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DSM Engineering Materials teams with start-up to develop bio-based foldable reusable products

March 14, 2023 | Meghan Sapp

In the Netherlands, DSM Engineering Materials has partnered with sustainability-focused startup DiFOLD, developing foldable reusable products. The startup has chosen DSM Engineering Materials’ Arnitel Eco – a bio-based thermoplastic copolyester – to manufacture its flagship Origami foldable water bottle. Adopting Arnitel Eco marks a major step forward in DiFOLD’s mission to reduce the environmental impact […]

DSM partners with Axis Communications to develop biobased camera housing

December 29, 2022 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In The Netherlands, DSM Engineering Materials announced it has supported Axis Communications, which offers products and services for video surveillance and analytics, access control, intercom, and audio systems, to deliver camera components made with EcoPaXX, a high-performance polyamide, which is made from renewable castor bean oil. The company noted that EcoPaXX is a high-performance aliphatic, […]

Versalis acquires DSM’s Proesa technology

December 19, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Italy, Versalis, Eni’s chemical company, has acquired the technology to produce enzymes for second-generation ethanol from DSM. The agreement has a strategic value for Versalis as it integrates with proprietary Proesa® technology, applied at the Crescentino plant for the production of sustainable bioethanol and chemical products from lignocellulosic biomass, improving the competitiveness of technology […]

Technip Energies buys Biosuccinium tech from DSM

September 15, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Texas, Technip Energies has purchased Biosuccinium® technology from DSM, adding a technology solution to its growing Sustainable Chemicals portfolio. This technology synergizes with recently developed proprietary bio-polymer technologies and provides a commercially referenced production of bio-based succinic acid (bio-SAc) that serves as feedstock for the production of polybutylene succinate (PBS). PBS itself is fully […]

Technip Energies buys DSM’s biobased succinic acid technology

September 5, 2022 | Rebecca Gendron

In France, Technip Energies has acquired DSM’s Biosuccinium® technology for producing biobased succinic acid, which can in turn be used manufacture biodegradable polymer polybutylene succinate. The purchase includes a wide range of patent families and proprietary yeast strains, which have been demonstrated, at scale, in licensees’ production facilities. “This addition to our growing sustainable chemicals […]

Dairy co-op and DSM to launch precision fermentation startup

August 29, 2022 | Rebecca Gendron

In New Zealand and the Netherlands, dairy coop Fonterra and nutrition and health company DSM have partnered to commercialize dairy proteins produced using precision fermentation. The two companies, which began collaborating on the concept in 2021, will launch a startup to commercialize the resulting technology. Komal Mistry-Mehta, chief innovation and brand officer at Fonterra, tells […]

The Digest’s 2022 Multi-Slide Guide to DSM

August 10, 2022 | Jim Lane

The company touts its bright science and bright it is — deeply engaged in health, nutrition and speciality materials — a new presentation covers the new lines of business and old — all the markets, technologies, sources of revenues, trends, lines of business.

European Ombudsman finds European Commission guilt of UCO maladministration

April 19, 2022 | Meghan Sapp

In Belgium, an Irish citizen wished to obtain access to a list of all countries of origin of used cooking oil (UCO) for the years 2016 to 2019, together with the volumes of UCO feedstock collected for each country for each year, as reported by the voluntary certification schemes for biofuels sustainability to the European […]

Mycelium magic, Braskem, Spiber, DSM, Meatable bionews, and more: The Digest’s Top 8 Innovations for the week of September 16th

September 15, 2021 | Helena Tavares Kennedy

Mycelium is hot this week with 2 new innovations – one more appealing than the other. First, a fireproof but edible BBQ grill made from fungal mycelium, which is handy if you don’t grill enough food for everyone at your BBQ. The other, a “living” coffin made of mycelium and moss that takes 45 days […]

DSM and Meatable partner to overcome major cultured meat hurdle

September 13, 2021 | Rebecca Gendron

In the Netherlands, cultured meat startup Meatable has entered into a joint development deal with DSM to develop lower-cost growth media. Comprised of essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins, sales, vitamins and growth factors, growth media is often cited as a key barrier to widespread consumption of lab-grown meat. Currently, it can account for as […]