Category: Bio-Aromatics
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Encina Goes Plastic Waste to BTX with Worley
Benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) are important building blocks for a variety of widely-used products including pharmaceuticals, clothing, and glues.…
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Enzymatic Synthesis of Biobased Polyesters with Aromatic Diols
Biocatalyzed synthesis of furan and pyridine diols-based polyesters. Tunable crystallinity based on the aliphatic diester used for their synthesis. Complete…
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Avantium Sells Bioaromatics Patent Portfolio to TNO
Avantium has sold its bioaromatics patent portfolio to The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research, TNO.
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Breakthrough of Bioaromatics
Processes using lignin, sugar, plastic waste, and more are moving out of the lab.
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First Bio-Aromatics Plant in Sight
BioBTX is able to take significant steps in its ambition to realize a commercial plant to produce platform chemicals from…
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Biorizon 2019 Upscaling Bio-Aromatics
With over 150 visitors, the annual event of Shared Research Center Biorizon at the end of November was well-visited. The…
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Biorizon Event 2019 on Bio-Aromatics – LIVE
Today, the Shared Research Center Biorizon will host its 6th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-aromatics in Antwerp. Follow the Event…
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Call for Participation: LignoValue Pilot
Biorizon co-initiator VITO, VMH and Worley Belgium have joined forces for the design and construction of a continuous pilot plant…
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6th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-Aromatics: Scaling Up Research
On November 27 and 28 2019 Shared Research Center Biorizon will host its 6th Biorizon Annual Event on Bio-aromatics in…
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New Project: Bio-Aromatics 4 Coatings
Biorizon co-initiator TNO develops technology to convert furans into functional bio-aromatics.
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Dutch Government Invests in Bio-Aromatics Research
It was recently announced that 130 million euro is being invested in the Dutch Central- and West-Brabant region, 10 million…
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BIO-HArT: Patents, Publications & Pilot Plant
Since 2016, Biorizon researchers and partners have been working in the cross-border BIO-HArT project to scale up technology for the…
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Will Flanders Play a Leading Role in Bio-aromatics?
Exclusive Interview on the Future of Bioaromatics with Ludo Diels, Research Leader at VITO.
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Breakthrough in Converting Lignin into Bio-Aromatics
Mark Crocker and colleagues from University of Kentucky (US) have reported a breakthrough in the heterogeneously catalysed oxidative depolymerisation of…
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Belgium Will Build Plant to Convert Lignin and Wood into Bio-Aromatics
VITO and partners have presented a plan to build a pilot plant in Antwerp for the production of bio-aromatics from…
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Bio Aromatics Derived From Lignin
Aromatic compounds are so easily extracted from (fossil-based) naphtha, that bio aromatics seemed to be science fiction. The reason: lignin, the most…
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