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September 1, 2012
A move toward bio-based malic acid, acrylic acid and butadiene
A move toward bio-based malic acid... Novozymes A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) has developed a strain of metabolically engineered Aspergillus oryzae fungus that is capable of producing the four-carbon, dicarboxylic acid compound malic acid. The chemical building block malic acid is used as a flavor enhancer in the food industry, and can be converted into 1,4-butanediol (BDO), which serves as...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/A-move-toward-bio-based-malic-acid-acrylic-acid-and-butadiene_9637.html
August 1, 2012
Making synthetic rubber from biomass
Ajinomoto Co., Inc. (www.ajinomoto.com) and Bridgestone Corp. (Both Tokyo, Japan; www.bridgestone.com) have jointly developed a bio-based, high- cis-polyisoprene synthetic rubber. The two companies began an R&D cooperation in June 2011 to combine their know-how — Ajinomoto’s...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Making-synthetic-rubber-from-biomass_9529.html
June 1, 2012
Manufacturing bee silk with bacteria
A partnership between Australian research agency CSIRO (Melbourne, Australia; www.csiro.au) and Lonza Group Ltd. (Basel, Switzerland; www.lonza.com), aims to market new insect silk products globally. Potential applications of insect silk include composite fibers for the aviation and marine industries, and medical applications such as wound repair, drug delivery, repairing and replacing human tissues such...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Manufacturing-bee-silk-with-bacteria_9367.html
June 1, 2012
A non-crop-based sugar feedstock for bio-based chemicals and biofuels
Proterro Inc. (Princeton, N.J.; www. proterro.com) has demonstrated technology for directly producing sucrose as a feedstock for bio-based chemicals and biofuels that avoids the need for cellulosic biomass and energy crops. Using a genetically engineered strain of photosynthetic cyanobacteria and a unique photobioreactor system, Proterro is able to generate a clean...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/A-non-crop-based-sugar-feedstock-for-bio-based-chemicals-and-biofuels_9369.html
April 1, 2012
Plastics with soy-derived protein reduce petroleum use
New biocomposite plastics that combine soybean-meal protein with conventional plastic resins allow significantly lower use of petroleum-based chemicals in polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) manufacturing. The new class of bioplastics incorporates soybean-meal protein, which is chemically bound to...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Plastics-with-soy-derived-protein-reduce-petroleum-use_9158.html
March 1, 2012
Biobutanol to be produced at retrofitted ethanol plant
The first commercial-scale biobutanol plant using the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology (GIFT) process is set to come online in mid-2012 at the former site of an ethanol facility in Minnesota. In late January, Gevo (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) was awarded a U.S. patent for the GIFT separation technology, a key component of the process that allows the separation of C3–C6 alcohols from the...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Biobutanol-to-be-produced-at-retrofitted-ethanol-plant_9037.html
March 1, 2012
Biobutanol to be produced at retrofitted ethanol plant
The first commercial-scale biobutanol plant using the Gevo Integrated Fermentation Technology (GIFT) process is set to come online in mid-2012 at the former site of an ethanol facility in Minnesota. In late January, Gevo (Englewood, Colo.; www.gevo.com) was awarded a U.S. patent for the GIFT separation technology, a key component of the process that allows the separation of C3–C6 alcohols from the...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Biobutanol-to-be-produced-at-retrofitted-ethanol-plant_9166.html
December 1, 2011
A car company moves closer to making cellulosic ethanol ecomomically
Using gene recombination technology, Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC; Toyota City, Japan: www2.toyota.co.jp/en) has developed a new strain of yeast that achieves one of the highest ethanol-fermentation density levels in the world — approximately 47 g/L with 87% yield (based on the feed sugar). In addition to the high yield, TMC’s yeast is highly efficient at fermenting xylose, which is normally...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/A-car-company-moves-closer-to-making-cellulosic-ethanol-ecomomically_8769.html
June 1, 2011
Low-cost process for bioethanol fuel demonstrated in Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI; Tokyo, www.mhi.co.jp) says it has established technology to produce bioethanol for automobile use by using soft-cellulose, such as wheat straw and rice straw, as raw materials. MHI estimates the fuel cost for a full-scale production plant — accounting for the costs of feed material and its collection and transportation, as well as bioethanol production costs...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Low-cost-process-for-bioethanol-fuel-demonstrated-in-Japan_8097.html
May 1, 2011
A step closer to commercial production of spider silk
Spider silk has many unique properties that make it suitable for applications such as coatings and medical products. As a protein, the silk is remarkably stable and is only destroyed physically or digested and recycled by the spider. However, an industrially viable synthetic route to spider silk has eluded researchers over the last 25 years, says Axel Leimer, managing director at AMSilk GmbH...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/A-step-closer-to-commercial-production-of-spider-silk_7929.html
April 1, 2011
A step toward industrial production of perillic acid
Last month, Brain AG (Zwingenberg; www.brain-biotech.de) and Dechema e.V. (Frankfurt am Main, both Germany; www.dechema.de) began a collaboration in the biotechnological production of perillic acid — a patented natural monoterpene owned by Brain, with promising applications as a bioactive compound in cosmetics products and as a natural preservative. The cooperation is aimed at further developing an...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/A-step-toward-industrial-production-of-perillic-acid_7736.html
March 1, 2011
Vegetable-oil-based chemicals plant soon to be fully operational
In spring of this year, Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM; Decatur, Ill.; www.adm.com) plans full operation of a chemical plant based on soybean and canola oils as renewable feedstock. Products of the plant will include refined glycerin, propylene glycol and ethylene glycol. Crude vegetable-derived oils are obtained through a process in which soybeans and canola seeds are crushed, dehulled and conditioned, and...
http://www.che.com/chementator/biotechnology/Vegetable-oil-based-chemicals-plant-soon-to-be-fully-operational_6423.html

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