Deventer, Netherlands: Ecovia Renewables, Inc., a renewable chemicals company developing cost-effective biobased chemicals and fuels, were selected as winners at the 2017 Imagine Chemistry Challenge finals for their submission "BioGel™ polyglutamic acid: a sustainable alternative to polyacrylates." The first Imagine Chemistry event, hosted by AkzoNobel and KPMG, invited start-ups and academics to find solutions to some of the top chemistry-related challenges the industry is facing today. One of 20 finalists, Ecovia's EcoSynth™ fermentation-based platform utilizes microbial communities to produce high value, based materials.
Ecovia Renewables Participates in Michigan State University I-Corps Program
Ecovia Renewables LLC, a renewable chemicals company developing high performance bio-based materials, participated in the Michigan State University Ag I-corps program, with $5,000 funding support from the University of Michigan Engineering Research Translation (ETR) Fund provided to Professor Xiaoxia Nina Lin.
Ecovia Renewables LLC awarded MSU Bioeconomy Institute Green Technology Award in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business competition
Ecovia Renewables LLC, a renewable chemicals company developing high performance bio-based materials, was awarded the MSU Bioeconomy Institute Green Technology Award in the Great Lakes Entrepreneur’s Quest business competition. The $5,000 cash price will be applied to R&D efforts related to its bio-based super absorbent polymers program.