27 March 2012
Overview
BioAmber Inc. has scaled up its
hydrogenatiion catalyst technology under license from Dupont
and converted multi-ton quantities of bio-succinic acid into
100 % bio-based
* 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BDO),
* tetrahydrofuran (THF) and
* gamma-butyrolactone (GBL).
Global market size of BDO
BioAmber believes the global addressable market for these products
exceeds $4 billion
Use and Application of BDO
BDO is principally used to make
* polyesters,
* polyurethanes,
* spandex and
* biodegradable plastics.
Production collaboration
Using bio-succinic acid made at its French facility as a starting material,
BioAmber succesfully completed a 1,4-BDO production campaign in
collaboration with one of the world's leading commercial catalysts suppliers
and a toll manufacturer possessing large-scale hydrogenatiion reactors
and distillation columns.
BioAmber
* This is the culmination of two years of work and an important milestone
in the development of bio-based 1,4 BDO platform
* BioAmber have been able to couple Dupont catalyst technology with
company's bio-succinic acid production to manufacture high purity
bio-based 1,4-BDO at demonstration scles