 "Green Chemistry")
AkzoNobel has signed a framework joint development agreement with specialty chemicals company Itaconix to explore opportunities for the production of bio-based polymers. With this agreement, AkzoNobel will pursue the development and commercialisation of bio-based polymers. Itaconix will contribute a proprietary polymerisation technology to turn itaconic acid - obtained from sugars through fermentation - into polymers.
"This innovation enables the production of polymers from renewable ingredients, which fits closely with our Planet Possible sustainability agenda of doing more with less. These bio-based polymers offer unique properties in applications essential to our everyday lives, ranging from water quality to cleaning and hygiene,” explained
