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Amyris Puts A Price On Farnesene
by Michael McCoy
October 19, 2015
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 93, Issue 41
The biobased chemical maker Amyris says it has achieved a “record low” manufacturing cost for the 15-carbon chemical farnesene: $1.75 per L. Following this achievement, Amyris says, it is ramping up sales activity related to polymer-grade farnesene and to Myralene, an industrial solvent that can replace higher-priced limonene. CEO John Melo says he expects sales to polymer and solvent customers to increase from less than $3 million in 2015 to more than $20 million next year. Amyris produces farnesene via sugar fermentation in Brazil.
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