Book of Abstracts :: 14th International Symposium on Biopolymers (ISBP2014)
Abstract: 102-1


Investigação
102-1Synthetic Biology for production of petrochemical monomers.
Authors:Lopes, M.G.L. (BRASKEM - Braskem)

Abstract

Braskem is the Americas' top thermoplastic resins producer. With 36 industrial plants spread across Brazil, United States and Germany, the company produces over 35 billion pounds of thermoplastic resins and other petrochemicals per year. Braskem is the world's leading biopolymers producer with its 440 million pound Green PE plant that produces polyethylene from sugarcane-based ethanol. Braskem America is the leading producer of polypropylene in the United States, with five production plants located in Texas, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and a Technology and Innovation Center in Pittsburgh. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Braskem America is a wholly owned subsidiary of Braskem S.A. Currently Braskem has partnerships with Amyris for production of green isoprene, Genomatica for production of green butadiene and, Novozymes of production of green propylene. Those projects rely on the development of new metabolic routes for conversion of sugar directly to olefins.


Keywords:  synthetic biology, petrochemical monomers, polymers