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BioSuccinic Acid Venture Launches

by Melody M. Bomgardner
April 9, 2012 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 90, Issue 15

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Credit: Reverdia
Construction advances at Reverdia’s succinic acid plant in Italy.
Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette, is constructing this facility at a Roquette site in Cassano Spinola, Italy, to make biobased succinic acid from starch feedstocks. The plant will come online by the end of the third quarter with a capacity of 10,000 metric tons per year.
Credit: Reverdia
Construction advances at Reverdia’s succinic acid plant in Italy.

Reverdia, a joint venture between DSM and Roquette, has officially launched after receiving regulatory approval. The firm is constructing a facility at a Roquette site in Cassano Spinola, Italy, to make biobased succinic acid from starch feedstocks. The plant will come on-line by the end of the third quarter with a 10,000-metric-ton-per-year capacity. Roquette has hosted a demonstration biosuccinic acid plant in Lestrem, France, since January 2010 to validate the technology and supply samples to potential customers.

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