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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…
Dyadic strikes new deal for precision-fermented dairy proteins
Dyadic International has signed a new development and commercial license agreement with a European biotechnology company. The deal will add more precision-fermented dairy proteins to Dyadic's growing food and nutrition pipeline. The Jupiter, Florida-based company uses its Dapibus platform to…
Novonesis to buy MicroBioGen in yeast biotech push
Novonesis has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining shares of MicroBioGen, an Australian biotechnology company known for its work on yeast strains for industrial use. The deal builds on more than a decade of collaboration between the two companies.…