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BASF to build renewable-BDO plant with Genomatica know-how

02/10/2015

Chemicals companies BASF and Genomatica have expanded their agreement for the production of 1,4-butanediol (BDO) based on renewable feedstocks.

BASF will build a world-scale production facility that will use the Genomatica process to manufacture renewable BDO with a single-step fermentation, based on dextrose or sucrose.

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