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Succinic Acid Firms Form Partnerships
by Michael McCoy
December 8, 2014
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 92, Issue 49
Two makers of succinic acid have signed agreements intended to expand use of the biobased chemical. Myriant has formed a joint development agreement with the Taiwanese plasticizer maker UPC and Sojitz, a Japanese trading house, focused on manufacturing phthalate-free plasticizers based on succinic acid. Myriant produces succinic acid at a new facility in Lake Providence, La. Meanwhile, BioAmber, which is building a succinic acid plant in Ontario, has agreed to supply the product to the oleochemicals firm Oleon for use in renewable lubricants.
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