Success story – Working with Crystal Balaji in commissioning their ethanol production unit
In early 2024, Crystal Balaji commissioned its maize-based ethanol production plant, with a 150 KLPD production capacity. As one of the few 100% corn-based production units in India, the plant could have faced challenges in achieving full production capacity. Working hand-in-hand with Crystal Balaji’s production team, even before the plant’s commissioning, we were able to […]
Success story – Working with Cosun Beet to maximize beet ethanol production
Since 2015, the teams of Cosun Beet’s Anklam biorefinery are working with our Sales & Technical teams to maximize their ethanol production from beet substrates in Germany. Since then, we have been supporting their production through our continuous improvement approach. From the beginning of this collaboration, our technical team committed to creating further value, to […]
Success story – Working with Gulshan Polyols Limited on commissioning their grain-based ethanol distillery
With a strong commitment towards sustainability, Gulshan Polyols Limited (GPL) grows in the space of Indian biofuels as one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of industrial ethanol marking three decades of production excellence. A successful commissionning marked by collaboration Gulshan Polyols Limited has recently expanded their production capacity by installing a 500 KLPD grain-based ethanol […]
Success story – Working with PSC Starch Products to trial our Evolve™ Evergreen product
For 60 years, PSC Starch Products has been a prominent figure in the cassava and starch sugar industry. With their vision of the starch & sugar industry and their strong commitment to develop their business, PSC Group has become the leader in the starch & sugar industry with world-class standard operations today, one of their […]
Success story – Working with VERTEX Bioenergy to support a more sustainable future
For over ten years, we have been partnering with VERTEX Bioenergy on fermentation performance improvement to reach a shared goal of sustainably producing biofuels. Brought together by common values, we have established a close partnership with VERTEX Bioenergy plants to work on high-performance high gravity fermentations and yeast nutrition optimization pathways. For a decade, we […]
Success story – Working with KBK Biotech to increase distillery’s efficiency
In 2019, KBK Biotech pvt.ltd started a grain-based distillery with a 69 KLPD operation capacity. It was commissioned with Ethanol Red®. KBK Biotech has for main objective to increase Fermentation Efficiency. From the beginning of this collaboration, our technical service team committed to create further value in order to maximize KBK Biotech’s profitability through continuous […]
Success story – 10 years of collaboration with the Catalysts Group in India
India is the third largest petroleum consumer in the world. Growing population and rapid socio-economic development has spurred an increase in car transportation and gasoline consumption. Given limited domestic energy resources, most energy requirements are met through imports. That’s why since 2003, the Government of India mandated the use of 5% ethanol blend in petrol […]
High school students in rural area discover the beet ethanol industry
As part of a partnership project with a high school in the north of France, Leaf participated in introducing teenagers to industrial beet processing into various products. The students in the school’s science classes were involved in a “Science Festival” project, the theme of which this year was “Man and Nature”. With a focus on […]
The BioImpulse project gives new impetus to biotechnology in materials
The BioImpulse project, first presented in Brussels on 2 October 2019 at the EFIB (European Forum For Industrial Biotechnology and the Bioeconomy), aims to create a new adhesive resin without any of the so-called Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC).
Leaf and Dutch DNA enter in R&D collaboration for itaconic acid production
Leaf and Dutch DNA, a spin-out of TNO, are glad to announce they have entered into a R&D collaboration for the development of a new fungal host for the production of itaconic acid. The ambition of the partnership is to reduce the production cost of itaconic acid and enable its broader use as a renewable […]
