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By Bryan Sims | December 15, 2011
Houston-based biochemical firm Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. has selected Toyo Engineering & Construction Sdn Bhd (Toyo Malaysia) to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for its future commercial-scale industrial biochemical production facility, currently in development, in Johor, Malaysia. GlycosBio’s facility will be constructed in Bio-XCell, a government-backed biotechnology park that’s [...]
In 2010, investors gave $930 million to alternative fuels start-ups, a four-year low. However, investment climbed dramatically to an all-time high of $698 million for companies with flexible technologies that can use a variety of feedstocks or generate diverse end products. Flexibility increases a technology’s addressable market, provides secondary revenue streams, [...]
By Erin Voegele
There are many factors that go into building a successful biorefining operation. According to Martha Hilton, a commercial development leader at Segetis Inc., the formation of effective partnerships is one of the most important. “If you don’t have partnerships, you are going to die,” she said.
Segetis is a green [...]
By Bryan Sims
While Houston may be home to some of the world’s most recognizable petroleum refining conglomerates, such as ExxonMobil or Chevron, companies like Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. or KiOR Inc. may soon become household names as the city continues to cultivate a culture of progress to promote transformative technologies, entrepreneurship, business [...]
By Bryan Sims | August 26, 2011
The algae and biochemical sectors are becoming more interwoven as Houston-based biochemical firm Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. and Ft. Collins, Colo.-based algae developer Solix BioSystems Inc. reported that their early-stage research and development collaboration yielded positive results, demonstrating the potential for Solix’s algae oil to [...]
Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc. (GlycosBio), an international biochemical company commercializing high-value biochemicals, and Solix BioSystems, Inc. (Solix), a provider of integrated solutions and services that enable large scale cultivation of algae, announced their early stage research and development collaboration has yielded positive results. These preliminary experiments demonstrated the potential for Solix’s algae oil to [...]
51 transactions, $10B changing hands in a hot year for biofuels-related investment; US leads, but Latin America, EU close behind.Deal flow surges in Q2; free DealFlow database download.
In Florida, Biofuels Digest released its Biofuels DealFlow recap for 2011, tracking private sector investments totaling $3.8 billion in new biofuels capacity or [...]
By Doris de Guzman on July 12, 2011 10:55 AM | No Comments | No TrackBacks
I am taking a short break from writing an article for ICIS Chemical Business about bio-based chemicals for rubber manufacture, which is giving me a massive headache given the unfamiliarity of this industry.
Here’s a question [...]
From corn to ethanol, biodiesel, cellulosic biofuel, zein, high-protein feed and who knows, the kitchen sink? Maybe one day we’ll find our own universe locked in a kernel of corn.
By Ron Kotrba | June 30, 2011
At the Fuel Ethanol Workshop in Indy this week I sat in on an interesting set [...]
Blue Marble Biomaterials and Glycos Biotechnologies unlock high value trapped within unwanted, misfit waste streams
The Island of Misfit Materials
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Blue Marble Biomaterials and Glycos Biotechnologies unlock high value trapped within unwanted, misfit waste streams
In the annual Christmas televised special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, we meet King Moonracer, the winged-lion ruler of the [...]
