AkzoNobel Itaconix Sign Agreement To Cooperate in Bio-Based Polymers

摘要

Amsterdam— AkzoNobel and specialty chemicals company Itaconix have signed a framework joint development agreement to explore opportunities for the production of bio-based polymers. With the agreement, AkzoNobel will pursue the development and commercialization of bio-based polymers. Itaconix will contribute a proprietary polymerization technology to turn itaconic acid, which is obtained from sugars through fermentation, into polymers.