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GranBio, Rhodia To Make n-Butyl Alcohol

by Melody M. Bomgardner
August 19, 2013 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 91, Issue 33

Brazilian biotech firm GranBio has signed an agreement with Solvay’s Rhodia unit to build a facility that makes n-butyl alcohol from agricultural waste. Such a plant would be the world’s first to use sugarcane straw and bagasse, raw materials that are also used to produce ethanol in Brazil, to make n-butyl alcohol. The companies are shooting for a 2015 start-up. n-Butyl alcohol is used in the production of acrylates and methacrylates and is a raw material for paints and solvents.

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