25 June 2013
Details
LANXESS has run a production campaign of
Bio-based PBT in Lanxess World-scale production plant
in Hamm-Uentrop, Germany,
using 20 Metric tons of
Bio-based BDO
with Genomatica's commercially-proven process.
The BDO fully complied with
the demanding Lanxess specifications for
petro-based BDO allowing a direct feed of
100 % bio-based BDO
into the continuous production process.
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About the bio-based PBT
The properties and qualities of the resulting bio-based PBT
are fully equivalent to
conventional petro-based PBT
with regard to all tested parameters.
About the PBT plant in the bio-based PBT production campaign
The World scale PBT plant with a capacity of
80,000 metric tons per year in Hamm-Uentrop,Germany
is operated as a joint venture in which
LANXESS has a share of 50 %.
About Bio-based BDO from Genomatica
Genomatic's BDO process technology converts
sugars into the major chemical BDO in
a patented fermentation process.
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LANXESS,
Hartwig Meier,
Head of Global Product and Applcation Development of
the High Performance Materials Business Unit of LANXES
- We are excited to validate the bio-based BDO
made with Genomatica's process as a
one-to-one replacement for
petro-based BDO
for the production of our PBT.
- This is a strong signal to the market and a tremendous step
forward in our future plans to offer
high-tech plastic in a bio-based version.
- Due to its unchanged properties
compounds based on bio-based PBT can directly be used in
established application fields such as
* automotive or
* electro & electronics area.
- This fits very well with our strategy of " Green Mobility"
Genomatica,
Christophe Schilling, Ph.D.,
CEO of Genomatica
- LANXESS achivement proves how quickly bio-based monomers
can be integrated into world-scale polymer production plants
when you deliver the exact same performance for
an existing, high-volume chemical.
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