28.11.2013
- BASF has begun offering its first commercial volumes of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) produced from renewable raw material produced with dextrose-based fermentation technology licensed from...
28.10.2013
- Strategic Maneuvers - When Richard Ridinger took over as CEO of Basel, Switzerland-based Lonza in May 2012, the 115-year old life science and chemical company with sales of just...
14.06.2012
- Diversifying Feedstocks - In recent years, there has been a growing interest in manufacturing bio-based chemicals from the major carbohydrate crops via fermentation technologies as...
07.03.2012
- Alternatives To Oil - Light olefins, or short alkenes, are key platform molecules for the chemical industry. They are almost exclusively obtained from fossil oil. Because of the...
07.03.2012
- Competing for Land - The way we use our land is changing. As the world's population increases and greater pressure is put on global resources, we need to think carefully about how...
09.11.2011
- New Energy - Fossil resources are limited, but the global demand for fuels and chemicals is continuously rising. In addition to European and national legislations that set...
07.09.2011
- Key Platform - White biotechnology is establishing itself as a key technology platform for innovative and sustainable processes and products in the chemical industry. In cases...
