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March 25, 2012 - GlycosBio to build biochemicals production facility in Malaysia
HOUSTON, US: US based biochemical producer, GlycosBio, is building its first commercial facility in southern Malaysia. The plant will be used to produce anhydrous ethanol and targeted biochemicals based on demand. GlycosBio’s bacterial fermentation platform can convert a variety of renewable, non-food feedstocks including crude glycerin from Southeast Asia and palm oil derivatives from the [...]
February 9, 2012 - Growing the biorefining base
Getting the biorefining word out there
By Ron Kotrba | February 09, 2012
I’ve been in Orlando since Saturday for the 2012 National Biodiesel Conference & Expo. If there’s any readers who don’t know, I’ve not only been the editor of Biorefining Magazine since the fall of 2010, and its biannual supplement Algae Technology [...]
February 1, 2012 - GlycosBio starts on commercial biorefinery
US-based biochemical producer GlycosBio has begun building its first commercial facility in southern Malaysia.
The plant will be used to produce anhydrous ethanol and targeted biochemicals based on demand.
GlycosBio’s bacterial fermentation platform can convert a variety of renewable, non-food feedstocks including crude glycerin from southeast Asia and palm oil derivatives from the region into higher value [...]
December 15, 2011 - GlycosBio selects EPC for Malaysian biochemical demo facility
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 [...]
September 16, 2011 - Investors Pump $930 Million Into Alternative Fuel Technologies
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, [...]