Evonik to develop production strategy of polyamide 12

Evonik worked well for development of totally undeveloped integrated plant to manufacture polyamide 12 for about five decades in Marl Chemical Site. Now, the company has elaborated its production up to 5,000 metric tons, that’s how giving hike to the supply of VESTAMID. Apart from the production of this highly efficient polymer, production of VESTOSINT, a polyamide powder has been promoted. For this purpose, the company is now planning improvement of traditional process for production of polyamide 12. With promotion of polymers’ production, butadiene and CDT free route are also being subjected for development. Read full story on this matter here at –
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The company began production of polymers from butadiene and has gone through all the precursors of polyamide 12. With the ongoing production, facilities for this purpose have been expanded in 2000 and the strategy of facility elaboration leads the process towards constant growth and promotion of products in the market. According to the head of Performance Polymers at Evonik, Dr. Michael Pack, substitutes of VESTAMID are also in demand and the company has set its obligation to meet the demand of market as an automotive industry. Various technologies are being applied for production of the polymer and the company possesses a well prepared route for production of polyamide now.

Verdezyne Achieves Key Production Landmark

Verdezyne, Inc. is has recently declared that it is capable of manufacturing over a metric ton of bio based DDDA (dodecanedioic acid) through yeast formation and downstream processing. The company is known well as a private industrial biotech firm working on production of non renewable Verdezyne chemicals. According to the information given in http://greenchemicalsblog.com/2014/04/23/verdezyne-reaches-key-production-milestone/ the company is looking for the way to association with MBI (Michigan Biotechnology Institute) and MSU (Michigan State University) for carrying out the production of DDDA process up to 4K liter scale. This manufacturing process is enough to evaluate scalability of the company and its efficiency for developing polymer class material for customers.

DDDA is a kind of chemical to be applied for the production of nylon, lubricants, powder coatings, adhesives and molding resins. The product is conventionally developed from petroleum based butadiene through a chemical process following multiple steps. Apart from the above mentioned uses of DDDA, the chemical is used as fishing line, fuel lines and bristles of brushes. Apart from Verdezyne, Invista, Evonik and Ube are well known producers of dodecanedioic acid. There is no lack of the firms to undertake analysis of DDDA development for a progressive approach and assurance of great contribution in the world of bio based chemical.

LanzaTech signed partnership contract with Evonik for specialty plastics and syngas

Two leading companies in the biotechnology field, namely LanzaTech and Evonik have signed a cooperation deal with each for three years which will be about the production of specialty plastics that are often waste-derived from synthesis gas. In fact, this treaty is being seen as the excellent combination of biotechnology platforms of Evonik with that of gas fermentation expertise and synthetic biology of LanzaTech. Agricultural residues, municipal solid waste and forestry wastes are the main sources of synthetic gases which comprise of carbon dioxide or monoxide and hydrogen. Microorganisms present in fermenters will simply covert syngas into fuels and other chemical products. On the other hand, LanzaTech has also gone for the partnership with Concord Blue USA whose incineration process will be used to produce syngas from waste biomass.

All the partnerships mentioned above will give LanzaTech an opportunity to derive maximum benefits from the sales and increasing demands of bio-based fuels, chemical products and specialty products. As per the reports of http://greenchemicalsblog.com/2013/12/20/evonik-lanzatech-bio-based-chems-activities/, Evonik has been successful in producing 2-HIBA which acts as precursor for the production of PLEXIGLAS and MMA, Methyl Methacrylate. It should be noted here that Plexiglas finds its uses in creation of soundproof walls, sheets, roofs, profiles and many other illuminating units of TV and monitors. Evonik is also targeting in investing millions of dollars in the business expansion of Biolys fermentation-based L-lysine plants in Russia and Brazil for increased lysine production.