by | May 30, 2024 | Innovation Insights, Uncategorized
Covestro, a global leader in high-tech polymer materials, has announced the successful launch of the world’s first pilot plant for bio-based aniline. This groundbreaking achievement marks a significant step toward more sustainable production methods for key...
by | May 30, 2024 | Innovation Insights, Uncategorized
Toray Industries, Inc. has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by developing the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a crucial raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), sourced from sugars derived from inedible biomass. This innovative feat is a result of...
by | Feb 19, 2024 | Bio Based Inks, Bio Products, Chemical Pathways, Innovation Insights, Microbial Pathways
Michroma is developing natural vegan-friendly food colourants powered by fungi to overhaul synthetic and animal-based, non-vegan food dyes. The product is part of a new family of fungal-derived pigments, called atrorosins, that the cofounders discovered. The natural...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio Products, Consumer Products, Innovation Insights, Microbial Pathways, Nutraceuticals
Biosyntia raises $11.6m to launch world’s first bio-based vitamin B7 Biosyntia uses “precision fermentation” technology to concentrate the active materials from the plants – this process involves the use of engineered microbes to convert sugar into...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Air Pollution, Bioenergy, Biofuels, Biomass for Commercial Heating, Biomass for Industrial Heating, Biomass Power Plants, Innovation Insights, Thermochemical Pathways
UK government approves $2.5B project for ‘carbon negative’ power plant in Drax Power station in North Yorkshire, in the north of England. Drax, the power station in Yorkshire, which produces around 4% of the UK’s power, mostly burns biomass imported from North...
by | Feb 8, 2024 | Bio based Polymers, Bio Based Textiles, Bio Products, Innovation Insights, Land Pollution, Microbial Pathways
Genomatica (San Diego) intends to develop enzymatic pathways for the production of the chemical building blocks hexamethylenediamine, adipic acid and caprolactam – which are essential in production of nylon. Genomatica reached a milestone that epitomizes a shift...
