Dunlop Tires First to Use Liquid Farnesene Rubber
In Japan, Sumitomo Rubber Industries will use liquid farnesene rubber, a biobased performance-enhancing additive developed by Amyris and Kurarary, in its Dunlop-branded Winter Maxx...
Irish Researchers Look to Cut the Cost of Carbon Fiber Production
In Ireland, researchers at the University of Limerick are looking to cut the cost and carbon dioxide emissions associated with producing carbon fiber from...
MIT Researchers Report 3-D Printing Breakthrough for Cellulose
In Massachusetts, MIT researchers say they have invented a 3-D printing process for cellulose that could replace petroleum-based plastics as the go-to material for...
American Process, India’s Birla Carbon to Explore Nanocellulose-Carbon Fiber Synergies for Green Tires
In Mumbai, Aditya Birla Group subsidiary Birla Carbon has signed a joint development agreement with American Process to explore the synergistic use of nanocellulose...
EU Looking to Flowers to Reduce Import Dependence on Rubber, Nickel
In Europe, separate research efforts are using flowers as sources of rubber and nickel—two important materials the European Union currently has to import.
The EU-funded...
Blue Marble Biomaterials Launches Reg A+ Equity Share Offering
In Montana, Blue Marble Biomaterials has opened its previously announced Regulation A+ offering for entry-level investors.
The company uses proprietary technologies to convert plant-based organic...
Total and Corbion Joint Venture Formally Begins Operations
In the Netherlands, Total and Corbion have officially launched their 50-50 polylactic acid joint venture, Total Corbion PLA.
Announced in November of last year, the...
Pepsi, Danimer Advance Compostable Packaging Partnership
In Georgia, food and beverage giant PepsiCo and Danimer Scientific have signed a collaboration agreement that will facilitate an expansion of Danimer's Nodax-brand polyhydroxyalkanoates...
Tofu Waste-to-Leather “Collective” to Offer Process Technology for Free
In Indonesia, a science "collective" is converting liquid waste from tofu production into an animal leather replacement with the intention of sharing the process...
Greening the Textiles Market with DuPont’s Sorona Fibers
In Delaware, DuPont Industrial Bioscience is seeing increased demand for ecologically friendly materials in the textile markets.
Renee Henze, marketing director for DuPont Biomaterials and...