26 August 2013
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Gevo, Inc. ,
the world's only commercial producer of bio-isobutanol ,
today held a ribbon cutting ceremony for
its demonstration-scale paraxylene plant
in Silsbee, Texas , USA.
The paraxylene facility is located adjacent to
Gevo's existing jet fuel plant in Silsbee,
and establishes the site as a biorefinery
that will serve the renewable chemicals and
true drop-in biofuels markets.
The majority of the world's PET production is
* for synthetic fibers (in excess of 60 percent),
* with bottle production accounting for
around 30 percent of global demand.
Gevo's paraxylene, once converted to bio-based PET,
has high potential for any commercial application
currently served by petroleum-derived PET.
Gevo and The Coca-Cola Company : Renewable PET for bottles
- Gevo is working with The Coca-Cola Company to
deliver a new production technology for
renewable paraxylene,
a key building block for producing
fully renewable PET for beverage bottles.
- Research and Development support for this plant
was provided by The Coca-Cola Company
under a Joint Development Agreement.
Gevo and Toray Industries : Renewable PET for films and fibers
- Gevo is working with Toray Industries, Inc.
to develop renewable paraxylene, a building block for
fully renewable polyester for packaging films and fibers
used in
textiles, clothing and other applications.
- Funding assistance for the construction of the
paraxylene plant was provided by Toray Industries, Inc.
- Gevo and Toray have successfully produced
fully renewable and recyclable
polyethylene terepthalate (PET) fibers and films
from isobutanol at laboratory since 2011.
- Toray has also signed an offtake agreement for
paraxylene produced at teh Silsbee facility. Toray will purchase
paraxylene from Gevo and will convert it into
PET fibers, textiles and films
for scale-up evaluation and market development purposes.
Gevo, Inc.
Patrick Gruber, Gevo's Chief Executive Officer
- We believe we have an elegant,
viable route to fully-renewable, non-petroleum derived PET
and we are pleased that The Coca-Cola Company and Toray
have supported this work.
- Fully renewable PET has the potential to
make the world a better place by
reducing our dependence on oil and
the environmental consequences
associated with petroleum based raw materials.
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