BASF, Cargill and Novozymes achieved another milestone in bio-based acrylic acid

17-Sep-2014 - BASF, Cargill and Novozymes announced the achievement of another milestone in their joint development of technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials. The team has demonstrated the successful conversion of 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3-HP), to glacial acrylic acid and ...

Partnership sets out path to certified sustainable coconut oil in the philippines

GIZ, BASF and Cargill partnership reaches 2,500 smallholder coconut growers

06-Feb-2013 - A program to develop a certified coconut oil supply chain to enhance sustainability and improve the livelihoods of 2,500 coconut growers in the Philippines has been launched. It is a result of a partnership between the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, BASF and ...

BASF, Cargill and Novozymes target commercial bio-based acrylic acid process

Key raw material for the production of bio-based superabsorbents for baby diapers

21-Aug-2012 - BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from renewable raw materials.Presently, acrylic acid is produced by the oxidation of propylene derived from the refining of crude oil. BASF, Cargill and Novozymes will develop bio-based ...

Cargill and Novozymes to enable production of acrylic acid via HPA from renewable raw materials

16-Jan-2008 - Cargill and Novozymes announced a joint agreement to develop technology enabling the production of acrylic acid via 3-hydroxypropionic acid (3HPA) from renewable raw materials. The project is supported by a $1.5 million matching cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Energy. The ...

Diversa and Cargill Expand Collaboration Agreement

Significant Progress Made on Project to Develop a Novel Food-Related Product

02-Mar-2007 - Diversa Corporation announced that it has expanded its collaboration agreement with Cargill to discover and develop novel enzymes for the cost-effective production of a proprietary food-related product designed to help global consumers pursuing healthy lifestyles. In 2005, Cargill Health and ...

Renessen to Test Higher-Value Ethanol Production System in New Pilot Plant

23-Jan-2006 - Renessen LLC announced plans for a new pilot plant to test a unique technology system in which new biotech corn hybrids with increased energy and nutrient levels will be combined with a novel dry corn separation technique designed for ethanol facilities. The new system represents a step change in ...

MetaMorphix Collaborates With Sequenom to Develop Animal Predictive Diagnostics

09-Nov-2005 - Sequenom, Inc. and MetaMorphix, Inc. (MMI) announced that MMI has chosen to use Sequenom's MassARRAY(R) genetic analysis system as the technical platform to aid it in completing preliminary commercialization field trials of its pipeline of new DNA-based animal predictive diagnostic tools. The ...