Trillium Renewable Chemicals to accelerate commercialization of feedstock-based chemical technology

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Capricorn Partners (Leuven, Belgium) and Southern Research (Birmingham, Ala., U.S.) have jointly created a new Alabama-based startup company Trillium Renewable Chemicals (Birmingham). Southern Research has exclusively licensed its patented chemical manufacturing platform to Trillium to accelerate commercial development of this new technology.
According to both companies, the majority of the more than 350,000 chemical products in circulation are currently made from oil or natural gas. However, bolstered by scientific advances, changing consumer preferences and regulatory pressures, a growing number of chemicals will be made from renewable feedstocks in the future.
Trillium Renewable Chemicals is poised to address this fast-growing market segment through commercialization of the technology invented by Southern Research. The technology converts renewable feedstocks, such as sugar or glycerol to chemical products like acrylonitrile, propylene glycol and acrylic acid. These products are currently manufactured from oil and gas and used to make many familiar consumer and industrial goods like clothing, toys, car parts, sporting goods, paints, soaps and other valuable materials.

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