10 May 2011
Overview
Elevance Renewable Sciences, Inc. and
Royal DSM N.V.
announced they have signed a Letter of intent for
a collaboration to evaluate
Elevance's unique monomers for production of
specialty bio-based high performance
thermoplastic materials for
DSM's engineering plastics portfolio
Elevance will provide natural monomers produced from plant oils
along with its proprietary metathesis technology to enable the
production of various polymers
DSM will provide expertise on polymer research,
application development and commercialization.
Combined strengths
The collaboration will combine Elevance's novel monomers with
DSM's focus on providing the market with high performance polymers
to quickly commercialize innovative, bio-based products
Elevance
DSM is a global leader in specialty thermoplastics and
has demonstrated a capacity for commercializing innovative,
more sustainable polymers, making it an attractive partner for
Elevance's renewable monomers
DSM
* Partnering with Elevance enables DSM to further broaden
portfolio of products that provide improved performance over
existing polymer solutions.
* Together with Elevance,DSM can create new classes of bio-renewable,
high performance materials without compromising cost or quality
