Green chemicals for pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, and petrochemicals. Inkemia Green Chemicals produces biodegradable, renewable, low-VOC, and waste-derived chemicals for pharmaceuticals, polymers, paints, and petrochemicals. They also offer biodegradable, low-VOC, and 90% biobased linseed oil methyl esters as a reactive diluent.
Conversion of waste biomass into feed for animals and other chemical commodities. This technology converts biomass waste, such as municipal and agricultural waste, into chemical commodities and animal feed. Chemical commodities include butyric acids, acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and others. Municipal and agricultural waste is usually incinerated or disposed of in landfills, which negatively impacts the environment. These biomass-derived chemicals have net-zero carbon dioxide emissions and can reduce the chemical industry's dependence on petrochemicals.
Manufactures sustainable and environmentally friendly ingredients with synthetic biology. This company uses sugarcane fermentation to convert basic plant sugars into rare bioidentical molecules, essential ingredients, and everyday products. They use a Lab-to-Market™ operating system to produce molecules that are bioidentical to those that exist in nature. They offer better performing ingredients at lower costs and unmatched speed and scale.
Hydrophobic ether solvent with applications in reactions, extraction, crystallization, polymerization, and coatings. CPME is a widely applicable replacement for Tetrahydrofuran (THF), Methyl Tert-Butyl Ether (MTBE), Dioxane, and other solvents. CPME can be used in reactions, extractions, crystallizations, polymerizations, and coatings. CPME is hydrophobic and quick drying, functions at a wide range of temperatures, and has a low heat of vaporization and exothermic decomposition energy.
Renewable source chemistry for the production of biosolvents and fine chemicals. This company's bio-based products have a wide range of applications, such as solvents, catalysts, modifiers, and industrial intermediates. Viridisol M® is their ultra-high-quality 2-methyl tetrahydrofuran brand that increases process yields and selectivity in certain chemical reactions, more specifically, organo-metallic chemistry. This product has low water solubility, eliminating the need for an extraction step with another solvent. It also cleanly separates from water, enabling easy recovery for recycling.
Production of chemical commodities through chemo-enzymatic cascade reactions. These chemo-enzymatic cascade reactions use a combination of chemical and biological catalysts for the production of basic and fine chemicals. They perform screenings of different biocatalysts to find which enzymes work best for each customer and optimize the selected enzyme to maximize sustainability and minimize cost. They also obtain substrates from renewable sources.
Synthesis of biodiesel and NOBS (advanced bleaching system). This company's biodiesel comes from multiple sustainable feedstocks, including inedible corn oil, used cooking oil, degummed/crude soil oil, beef tallow, and pork lard. These feedstocks do not compete with food production. This company produces 89 million gallons of biodiesel per year and has an on-site liquid waste treatment facility. NOBS is a bleach activator that performs in cold water. Traditional stain removal ingredients, such as sodium hypochlorite, contain chlorine, which corrodes washing machines and destroys fabrics.
Producing phenol from waste nitrous oxide. The adipic acid manufacturing process produces large amounts of nitrous oxide gas as waste. Nitrous oxide gas has high global warming potential and contributes to the depletion of the ozone layer. This process takes waste nitrous oxide gas and reuses it as a reagent in hydroxylating benzene to phenol. This reduces nitrous oxide gas waste and reduces the raw materials involved in phenol production.
Polyester polyols made from byproduct of the phtahlic anhydride process. Byproducts from the phthalic anhydride process are usually disposed by incineration. Using these byproducts to manufacture polyester polyols reduces waste and its associated environmental impacts.
Economic production of 100% renewable chemicals and second-generation advanced biofuels from any cellulosic waste stream. This company converts lignocellulose to levulinic acid. The cellulosic waste feedstock consists of woody biomass, municipal solid waste, cellulosic crops, and recycled paper and cardboard. Levulinic acid is versatile and has the potential for downstream derivative production, such as biofuels and renewable chemicals.