Koch and Coke surge in biofuels’ Hot Partners poll

In Florida, voting is now underway in the 2013 Hot Partners competition, and will continue through Friday June 14 at 5pm EDT.

In voting yesterday, Koch pulled into a tie with BASF in the Separation, Microharvest, informatics & catalysis systems and services category – while BP took the sole lead in the Strategic customers (fuels), and Coca-Cola took the sole lead in the Strategic customers (bio-based products) category.

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Categories and leaders in voting to date:

Engineering, procurement & construction – Harris Group
Enzymes, yeasts & sugars – Novozymes
Feedstocks (energy crops) – Solazyme
Feedstocks (gases and residues) – POET Biomass
Distributors – Green Plains Renewable Energy
Finance (early-stage) – US DOE
Finance (commercialization) – USDA
Lab services – DuPont
Pretreatment systems –  POET-DSM
Professional counselors & consultants  – Stoel Rives
Separation, microharvest, informatics & catalysis systems and services – BASF, Koch
Processing systems and services – POET-DSM
Vehicle & vehicular equipment systems – John Deere
R&D Partners – NREL
Strategic customers (fuels) – BP
Strategic customers (bio-based products) – Coca-Cola