In Florida, early voting rankings were released today for 50 Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy, representing roughly 70% of the overall subscriber vote expected. Subscriber voting ends Friday January 15 at 5pm ET. The Hot 50 rankings will be announced live at ABLC 2016 in Washington DC at 6pm on February 17, 2016. Below, we’ve […]
In Brazil, Genomatica and Braskem announced they have been successfully producing butadiene at lab scale since June 2015, using their direct, bio-based process. The companies are jointly developing a commercial process for the on-purpose production of butadiene made from renewable feedstocks, as announced in December 2013. 1) Direct, continuous production: The program team has successfully […]
Butadiene is beginning to emerge from the Braskem Genomatica collaboration. But could it be that the real significance lies not in progress with butadiene, but in Big Data itself, the harnessing of complex mathematics to make products that are possible, but not currently produced, in Nature. News has arrived from California and Brazil that Braskem and Genomatica […]
License agreement adds countries in Southeast Asia; Optional capacity for up to 75,000 metric tons per year; Targeting large-scale commercial production of renewable butanediol using Genomatica technology In California, BASF and Genomatica have expanded the scope of their license agreement for the production of 1,4-butanediol based on renewable feedstock (renewable BDO) using Genomatica’s patented process. The parties […]
Here are the photo votes received for Genomatica in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. More on photo voting in this years’ rankings process, here.
Carlos A. Cabrera, was elected executive chairman of Genomatica. Cabrera was formerly chairman, president and CEO of UOP, a Honeywell company, that supplies and licenses process technology and services to the petrochemical, refining and gas processing industries. He also previously served as executive chairman of Ivanhoe Energy; a director at Gevo; and as CEO of […]
In Minnesota, Cargill made an equity investment in Genomatica and secured rights to make additional investments, as part of an agreement tin which the partners will co-market Cargill’s feedstock and production services to current and prospective Genomatica licensees, and chemical users.The collaboration, according to the partners, “will give chemical producers, distributors and users access to […]
In California, Genomatica announced significant progress in harnessing cellulosic biomass for commercial production of high-quality chemicals rather than just fuels. Genomatica’s work sets the stage to increase the range of feedstock choices for making chemicals using biotechnology. Through advances in strain engineering and process design, Genomatica has developed clear guidance for biomass pretreatment technology developers […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. Genomatica is a leading innovator in biotechnology for the chemical industry. We harness biotechnology to develop new processes to make major chemicals with better economics and greater sustainability, plus custom solutions. Producers gain strategic business flexibility; and users of chemicals can offer differentiated, […]
Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy. My team works to bring the benefits of biotech to the mainstream chemical industry. We work to understand market needs; identify potential licensees; provide services from technology introduction to performance tests; and ensure smooth rollout and profitable use of our technologies. Genomatica develops […]
