BASF

German chemicals giant reinforces green goals / Supply deal with Cargill offshoot / First line of bio-based plastic additives

CARGILL

US firm boosts UK additive output

COFFEE CAPSULES

NatureWorks, IMA partnership to develop compostable pods / Trials commence

COVESTRO

Partnership with Genomatica / Pilot facility for plant-based HMD / Biotech competence centre at HQ site

ARKEMA

Speciality chemicals generate good results / Portfolio restructuring bears fruit / Entry in battery materials

CARGILL

JV with Helm to build first US commercial plant for bio-based BDO / Plant sugar as feedstock

SUNFLOWER PLASTIC COMPOUND

Raising PP compounding capacity in Germany and eastern Europe / Sunflower seed hull natural fibres for use as filling materials

VERSALIS

Bio-butadiene joint venture with Genomatica commences pilot-scale production / Feedstock for bio-polybutadiene

BRASKEM / GENOMATICA

Successful laboratory scale production of butadiene from renewable feedstocks / Milestone in collaboration

GENOMATICA

Collaborating with Cargill to speed up biomaterials production / US agriculture specialist makes undisclosed equity investment

BASF

Bio-based acrylic acid a step closer to reality / Collaboration with Novozyme and Cargill

POLYOLS MARKET

Global green and bio polyols sector growing at 10.8% per year / Strongest growth in Asia / Corn and soybean most common feedstock / Markets and Markets report

BIOCHEMICALS

European Union established BIO-QED project to drive production of chemicals based on renewable resources

NATUREWORKS

Engineering contract for Asia PLA project awarded to Jacobs / Thailand preferred project location

NATUREWORKS

First Asian regional headquarters established in Bangkok / Several new personnel to drive development / Plans for new facility in Southeast Asia

BASF

Cooperating with Novozymes and Cargill on bio-based acrylic acid / Dextrose as feedstock

PTT CHEMICAL

Thai petrochemicals group invests USD 150m into US bioplastics producer NatureWorks / Plans to build world's second “Ingeo” facility in Thailand

BIOAMBER

Ontario picked as location for first North American succinic acid plant / Facility to turn out biobased butanediol as well

BERICAP

Lightweight closures bring efficiencies in edible oil bottling / Cargill uses full product range

MOMENTIVE

New additive increases bio-based content of foam / Collaboration with Cargill