30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Products, 2012-13: registration opens

In Florida, registration opened August 1, 2012 for the 30 Hottest Companies in Renewable Chemicals and Biobased Products rankings, complied and published by Biofuels Digest and Biobased Digest.

All registered companies will appear automatically on the Hot 30 ballot which will be distributed to 30,000 Digest subscribers and 1,000 invited international selectors.

Registered companies also will have the opportunity to provide company profile information to the annual Selectors Data Book. The data book, which last year weighed in at a hefty 382 pages, is believed to be the most comprehensive source for basic company information in the sector.

Companies may register themselves – or individual readers may nominate companies for the rankings, here.

Nominations and registration period will close Friday, August 31,2012;  voting will commence Wednesday, September 5, 2012 and continue through Friday October 12, 2012.

The Hot 30 will be announced at Advanced Biofuels Markets, which will be held October 29-31, 2012 at the Wyndham Parc 55 in San Francisco, California.

Voting will be weighted, 50 percent representing Biofuels Digest and Biobased Digest newsletter subscribers, and 50 percent representing the invited international selectors.

“The Hot 30 recognizes companies with the optimal combination of visibility and credibility,” noted Digest editor Jim Lane who founded the rankings in 2008. “If you have credibility but no visibility, you may be good, but you are not hot. Conversely, if you have visibility but no credibility, you may have hype, but not heat.”

Last year, Genomatica took the #1 position in the rankings. There are more than 30,000 Google citations for the Rankings, which have become a popular measure for top companies in the sector.