Corbion bids to acquire TerraVia

In California, Corbion has made a $20M stalking horse stock and asset purchase bid for TerraVia . The purchase agreement provides TerraVia with a binding...

Bounding Maine: Top 10 companies targeting Maine’s forest resource for higher-value apps

Maine is the Pine Tree state and yet in recent years the industries surrounding the noble pine have been in all kinds of distress,...

The Digest’s Top 10 Innovations for the week of April 25th, 2018

The pace of invention and change is just too strong, we’ve realized, to highlight annual or even quarterly or monthly rankings and summaries of...

Winner, winner, salmon dinner? Calysta raises $40M en route to scale

From California arrives the news that Calysta has raised $40 million in a Series D funding led by Mitsui and including amongst its participants...

Plastic Stretches Towards the New: Top 10 Trendlines in Bioplastics

The Plant Bottle has generated so much goodwill and publicity for its 30% renewable, sustainable content (and that biobased MEG) that it’s easy to...

Letter from Washington: The Grand Alliance flashes V for Victory in renewable fuels fight

It’s been a very busy week in Washington DC, the high point being a letter to seven senators sent late Thursday by EPA Administrator...

I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In: Anellotech, Edeniq, Novvi

The old Christmas carol goes, “I saw three ships come sailing  in,” and those perched on a widow’s walk this morning might have espied...

Fuels from thin air: drop-in liquid fuels from sky CO2, water and solar power

In Finland, we reported last week commercial vehicles operated by the City of Helsinki and bus services commissioned by HSL will fully switch to...

Tyson Foods buys into Beyond Meat

In Arkansas, Tyson Foods invested an undisclosed amount for a five percent ownership position in Beyond Meat to help the plant-based protein producer expand...

Beta Renewables in cellulosic ethanol crisis, as Grupo M&G parent files for restructuring

From Italy comes an industry shocker: "Italian newspapers reported over the weekend that cellulosic ethanol developer Mossi & Ghisolfi shuts down this week," reported a...

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Fishway hooks Multus to jointly accelerate cultivated fish

In the United Kingdom, Fishway and Multus Biotechnology have partnered to bring cultivated fish to market faster. The pact will leverage Fishway's expertise in...

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MIT students design 3D printer that converts home food waste into knick-knacks

In Boston, Massachusetts Institute of Technology students Biru Cao and Qiqing Wang have developed an AI-drive desktop 3D printer  that converts household food waste...