BioAmber to set up biosuccinic acid plant in Canada

摘要

BioAmber Inc, through its subsidiary Bluewater Biochemicals has selected Sarnia, Ontario, Canada as the location for its first North American biosuccinic acid plant. The Sarnia plant will have an initial capacity of 17,000-mt and will be commissioned in 2013. BioAmber currently produces biobased succinic acid at a 3,000-mt capacity plant in France. BioAmber plans to double capacity in Sarnia by 2014 through the introduction of a next-gene- ration yeast being developed with Car-gill. BioAmber also plans to produce 1,4-butanediol (BDO) on the site, using technology exclusively licensed from DuPont that converts succinic acid to BDO, a chemical with a $4-bn existing market.