METabolic EXplorer Announces a Collaboration with IFP

Agreement designed to develop an optimised production process for Metex' proprietary bulk chemical PDO

03-Sep-2007

METabolic EXplorer announced that it has signed an agreement with IFP, the international Institute dedicated to the development of novel alternative energies, to accelerate the scale-up of its proprietary technology for the production of 1,3 propanediol (PDO). PDO is a bulk chemical used in the manufacture of a new class of polyester fibres as well as coatings and plastic films. The rapidly growing PDO market is forecast to be worth $3.5bn within the next five years.

METabolic EXplorer will benefit from IFP's in-depth technical expertise in production process design & engineering as well as in process economic optimisation for the development of a new benchmark process to manufacture PDO from glycerol, a by product of the biodiesel industry.

This partnership on the chemical valorisation of the glycerol produced as part of the biodiesel production process developed by IFP, shall improve the global economics of this process and provide Metabolic Explorer with the feedstocks it needs to produce PDO.

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