• Novamont (Italy) is one of the leaders and is known for its Mater-Bi starch based resins and the Matrica project

• Arkema (France) produces PA11 and PA10.

• Matrica is a joint venture between Novamont (IT) and Versalis (IT)

• Yield10 Bioscience (bought Metabolix) produces PHA.

• Reverdia is a joint venture between DSM (Holland) & Roquette (France). They produce succinic acid

• Solvay (Belgium) is famous for its brand Epicerol, a biobased glycerol epichlorhydrine for bio-epoxy.

• Bioamber (Canada) produces succinic acid.

• NatureWorks is a joint venture between Cargill (USA) & PHH (Oil company in Thailand). They produce PLA.

• Total Corbion PLA  is a joint venture between Total (FR) and Corbion (NL). Corbion was previously called Purac. They produce PLA and the headquarters are in NL. Total Corbion joint venture

• Succinity GmbH is joint venture between BASF (Germany) & Corbion (NL) . They produce Succinic Acid. The factory is based in Spain.

• Synvina is a joint venture between BASF (Germany) & Avantium (NL).  They produce PEF and the factory is based in Antwerp, Belgium. The JV between Avantium and BASF stopped; and Synvina became Avantium Renewable Polymers

• Dupont (USA) & Tate and Lyle (UK) produces 1.4 PDO, PTT and PA10.

• Genomatica (USA) produces 1.3 BDO, 1.4 BDO and bio-based Caprolactam.

• Genomatica supplies 1.4 BDO to Toray (Japan) to make PBT.

• Novozymes (Denmark) is the global leader for  enzyme production.

• Joint venture between Versalis (Italy – part of Italian oil company ENI), Novamont and Genomatica supplies 1.3 BDO.  They produce Bio-based Butadiene (bio-BDE). Versalis to Partner with Genomatica and Novamont for Bio-based Butadiene

• Lanzatech (USA) produces bio-based butadiene (bio-BDE).

• Verdezyne (USA) produces bio-based Dodecanedioc acid (DDDA) in Malaysia.

• PTT MCC Biochem is a joint venture in Thailand between PTT Public Company Limited and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation.

• Neste and LyondellBasell collaborate on bio-PP and bio-based LDPE

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