Clients Shortlisted For ICIS Innovation Awards 2015
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- Wednesday, 02 September 2015
Two of our clients - AVA Biochem and GFBiochemicals – have been shortlisted in the 'Best Process Innovation' category of the ICIS Innovation Awards 2015.
The ICIS Innovation Award recognises companies that show high levels of innovation in products, processes and ways of doing business, as well as providing benefits to the environment and sustainability. The winners in each category and an overall winner for 2015 will be announced on 19 October.
The Nominees
AVA Biochem has developed a continuous, automated highly-scalable production process for high-quality 5-HMF in crystalline form or aqueous solution. As a platform chemical, renewable 5-HMF has applications in a wide range of sectors, including chemicals, plastics, food, pharma and automotive.
GFBiochemicals specialises in the research, development and production of biobased chemicals. Using its breakthrough process technology, GFBiochemicals is the first company to produce levulinic acid at commercial scale directly from biomass.