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From www.biorizon.eu South-western Netherlands-based Biobased Delta Foundation has agreed to work closely with the Canadian sustainable chemistry alliance Bioindustrial Innovation Canada. Together they aim to accelerate the international commercialization of advanced new technologies. Biorizon is one of the flagships of the Biobased Delta. A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between both Biobased Delta and Bioindustrial … Read More

From http://blackburnnews.com BioAmber has made another financing announcement Monday for its $125-million bio-succinic acid plant being built in Sarnia. A news release out of Minneapolis says the company’s Canadian subsidiary has secured a $20-million commercial loan from a consortium led by Export Development Canada including Farm Credit Canada and Comerica Bank. Montreal-based BioAmber is building … Read More

From www.blackburnnews.com  Ubiquity Solar Inc. is one of five new Ontario-based companies sharing a federal government investment of $10-million dollars for clean technology projects announced Monday. $3.1-million is allocated to Ubiquity which has plans this year for an $11-million pilot plant in TransAlta’s Bluewater Energy Park in Sarnia. President and CEO Ian MacLellan had said … Read More

by Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca   The Observer The federal government is kicking in $3.1 million for a proposed $11-million pilot plant to build solar panel materials in Sarnia. The funding for Ubiquity Solar’s polysilicon and ingot pilot plant was announced Monday in Waterloo by Natural Resources Minister Greg Rickford. Ian MacLellan, president of Ubiquity Solar, … Read More

By Tyler Kula, from www.theobserver.ca   The Observer In a sparse office at the Western University Research Park there’s a hum as scorching hot plastic is squeezed into the shape of custom cardholders. On a nearby table rest different plastic vents, filters and other industrial-looking parts, all built by the Bluewater Technology Access Centre’s (BTAC) 3D … Read More

By Paul Morden, from www.theobserver.ca   The Observer Years of effort are behind the blue flag set to rise this summer over Sarnia’s Canatara Park beach. The popular Lake Huron beach spent several of those years as a pilot site for the international Blue Flag program that awards the designation to beaches and marines meeting standards … Read More

From http://bicsarnia.ca/    Bioindustrial Innovation Canada SARNIA, ON – Bioindustrial Innovation Canada (BIC) has agreed to partner with Life Sciences Queensland Ltd. (LSQ) in accelerating the commercialization of high-tech projects. The partners will strive to facilitate the internationalization of their research, development, technological results and innovation. “Our organizations will work together to advance technologies in the … Read More

From www.thesarniajournal.ca   The Sarnia Journal Sarnia has taken two more small steps in moving from an oil-based economy to a more sustainable one. First up was BioAmber, which has secured a $20 million loan to build the world’s largest bio-based succinic acid production facility. The soon-to-open plant at Lanxess will convert corn into succinic acid, … Read More

From  www.blackburnnews.com   Blackburn News The Western-Sarnia-Lambton Research Park has been included in the best business incubators in the world. The Modeland Rd. facility, along with two others at Western University, were ranked 22nd by the Swedish research company UBI Index in it’s top 25 world-wide business incubators. UBI looked at 800 such research parks and … Read More

From www.theobserver.ca   The Observer The Montreal-based company said Wednesday in a press release that the grant from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) is in addition to $7.5 million the federally-funded agency provided in 2012. The Sarnia project has received other government loans and support, including $10 million announced earlier this year by Agriculture Canada. BioAmber is … Read More