In California, Codexis announced the appointment of David O’Toole as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, effective September 4, 2012. O’Toole served most recently as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Response Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGDX), a company focused on the development and sale of molecular diagnostic tests for cancer and analytical testing services of […]
In California, in addition to joining the Segetis board, former Genencor CEO Tjerk de Ruiter has this week been named chairman of the board of LS9, replacing company co-founder Noubar Afeyan, who will remain as a board member. de Ruiter left Genencor at the time of Dupont’s acquisition of Genencor’s corporate parent, Danisco, after many […]
One of biofuels’ hottest companies transitions from research phase to operating phase with opening of its demo plant in Okeechobee – what’s next, and where? In the glades north of Lake Okeechobee, in rural Florida, a 135,000 liter fermenter column stands out against the landscape like Salisbury Cathedral rising over the plains of Thomas Hardy’s […]
In California, LS9 announced that its demonstration plant project in Okeechobee, Florida is mechanically complete, and that the company will host a Grand Opening ceremony and press conference on Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at the facility. The event will include the first tours of the facility, and U.S. Congressman Tom Rooney (R-Fla.) will be among […]
In the Netherlands, World Biofuels Markets Congress & Exhibition 2012 announced the winners of the 2012 Sustainable Biofuels Awards. The 4th annual awards, which recognize innovation and achievement in the development of truly sustainable and renewable fuels, were presented to winners at a special ceremony during the 7th annual World Biofuels Markets. “We had thousands […]
In California, LS9 announced that Gregory Rood will join the company as Vice President of Operations. Mr. Rood’s responsibilities will include direct responsibility for LS9’s Florida operations in Okeechobee, Florida and future LS9 production sites. Prior to joining LS9, Mr. Rood was Senior Vice President of Operations at Martek Biosciences.
In California, as CEOs and other advanced biofuels leaders gathered for the opening of Advanced Biofuels Markets in San Francisco, LanzaTech, Sapphire Energy and LS9 announced the achievement of key milestones in their path to commercialization. LS( made a major step-up towards scale; LanzaTech landed its first commercial customer, and Sapphire Energy closed its key […]
Background: This is an Elite Eight (quarter-final), International Regional match-up between #2 seed LS9 and #7 seed Novozymes, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to […]
Background: This is a Sweet Sixteen (third round), International Regional match-up between #2 seed LS9 and #6 seed Enerkem, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances […]
Background: This is a second round, International Regional match-up between #2 seed LS9 and #7 seed SG Biofuels, in the 2011 Transformative Technologies tourney, from Biofuels Digest. Voting: Open to all Biofuels Digest subscribers. Voting links are in the Biofuels Digest daily newsletter. To subscribe (free), visit here. The winner gets: Most votes advances to the […]
