Airbus tests biobased fiber helicopter panels
In the Netherlands, Airbus has developed a prototype helicopter nose panel using biobased fibers. The fibers were produced from acrylonitrile that was manufactured using...
Modern Meadow sells its beauty and biomedical units
In New Jersey, Modern Meadow has sold its beauty and biomedical divisions to HTL Biotechnology for an undisclosed sum. Modern Meadow cited a strategic...
BASF joins consortium using cow stomach microbes and CO2 to produce fumarate
In Germany, chemicals giant BASF has joined FUMBIO, a joint research project that aims to leverage bacterium isolated from the rumen of a Holstein...
Trillium chooses INEOS site for biobased acrylonitrile demo plant
In Tennessee, Trillium Renewable Chemicals has chosen the INEOS Green Lake site, located in Port Lavaca, Texas, for its first demonstration-scale plant to produce...
Godavari opens biobutanol and ethers plant in Maharashtra
In India, Godavari Biorefineries has begun operations at a new biobased specialty chemicals plant at Sakarwadi, Maharashtra.
The Somaiya Group subsidiary says the new plant will...
Balloon journey seeks microbes with bioplastics applications
In the United Kingdom, adventurer Sir David Hempleman-Adams is planning a trans-Atlantic hydrogen open gasket balloon journey to, among other things, collect microbes with...
Balenciaga and QWSTION partner on banana-based sneaker
In Switzerland, QWSTION, a fashion label and producer of the banana fiber fabric Bananatex, has partnered with luxury fashion brand Balenciaga to launch sneakers...
Australia’s RMIT paves the way for coffee waste-reinforced concrete
In Australia, researchers at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology have developed a stronger and more environmentally friendly concrete using with waste coffee grounds.
Concrete...
BASF sells Spartec bioenergy enzymes business to Lallemand
In San Diego, BASF has sold its Spartec bioenergy enzyme portfolio to Lallemand subsidiaries Danstar Ferment AG and Lallemand Specialties Inc. Terms of the...
Floreon secures $320 million to scale up bioplastics technology
In the United Kingdom, University of Sheffield bioplastics spin-out Floreon has secured £250 million (US$320 million) from the Centre for Process Innovation to scale...