Bio-Based Materials/Chemicals to Nearly Double by 2017

摘要

BOSTON - Bio-based material and chemical (BBMC) technologies have reached an inflection point with companies scaling to commercial production levels and growing revenues, according to Lux Research. The leading growth category will be intermediate chemicals like adipic acid and lactic acid, with capacity growing from 2.0 million metric tons (MT) to 4.9 million MT in 2017, while the capacity of bio-derived polymers - currently at 1.1 million MT - will grow 18 percent per year through 2017.