Ginkgo Bioworks receives warning from NYSE

In Boston, strain engineering pioneer Ginkgo Bioworks Holdings has received notice from the New York Stock Exchange that the company’s average stock closing price...

MTN Rwanda develops paper-based SIM cards

In Rwanda, telecommunications company MTN Rwanda is developing biodegradable SIM cards based on paper. According to the company, over 4 billion plastic SIM cards are...

Flour and oat “robots” could help replenish forests

In Italy, researchers at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia have developed a “biohybrid” robot from flour and oat fruit that can be filled with seeds...

Verbio breaks ground on biobased specialties plant

In Germany, Verbio has broken ground on a biobased specialty chemicals plant at Bitterfeld. The €80-100 million (USD$87.2-109 million) site will use Novel Prize-winning ethenolysis...

NatureWorks secures loan for Thailand PLA site

In Thailand, leading polylactic acid producer NatureWorks has obtained a $350-million loan to finance its fully integrated PLA plant at the Nakhon Sawan Biocomplex....

Allozymes raises $15 million to scale enzyme solutions

In Singapore, enzyme engineering firm Allozymes has secured $15 million in Series A funding. The company plans to use the funds to accelerate its...

Harvard spinoff Circe Bioscience unveils gas fermentation platform

In Boston, Circe Bioscience has licensed a gas fermentation technology from Harvard University’s Wyss Institute that can produce molecules identical to sugars, fats, biodegradable...

Bioplastic ballistics: Beyond Plastic and Eco Shot develop sustainable shotgun wads

In Colorado, Beyond Plastic and Eco Shot have developed a biobased material to replace petroleum-based polyethylene and polypropylene in shotgun wads. Wads are a critical...

Apple taps Sweden’s RISE for cellulose foam

In Sweden, Apple has partnered with RISE research institute to develop a biobased foam with applications in packaging, insulation, and lightweight composites. According to RISE,...

Dairen Chemical joins biobased spandex pact

In Taiwan, Dairen Chemical Corporation has joined The LYCRA Company and Qore in developing biobased LYCRA Fiber,  commonly known as spandex. The three companies have...

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Dutch Queen promotes biobased building materials

In the Netherlands, Dutch Queen consort Máxima visited two Uden worksites promoting biobased building materials made from Netherlands fiber crops. The March 26 visit...

ReefCircular launches crowdfunding campaign for shell bioconcrete

In Denmark, ReefCircular, a company developing a shell-based bioconcrete to help restore marine habitats, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter. The company’s bioconcrete...

Aleph Farms raises $29 million for lab-grown steak

In Israel, cultivated meat producer Aleph Farms has raised $29 million to expand production at its Rehovot pilot plant and expand production into Europe...