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Renewable aromatics advance in Texas

by Alexander H. Tullo
January 29, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 5

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Credit: Anellotech
Anellotech's pilot plant in Silsbee, Texas.
A photo of Anellotech's pilot plant in Silsbee, Texas.
Credit: Anellotech
Anellotech's pilot plant in Silsbee, Texas.

Anellotech, which is developing a process to make aromatic chemicals from nonfood biomass, has won $9 million in additional funding from the Japanese beverage maker Suntory. The money is part of $15 million in investor funding that Anellotech got for hitting technical milestones; it also brings Suntory’s total investment to $25 million. Anellotech said earlier this month that it has commissioned a pilot plant in Silsbee, Texas. Suntory is interested in using biobased raw materials to make its polyester beverage containers.

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