Purac‟s contribution to a biobased economy · 130,000 cars* 100 grams CO 2 /km 2011 75 kton...

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Purac‟s contribution to a biobased economy

BE-Basic Fapesp Workshop25 November 2010

SP- Brasil

Marco Bootz

Agenda

1. About Purac

2. Alternative substrates for lactic acid processing

3. Towards a sustainable Lactic Acid process

4. Lactic Acid and Lactide as platform molecules

5. Conclusions and recommendations

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Purac profile

Focus on: Natural food preservation

Biobased chemicals

80 years of experience in the development, production and marketing of natural lactic acid based chemicals

Global sales network

Global manufacturing footprint

Headquarters in The Netherlands

Presence in Brazil: Since 55 Years

Production plant in Campos dos Goytacazes (RJ)

Sales office in São Paulo

1.100 Employees

Part of CSM: Global player in bakery, food ingredients and chemicals

Listed at the Amsterdam stock exchange

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Pure by nature

• Raw materials from nature Beet sugar Cane sugar Corn Tapioca

• Processes based on nature Fermentation Crystallization Filtration

• Products compatible with nature Environmentally friendly Human friendly Biodegradable C02 neutral

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Our Navigator

Purpose Improve the Quality & Sustainability of Life

Vision We help to create a society where people can make a conscious choice for safe, healthy, nutritious and delicious food.

We also help to protect our planet by offering environmental friendly solutions made from renewable resources.

Sales of biobased chemicals 2007 – 2017 in billion EUR

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Year 2007 2012 2017

Size Chemical Market 1384 1750 2212

Size Biobased Chemical Market 49 135 340

Source : Festel Capital- OECD Workshop on the Outlook onIndustrial Biotechnology, Vienna, January 14, 2010

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PetroChemical Flow ChartBioBased

Alternative substrates for BBB

Aim: Use new substrate for fermentation (cheaper, efficiency)

Goal: A commercial LA plant based on alternative substrates by 2015

Potential substrates:

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The Business of Bioproducts

Agriculture:Grow the feedstock's for a nascent bio-chemical industry

Fermentation to BBB:Exploit direct production know-how, develop new chemical BB

Chemical-using industries:Make less expensive, more effective and

greener end-products

Consumer

Based on Arthur D Little

Purac: investing millions of euros in next generation feedstock

BE-Basic R&D program: Industrial, Academic & Financial Partners

Biorefinery Research

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Innovation in Lactic Acid Processing

Sustainability is key in GC and bioplastics: CO2 reduction

Long Term - alternative substrates

Purac Gypsum free Lactic acid manufacturing

New efficient LA Improving CO2 footprint

Semi industrial plant running

Today Tomorrow Future

„State-of-the-art‟ fermentation &

Downstream Processing

Gypsum freeprocess

Alternative substrates

LacticAcid

PurificationCarbohydrates

Biomass

Fermentation Separation

Lactic Acid Residue

Gypsum free LA production

Lime Sulphuric Acid

Gypsum

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Build-up of CO2 emission for Purac Lactic acid

CO2 Balance for Purac Lactic Acid

HydroPowerReduce

Chemicals

Bagass

Purac shaping the future of biobased plastics

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Polymerization Technology

PLA Products

Partnerships in PLA

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Lactide

Purac status Lactide developments

Plant Capacity Status

Semi industrial plant 5 kton Running

1st Industrial plant 75 kton Under construction

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130,000 cars*

100 grams CO2/km

201175 kton bioplastic compensates

4,000,000 cars*

50 grams CO2/km

Purac‟s PLA - a net carbon sink

19* 15,000 km/Yr

20201.000 kton bioplastic compensates

Kg CO2/Ton

Market for PLA is estimated to reach over 3 million tons within 10 years

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Disposables

Semi-durables

Durables

These examples represent the concept and do not necessary imply the presence of PURAC ingredients inside the product shown

1. A unit occurring in the composition of something else

2. A part /component of a larger construction

3. A section of something else

“Toy blocks”

Building block definition

Lactic acid as platform molecule

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Source: Green Chem. 2010, 12. 539-554: DOE’s top 10 revisited

Platform Molecules for Biobased Chemicals

Lactic Acid

• Lactide• LA

Derivatives

• Oligomers• Pyruvates• Lactide• Propanediol

Plasticizers

OilField

• Lactide• Propanediol• Lactamides• LA Oligomers• LA esters• L(+) & D(-)

• Lactamides• Pyruvates• LA esters• Lactide• Propanediol• L(+) & D(-)

AgroChemical

CosmeticsFood Pharma

• Lactide• PLA• Lactamides• Acrylic Acid• LA Ester• Lactamides• LA Oligomers

• Propenoic Acid

• Pyruvates• Lactide• Propanediol• LA esters

Fine Chemical

BiopolymerPolyesters

• Lactamide• LA Oligomers

• LA esters• Oligomers• Pyruvates• Lactide• Propanediol

Solvents

Polyamides

• Lactide• PLA • Acrylic Acid• LA Oligomers• Diols

• Oligomers• Pyruvates• Lactide• Propanediol

Water Treatment

Poly-urethane

Lactide

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The Business of Bioproducts

Agriculture:Grow the feedstock's for a nascent bio-chemical industry

Fermentation to BBB:Exploit direct production know-how, develop new chemical BB

Chemical-using industries:Make less expensive, more effective and

greener end-products

Consumer

Based on Arthur D Little

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Together we‟ll make it

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Marco BootzCommercial Director Latin America

PuracSão Paulo (SP) - BrasilT +55 11 5509-3074C +55 11 8244-6635

m.bootz@purac.com

www.purac.com

Questions?

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