Working together

We strongly believe in the power of collaborating with the academic community, corporate strategic partners, governmental and environmental agencies, and others to achieve our mutual goal of building a more sustainable future.

Benefits of working together

Through our strategic partnerships, we’ve met many goals, including:

• Established new business opportunities.
• Supported and helped commercialize the groundbreaking technological developments of various academic and research organizations.
• Built a broad base in industrial biotechnology.
• Helped produce sustainable and renewable energy sources.

Partnering to improve sustainable fuel creation

We waste no time in moving toward a biobased economy. Two of our key partnerships have, or are already achieving great advancements in our quest for more economical, sustainable fuel:

Leading the way towards second generation bioethanol advancement

NREL
In an unprecedented $17 million contract, we worked with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop cellulase enzymes to convert low-value biomass to fermentable sugars and, ultimately, renewable ethanol fuel.

Mascoma
In another recent collaboration, we’ve moved into the second generation of renewable fuel development working with Mascoma of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Mascoma is building a $20 million facility to develop and produce cellulosic ethanol fuel from agricultural and forestry byproducts.

Genencor is providing advanced enzyme systems for the facility and will help improve the plant’s efficiency.