Category: Million Minds

4 Minutes with…Petri Vasara, Head of Biofutures, Poyry Management Consulting

4 Minutes with…Petri Vasara, Head of Biofutures, Poyry Management Consulting

September 6, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Poyry is the only Finnish knowledge company to become no 1 in a global industry sector (pulp and paper), and it has always been an enormously good observation post and global laboratory for trends, new technologies and natural resources. Expanding our focus to […]

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4 Minutes with…Chad Pastor, Business Development Manager, MBI

4 Minutes with…Chad Pastor, Business Development Manager, MBI

August 23, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. MBI is a non-profit company committed to accelerating biobased and sustainable technologies to commercialization through its innovative derisking process. In addition to derisking technologies for clients, MBI is working to commercialize three major biobased technologies; the most revolutionary of these being AFEX biomass […]

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4 minutes with… Eric Enqvist, Managing Partner, SciTech-Service Oy

4 minutes with… Eric Enqvist, Managing Partner, SciTech-Service Oy

August 6, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. SciTech-Service is a science based technology development company. 7 experts and a laboratory with 4 technicians + world class piloting equipment. We support equipment manufacturers and biorefining companies with complementary development assets. Our aim is always industrially applicable technology solutions, not just basic research. […]

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4 minutes with… Peter Brown, Partner in FFA Fuels

4 minutes with… Peter Brown, Partner in FFA Fuels

August 5, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. FFA fuels is a firm believer in renewable fuels, we are driving the price down to build biodiesel and methan production systems. In One project inCalifornia, which we are trying to develop startup funding, a 20 million gallon biodiesel facility estimatedat $87 million […]

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4 minutes with…  Gregory T. Benz, President, Benz Technology International

4 minutes with… Gregory T. Benz, President, Benz Technology International

August 4, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. We consult on fluid agitation, especially for biofuels and renewable chemicals, including cellulosic. We also improve return on capital by sourcing carefully vetted equipment from China and other developing countries. Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the […]

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4 minutes with… Jon Auerbach, VP Business Development, Bioenergy Development Group

4 minutes with… Jon Auerbach, VP Business Development, Bioenergy Development Group

August 3, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Bioenergy Development Group produces biodiesel from high FFA, low cost, waste oils. Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the next 12 months. I purchase all the inputs and sell all the output of the plant. I also […]

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4 Minutes with…Daniel Hayes, CEO, Celignis Analytical

4 Minutes with…Daniel Hayes, CEO, Celignis Analytical

August 2, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy.   Celignis undertakes laboratory analysis of biomass samples to determine properties relevant for the production of biofuels and bioenergy. We are the only company to offer near infrared (NIR) analysis for cellulosic properties relevant to advanced biofuel production. This means we can provide […]

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4 minutes with… Mark Warner, Founder, Warner Advisors

4 minutes with… Mark Warner, Founder, Warner Advisors

July 30, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Warner Advisors LLC is a consulting firm focused on delivering commercialization assistance for emerging technology clients in biofuels, biochemicals and food. Our focus is on early stage technology start-ups in the emerging bioeconomy. We are experts in commercialization from bench-top, through pilot to […]

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4 minutes with… Andrew Lucero, Manager, Process Research Southern Research

4 minutes with… Andrew Lucero, Manager, Process Research Southern Research

July 29, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Southern Research is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) scientific and engineering research organization in AL, MD, GA, and NC in the areas of drug discovery and development, advanced engineering, and environmental protection. In NC we conduct research and development into energy related technologies including conversion […]

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4 minutes with… Gert-Jan (G-J) Gruter, CTO, Avantium

4 minutes with… Gert-Jan (G-J) Gruter, CTO, Avantium

July 28, 2015 |

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Avantium developed a novel process for the production of PEF (brandname YXY), a 100% biobased polyester with enhanced barrier, thermal and mechanical properties. Together with Coca-Cola, Danone and ALPLA we target PEF bottles. The process has been proven at pilot plant scale and […]

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