DSM-Roquetfe jv starts operations at world's first large-scale plant for bio-based succinic acid

摘要

Reverdia, the joint venture between DSM and Roquette Freres, a global producer of starch and starch-derivatives, has begun operations in Cassano Spinola, Italy, at a commercial-scale plant producing bio-succinic acid. The plant, which has a capacity of about 10,000 tonnes/ year, is unique in its kind, being the world's first dedicated large-scale plant for the production of succinic acid from renewable resources. It is also the only commercial facility to benefit from experience gained using low-pH yeast technology on a demonstration plant scale.