De-risking fermentation

“2014 was the year of second generation ethanol with the openings of several plants in North and South America. A number of other multi-partner global projects have also been announced or are currently under construction by major actors of the cellulosic ethanol scene. In the US alone, the E2 advanced biofuel market report published in […]

Lesaffre acquires Butalco

Shortly after launching the new business unit Leaf dedicated to the development and sales of value added fermentation solutions to the bioethanol and bio based chemicals industries, Lesaffre are proud to announce their acquisition of the start-up Butalco. Founded in 2007 by Professor Eckhard Boles and Gunter Festel as spin off of the Goethe University […]

Lesaffre Announces Leaf

Through its business unit Fermentis launched in 2003 Lesaffre has successfully served the fuel ethanol industry with yeast, yeast products and technical support.Aiming to concentrate their efforts on offering more specialized services and products to their partners in the first generation fuel ethanol industry, to continue innovating in the field of lignocellulosic ethanol and to […]