2 September 2014
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announced today the signage of a distribution agreement with
a specialty chemicals distribution leader.
Azelis is now distributing Myriant's bio-succinic acid
in the Nordics, Benelux, France, Iberia, Italy,
the United Kingdom and Ireland,
targeting customers in the industrial and base chemicals markets.
Myriant currently supplies bio-succinic acid from
its flagship facility located in Lake Providence, Louisiana,
with nameplate capacity of 30 million pounds per year.
Globally, the annual worldwide market for succinic acid
is estimated at approximately $7.5 billion in existing and
new applications, in the field of
polymers, urethanes, plasticizers and coatings.
Myriant's high purity bio-succinic acid
* is made from renewable feedstocks and
* is chemically equivalent to petroleum-based succinic acid
while providing a lower environmental footprint.
Myriant's bio-succinic acid
reduces harmful green house gas emissions
* by 94% compared to petroleum-derived succinic acid and
* by 96% compared to petroleum-derived adipic acid,
a chemical that succinic acid can replace.
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