Making a car from plants sounds impossible. But it’s not only possible—it’s been done before. As far back as 1941, in fact, Henry Ford unveiled the world’s first bioplastic car. Ford’s car used bioplastic made from soybeans for the body. “The finished car weighed 1,000 pounds less than its conventional all-steel counterpart,” author and environmentalist…

Last week, Biobased Maine traveled to Philadelphia for the 25th annual BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. At the major industry conference, representatives of Biobased Maine, Biofine Technology, LLC, and the University of Maine Forest Bioproducts Institute gave presentations on Maine’s unique assets and opportunities to an audience of national and international industry leaders and…

Issue Date: June 14, 2018 Due Date: July 20, 2018 Click here to download the RFI. RFI Purpose and Goals: The Maine Technology Institute is collecting publicly available information on technologies that could be deployed within Maine’s forest industry. The purpose of this RFI is to encourage technology companies to submit preliminary information on their…

Please join us in welcoming Marina Bowie as Biobased Maine’s new Program Associate. Marina joins Biobased Maine from the University of New Hampshire (UNH), where she recently graduated with a dual degree in Economics and Sustainability. At UNH, Marina had the opportunity to spend a semester abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, where she saw first-hand how…

Please join us in welcoming Biobased Maine’s newest member, JHC Consulting LLC. JHC Consulting LLC represents BBC Land LLC, which has ownership responsibilities for nearly 1 million acres of working forests in Maine and New Hampshire. JHC Consulting LLC is owned by John H. Cashwell III, who has been involved in the forest products industry…