Race for Scale: Amyris opens third commercial-scale biofene production plant

In California, Amyris announced the commissioning of its third industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene, Amyris’s renewable farnesene. The production plant is located in Decatur, Ill., at a Tate & Lyle facility.  Amyris plans to sell Biofene directly for use in industrial applications or to apply simple chemical finishing steps to Biofene to form a broad range of renewable products including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and diesel.

Amyris is scaling its production in Brazil, Europe and the United States through five production arrangements, including manufacturing agreements with Antibióticos S.A., Biomin do Brasil Nutriҫão Animal Ltda., Paraíso Bioenergia S.A., Tate & Lyle and a joint venture with Usina São Martinho S.A., one of the largest sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil. Amyris has also established finishing capabilities with Glycotech, Inc. in North Carolina.