Differential Bio and FermBase by CREMER, a supplier of fermentation media and raw materials, have formed a strategic partnership to help fermentation companies accelerate process development and scale-up. The partnership combines Differential Bio’s robotic laboratory automation and machine learning capabilities with FermBase’s expertise in raw materials, product development and supply […]
In Massachusetts, CJ Biomaterials, Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a primary producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers, has partnered with Dongsung Chemical to create the first PHA-based hotmelt adhesive available in the US market. Designed for packaging applications, the ECOVIVA® Hotmelt Adhesive is optimized for cosmetics packaging, household goods, electronics, and other consumer […]
In Maine, a research team at University of Maine has converted waste lobster shells into biodegradable bioplastic golf tees. “[The tees] will actually add nutrients to the soil from the binder itself, and then the lobster shell also has nutrients,” UMaine graduate student Isabelle Irani told News Center Maine. And because a golf tee’s purpose is […]
In Miami, Restoration Partners, LLC, the exclusive distributor of Basilisk self-healing concrete products in the Americas, will present biobased self-healing concrete technology at National Ready Mixed Concrete Association’s ConcreteWorks 2026, set to take place takes place October 15–18 in Nashville, Tennessee. The Basilisk Self-Healing Agent is an admixture that contains dormant bacterial spores and nutrients. […]
In San Francisco, Saype, an artist known for creating massive, biodegradable land art will make the Great Lawn at the city’s Yerba Buena Center of the Arts the next installment of his “Beyond Walls” series. The image of intertwined hands will cover the 5.5 acre space. Because Saype uses biodegradable natural pigments primarily made of charcoal […]
In the United Arab Emirates, Nomad Yachts has launched a new luxury megayacht that features biobased elements in its interior. The 30.34-meter, five-stateroom Nomad 101 features flax, hemp, bamboo, and reclaimed wood for decorative elements and furnishes below deck, thanks to interior design by Dutch firm Phathom Studio. Megayacht News also flagged features that include carpeting […]
In Chicago, CJ CheilJedang and ADM have agreed to form a new joint venture to secure a reliable, long-term source of feed-grade amino acids critical to the livestock industry. Specifically, the JV will develop, manufacture and market fermentation-derived amino acids for animal feed in the Americas. It will combine CJ’s fermentation facilities in Fort Dodge, […]
In Texas, Rheom Materials has introduced two biobased materials for footwear, including a bioplastic strong enough be used in high heels. Rheom’s Benree, made with 100% USDA-certified biobased content, is biodegradable under home-composting conditions. In trials with Australian footwear brand Bared Footwear, the material passed SATRA testing for high-heel applications, performing comparably to conventional acrylonitrile butadiene […]
In Switzerland, Imerys Graphite and Carbon Switzerland Ltd. has unveiled a biomass-based, industrial-scale graphite with an even lower carbon footprint than an earlier iteration. Dubbed SU-NERGY™, the graphite targets a “Cradle-to-Gate” climate impact below 0.1 kg CO2e/kg and is produced at the company’s Bodio site. By combining biomass residues and 100% low-carbon electricity, the new […]
In Indiana, Monument Chemical is expanding capacity to produce tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol and 2-methyltetrahydrofuran, two biobased solvents used across pharmaceutical, agrochemical, and specialty applications. The expansion is part of a new agreement with Minasolve, which is winding down its US-based production of these solvents. “This is exactly the kind of opportunity we look for – one […]
