Green Biologics Ltd. (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology and renewable chemicals company, was named to the 40 Hottest Smaller Companies in the Advanced Bio-Economy list (#6) and to the 30 Hottest Companies in Bio-based Chemicals and Materials list (#28).
Following its recent acquisition of the U.S.-based biotechnology company Virdia, Stora Enso is investing €32 million in a demonstration and market development plant to be built in Raceland, Louisiana.
Sustainable materials company Novomer Inc. has appointed Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH, a leading distributor of specialty chemicals, as its authorized distributor of Converge® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols in Germany.
Germany‘s Institut Bauen und Umwelt e.V. (The Institute for Construction and the Environment, or IBU) has issued environmental product declarations for DEGADUR® reactive resins, providing ecological certification for this product from Evonik Industries AG’s Coating & Adhesive Resins (CA-AC) business line.
Novomer Inc. announced the commercial introduction of Converge® polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polyols for use in polyurethane formulations targeted at adhesive, coatings, sealants, elastomers, and rigid and flexible foams.
Sartomer Americas has earned the Certified Biobased Product designation from the USDA for its entire Sarbio® line of 13 specialty acrylates and methacrylates.
Novomer Inc. announced several key personnel appointments as part of its development and commercialization of a family of high-performance, sustainable polycarbonate polyols for polyurethane applications.
Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc., a specialty chemicals company, has selected URS Corp., San Francisco, to provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) services for its second world-scale biorefinery in Natchez, MS.
BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and technology provider Renmatix Inc., Philadelphia, will jointly scale up the Renmatix Plantrose process for the production of industrial sugars based on lignocellulosic biomass.
