Tag: Rivertop Renewables

Rivertop Renewables’ Sodium Glucarate Achieves European REACH Registration

June 18, 2017 | Jim Lane

In Montana, Rivertop Renewables’ sodium glucarate has achieved registration under the European Chemical Agency’s Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals regulation. REACH registration opens the door for the commercial deployment of products derived from sodium glucarate in markets across Europe, including Waterline® CI and Headwaters® corrosion inhibitor and Rivertop’s Riose® detergent builder. Following the REACH registration, two European […]

Rivertop Renewables’ corrosion inhibitor molecule: “Safer Choice”, says EPA

July 24, 2016 | Jim Lane

In Montana, Rivertop Renewables’ sodium glucarate produced by the company’s breakthrough oxidation technology has been listed on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Safer Chemicals Ingredients List (SCIL). Chemicals on the SCIL have been certified by the EPA as safer than traditional chemical ingredients, helping formulators secure the Safer Choice label for end products sold to […]

Abundant quantity, low cost, organic acids: The Digest’s 2016 8-Slide Guide to Rivertop Renewables

April 4, 2016 | Jim Lane

Rivertop has developed a way to make glucaric acid, glucarates and other biodegradable chemicals from renewable resources in abundant quantity and at a low cost. These and other renewable chemicals can reduce society’s dependence on oil, gas, and minerals and limit the amount of persistent chemicals in the environment. The opportunity provided by Rivertop’s technology […]

Rivertop Renewables exceeds nameplate capacity at DTI facility

March 30, 2016 | Meghan Sapp

In Montana, Rivertop Renewables announced it exceeded the nameplate capacity of its first commercial production facility during benchmark testing. At full capacity the plant, operated by DTI in Danville, Virginia, is now capable of producing more than 9 million dry pounds of sodium glucarate product per year, an increase of approximately 15 percent over original […]

Biodegradable chemicals, renewable, abundant, low cost: The Digest’s 2015 8-Slide Guide to Rivertop Renewables

December 20, 2015 | Jim Lane

The Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy: Winning Photo Votes for September 28, 2015

September 27, 2015 | Jim Lane

Here are the winning Photo Votes for the week in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. “There’s nothing like a photo vote to help a company,” said Digest editor Jim Lane, “in the strange and microscopic world of industrial biotechnology — to visualize its creativity, company spirit, and communicate a fun, positive […]

The Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy: Rivertop Renewables Photo Votes for 2015-16

September 24, 2015 | Jim Lane

Here are the photo votes received for Rivertop Renewables in this years’s competition for the Hottest Companies in the Advanced Bioeconomy. More on photo voting in this years’ rankings process, here.

Watch this space: Rivertop Renewables begins its roll, water treatment now, more later

September 14, 2015 | Jim Lane

Rivertop Renewables is rolling, rolling, rolling down the river of opportunity— now, moving into water treatment. Why the momentum, and why now? Rivertop Renewables is proving that there’s a way to beat low-cost oil prices and do well in renewable chemicals: chase phosphate replacement rather than petroleum replacement. This week, the focus is on chelation — […]

Thought Leadership: Top Talent Wants More than Just a Job

June 6, 2015 | Jim Lane

By Mike Knauf, CEO, Rivertop Renewables, special to The Digest If you’re like me, you know that your ability to compete in the bio-based economy is driven by two factors – capital and people. And while we’ve all been stressed a bit by access to capital in the past few years, I think it’s safe […]

Rivertop Renewables: Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

March 15, 2015 | Jim Lane