In California, Verenium announced that sales of its Purifine phospholipase C (PLC) enzyme product will now also be targeted for use in pretreatment of oil for biodiesel production. Verenium’s Purifine PLC product is a groundbreaking enzyme designed to improve yields and overall economics of edible oil and biodiesel production. Verenium began marketing and selling Purifine […]
In Minnesota, BioCee announced an asset purchase and license agreement to access certain technology from Verenium Corporation, a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on the development and commercialization of high-performance enzymes, for the development of an environmentally-friendly biological method of removing sulfur from oil and oil distillates. Under terms of the agreement, BioCee is granted […]
Background: This is a first round, West Regional match-up between #4 seed Cobalt and #13 seed Verenium 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 […]
In California, Verenium and Novus International announced a strategic collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize a suite of new enzyme products from Verenium’s late-stage product pipeline targeting the poultry, swine, beef, dairy, aquaculture and companion animals markets. The companies will partner equally to fund development and commercialization and share in the profits, as well as […]
In California, the California’s Air Resources Board (ARB) has appointed Christopher Frantz, a Principal at Endicott Biofuels, LLC (EBF), to its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) advisory panel. Tony Newton has joined the Verenium team as an ethanol plants field technician. Prior to joining Verenium, Newton spent over 10 years in engineering roles and as plant/area manager of various […]
In Massachusetts, Verenium announced its 2011 company goals and, for the first time, financial guidance for the upcoming year, projecting that it would reach $55 million to $60 million in revenues and product gross margins of $21 million to $24 million. The company did not release a net earnings per share target, but it highlighted […]
In China, Verenium announced that its Purifine PLC enzyme specifically developed for the edible oil industry, has received all necessary Chinese government authorizations for sale as a processing aid in the edible oil industry. According to Verenium, China’s consumption of edible oils is growing at a high rate due to a large population and an […]
In Massachusetts, Verenium announced that it has licensed a new enzyme for use in the production of edible oil products to Bunge Oils, Inc., a part of Bunge North America. Commercial launch of the enzyme product is pending appropriate regulatory approvals in target markets. Bunge intends to use the enzymes to commercialize edible oil products […]
In Massachusetts, Verenium announced that it has launched a new high performance enzyme for the saccharification of liquefied starch in the fuel ethanol production process. The Deltazym GA L-E5 enzyme has demonstrated high ethanol yields at industrial scale using multiple substrates including corn, milo, barley, wheat and cassava. Verenium is reporting that customers using Fuelzyme […]
From Southern California the report has arrived that Verdezyne is winding down as a company, and today is the last day of operations. The low oil price environment has claimed another victim among the renewable chemical pure-plays. Why oil prices have doomed more chemical players than fuels In a nutshell, there’s no Renewable Chemicals Standard […]
