Posts by Biobased Maine
Energy Department Announces $13.4m to Develop Advanced Biofuels and Bioproducts
Oct 10. The U.S. Energy Department announced $13.5 million to develop advanced biofuels and byproducts, including $3.1 million for American Process, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia to develop and demonstrate a process to transform cellulosic sugars to solvents in their demonstration facility. Read more.
Read MoreFBRI: Recyclable Biomaterial Particleboard
FBRI Faculty Mehdi Tajvidi in the media about his research on Recyclable Biomaterial Particleboard Panel. Read more.
Read MoreUSDA Study: Why Biobased?
Why Biobased? presents opportunities for U.S. agriculture and forests in the emerging bieconomy, valued at $1.2 trillion. July 2014 For more recent biobased news, see our Resources page.
Read MoreNew Plants to Product Program Director
Charlotte Mace recently joined the Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine as Director. Charlotte works at the Environmental Health Strategy Center as the Program Director for the Plants to Products Program. The Plants to Products program, which is closely tied to the activities of the Sustainable Bioplastics Council, aims to develop a road map for advancing bioproducts…
Read MoreBiovation
Biovation Biovation is a high-tech manufacturing company providing non-woven fiber products with antimicrobial properties for food packaging, woundcare, and custom OEM applications. Biovation has extensive experience with bioplastic polymers such as polylactic acid, which comes from cornstarch and is completely biodegradable. Biovation’s infection control chemistries also are available for coating on fibers, for textiles, or…
Read MoreJOB ANNOUNCEMENT : Program Director, Plants to Products – Environmental Health Strategy Center – Maine, United States
Job Announcement [Posted July 2014] Program Director, Sustainable Economy, Plants to Products (full-time) Environmental Health Strategy Center – Portland, Maine, US Lead our Sustainable Economy program team and help staff a trade association to promote biobased manufacturing as a sustainable economic development strategy. Our Plants to Products initiative aims to leverage regional assets and attract…
Read MorePresentations and Media: Plants to Products Seminar 2013
Annual Plants to Products Forum: Growing Biobased Manufacturing Jobs in Rural Maine October 17, 2013 Forest Bioproducts Research Institute, Old Town, Maine On October 17th, 2013, 75 business leaders and researchers gathered to talk about growing biobased manufacturing jobs in rural Maine as a sustainable economic development strategy that can leverage sustainable use of our natural…
Read MoreAnnual Plants to Products Forum: Growing Biobased Manufacturing Jobs in Rural Maine 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM Technology and Research Center, 880 Main St, Old Town, Maine. This year’s Forum, offered in collaboration with E2Tech, will highlight an innovative process and technology at Old Town Fuel and Fiber company, a former paper mill now being used for high-tech manufacture of cellulosic sugars, nature’s…
Read MorePresentations: From Plants to Products Seminar 2012
From Plants to Products Seizing Maine’s Market Share in the Bio-Based Economy On April 11, 2012, sixty business leaders, researchers, entrepreneurs, economic development professionals, sustainable business advocates, and investors gathered at the Biovation LLC manufacturing facility in Boothbay to learn about market opportunities for Maine businesses in bio-based plastics. Special thanks are due to the…
Read MorePress Coverage of Maine Bioplastics Seminar 2012
The Sustainable Bioplastics Council of Maine’s recent seminar “From Plants to Products: Seizing Maine’s Market Share in the Bio-Based Economy” was previewed by the Bangor Daily News. BDN business reporter Matt Wickenheiser wrote: “OK , with all due respect to Mrs. Robinson, here’s one word for the future: Bioplastics. Some folks in Maine believe that…
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