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FatHopes Energy strengthens biofuel feedstock logistics
FatHopes Energy has expanded its logistics fleet in Malaysia. The company has acquired additional prime movers from Hap Seng Truck Sdn Bhd. The vehicles are purpose-built for feedstock transport. They meet national engineering requirements. FatHopes will deploy them across its…
Verde Biomaterials scales biomass process
Verde Biomaterials has completed a major scale-up of its biomaterials process. The company moved from lab-scale trials to pilot-scale production over the past several months. The process started at the bench. Researchers used just 20 grams of agricultural residue biomass.…
Again acquires Geno to unite AI design with biomanufacturing
Biomanufacturing company Again has acquired Genomatica, known as Geno, in a deal announced from Copenhagen and San Diego. The acquisition combines Again's biomanufacturing scale-up expertise with Geno's AI-driven discovery and design platform. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Geno…
Hyosung to build sugarcane-based bio-material production in Vietnam
Hyosung Group is expanding beyond its core spandex business into bio-based materials, using sugarcane as a feedstock for a new production system in Vietnam. The move builds on decades of expertise from Hyosung TNC, the world's leading spandex producer, as…
FatHopes, PVOIL launch SAF partnership
FatHopes Energy has partnered with PetroVietnam Oil Corporation, known as PVOIL, to build Vietnam's first nationwide collection system for used cooking oil. The Malaysian company specializes in traceable waste-based feedstock for sustainable aviation fuel. The partnership aims to turn used…
nova-Institute to host chemical industry defossilisation summit
The Renewable Materials Conference will take place from 22 to 24 September in Siegburg, near Cologne, Germany, and online. Hosted by nova-Institute, this year's event carries the theme "Defossilisation through Innovation." The conference centers on replacing fossil carbon with renewable…