Chandler, Ariz.-based Yulex Corp. has been granted additional patent protection from patent offices in the U.S., Europe, Mexico and South Africa that cover commercial methods for latex and resin extraction derived from the guayule desert shrub plant.
As a result of Archer Daniels Midland Co.'s decision, Telles LLC, the sales and marketing commercial alliance created to commercialize the trademarked Mirel, a biobased plastic, will be dissolved, and Mirel production on behalf of Telles will end.
Despite the fact that the volume of air traffic is expected to grow in Norway, as in most places, Avinor is working to stabilize and reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the use of sustainable biofuels, more efficient engines and newer airplanes.
Vilsack presented the country with the USDA's Blueprint for Strong Service, which outlines measures to streamline the department's operations and cut costs. As part of the initiative, the USDA plans to close 259 domestic offices, facilities and labs.
Arizona-based algae technology company Heliae announced on Jan. 10 the hiring of three key team members, Adrian Galvez, Anna Lee Tonkovich and Mike Rohlfsen, as well as three significant additions to its expanding portfolio of intellectual property.
Cereplast has introduced the next generation of Cereplast Hybrid Resins, an expansion of the Biopropylene PP-based resin product offering through two new bioplastic resin grades, Hybrid 102D and 105D. They will be in U.S., EU markets by mid-year.
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U.S. EPA issued a direct final rule regarding pathways for four new biofuel feedstocks under the renewable fuel standard (RFS2), including camelina oil, energy cane, giant reed and napiergrass, the latter three apply to ethanol and drop-in biofuels.
The Israel-U.S. Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation has brought together a major U.S.-based biomass power entity and an Israeli-based advanced defense systems developer to partner on a biomass-to-fuel mobile system.
Advanced plant genetic supplier DuPont has partnered up with biomass feedstock developer NexSteppe to develop new sweet sorghum and high biomass sorghum hybrids for biofuels, biopower and biobased products.
Germany-based market research institute Ceresana Research recently announced it expects significant growth to characterize the bioplastics industry over the next few years, particularly within the emerging South American and Asia-Pacific markets.
Sweetwater uses a patent-pending process technology that efficiently breaks down a variety cellulosic biomass, such as agricultural and wood residues, within a contained, water-based solution to produce concentrated C5 and C6 sugar streams.
Rematix Inc. employs a patented two-step supercritical fluid hydrolysis technology platform, trademarked the Plantrose process, that can efficiently extract and solubilize C5 and C6 sugars from a variety of nonfood-based lignocellulosic biomass.
A research project underway in collaboration with BioTork, Rivertop Solutions and the USDA Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center has successfully demonstrated a method to turn Hawaiian papaya waste into renewable oil for conversion to biofuels.
Making the obvious case for biorefining, once again.
Three of the patents cover the production of various liquid fuels and chemicals related to its recently announced partnership with Coca-Cola and its ongoing partnership with Royal Dutch Shell. The other two involve the registered BioForming process.
Lakewood, Colo.-based ZeaChem Inc. has achieved a significant milestone by completing on schedule and under budget the construction and installation of the core process technology for its 250,000 gallon integrated biorefinery in Boardman, Ore.
DuPont and California-based feedstock development company NexSteppe have entered into a collaboration to develop new sweet and high-biomass sorghum hybrids in Brazil and the U.S., for use in the biofuels, biopower and biobased products industries.
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany is leading a project that will focus on converting biomass into engine fuels and chemicals, as well as heat and electricity.
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