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BUTALCO to produce first amounts of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass
...BUTALCO has recently signed a research and development contract with Hohenheim University. The collaboration will allow BUTALCO to optimise its C5 sugar fermenting and butanol producing... more
>Ethanol Producer Magazine
Researcher discovers enzyme to ferment waste sugar
Eckhard Boles, cofounder of Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH, (...) has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose... more
>BUTALCO Secures First Round of External Financing
BUTALCO GmbH, with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland, has raised its first round of external financing from Volkswind GmbH based in... more
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Competence for Second Generation Biofuels
Based on Lignocellulose |
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| Founded
in August 2007, BUTALCO GmbH with headquarters in Zug, Switzerland,
assesses and develops new production processes for second generation
biofuels and biochemicals based on lignocellulose. The core technology
based on genetically optimised yeasts enables increased yields in
bioethanol production and the production of biobutanol.
BUTALCO has secured a first round of external financing from
Volkswind GmbH based in Ganderkesee (Lower Saxony), Germany. The funds have enabled BUTALCO to strengthen its established research activities
in Frankfurt, Germany. |
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