The Vireo Advisors blog brings you the latest news and developments in safe, sustainable and bio-based materials and products including novel foods and sustainable nanomaterials.
AVAPCO, BYOGY Renewables, and Petron Scientech Announce Partnership for ABBA Project
The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded AVAPCO (a company of American Process, Inc.), BYOGY Renewables, and Petron Scientech $3.7 million dollars this month to fund phase one of the ABBA project which will “co-produce full replacement renewable jet fuel, gasoline, diesel and Bioplus® nanocellulose from woody biomass”.
Vireo's Shatkin & Ong Present at Tech Connect 2017
Representatives from research and development companies, governmental agencies, universities, investment firms, and more came together in Washington, D.C. for the annual Tech Connect World 2017 on May 14-17th.
Vireo team publishes an article about testing plan for safe commercialization of nanomaterials
Vireo Advisors, in collaboration with American Process Inc. (API), published the article “Establishing the safety of novel bio-based cellulose nanomaterials for commercialization” in the journal NanoImpact that demonstrates how to proactively develop an industrially relevant safety testing plan for nanomaterials.
American Process Inc. and Birla Carbon Announce Joint Development Agreement for Combining Nanocellulose and Carbon Black
American Process Inc. (API) (Atlanta, GA) and Aditya Birla Group’s, Birla Carbon (Marietta, GA) recently signed a Joint Development Agreement to further efforts of combining carbon black and nanocellulose to improve the performance and sustainability of tires.
API and MYBiomass sign Joint-Development Agreement for the Production of Nanocellulose for Downstream Applications
American Process, Inc. (API) and MYBiomass Sdn. Bhd. (MYBiomass) announced in a press release this week that they will work together to produce nanocellulose and cellulosic sugars from oil palm empty fruit-bunches, a lignocellulosic feedstock common in Malaysia.