AkzoNobel Signs Cooperation Agreement on Biobased Polymer Technology
AMSTERDAM - AkzoNobel has signed a framework joint development agreement with specialty chemicals company Itaconix to explore opportunities for the production of biobased polymers.
With this agreement, AkzoNobel will pursue the development and commercialization of biobased polymers. Itaconix will contribute a proprietary polymerization technology to turn itaconic acid – obtained from sugars through fermentation – into polymers.