Amsterdam— AkzoNobel and specialty chemicals company Itaconix have signed a framework joint development agreement to explore opportunities for the production of bio-based polymers. With the agreement, AkzoNobel will pursue the development and commercialization of bio-based polymers. Itaconix will contribute a proprietary polymerization technology to turn itaconic acid, which is obtained from sugars through fermentation, into polymers.
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