Post on 18-Apr-2018
BIO-BASED PRODUCTION OF
UNSATURATED POLYESTER RESINS
Deepak Dugar, PhDPresident, Visolis, Inc.
Shortfalls In C4-C6
Building Blocks
C4-C6 chemicals: An avenue for bio-based processes
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Index for Ethylene Production by Naphtha Cracking in the U.S.
AFPM producer data
Unsaturated Polyester Resins (UPR):$10billion market opportunity
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URP formulators desperately need a stable, low-cost and eco-friendly alternative
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UPR
market
Volatile Prices
Low Profit Margins
Demand for Sustainable
Products
Shale-gas Disruption
RefinerySpecialty chemicals
UPR formulator Industrial Manuf.
ConventionalPetroleum Monomers
Visolis’ Ecolate: A new range of building blocks for UPRs
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Ecolate
Unsaturated Polyester Resin
Visolis’ ProprietaryMonomers
Visolis uses synthetic biology to create a green and cost-effective solution
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PurificationSynthesisConversionFeedstock
Sugars (corn/cane),
glycerol, syn-gas
High Yield Fermentation using
engineered microbes
Simple conversion and separation to
building blocks
Remove residual sugars, esters, alcohols and
water
Visolis’ core competencies
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CatalysisPolymerization
Microbe Engineering
Research Scale-up to Commercial Production
2015300L Pilot Scale
on-going
2016-18Demo-scale
2019Commercial Production
Economic & market validation
Corporate partnership
5L Scale500ml Lab
Scale
Process validation
Yield Titer Productivity
Proof-of-concept to pilot in 6 months
Capital-light model: creating value across the supply chain through partnerships
VisolisPlatform technology provider
ServiceProviders
EPC
Joint VenturesLong-term off-take
agreements
Jet Fuel Additives
$100B
Specialty Chemicals
$20B
Unsaturated polyester
resins
$ 10B
Visolis is a platform technology with numerous opportunities
Contact Information
Deepak Dugar, President
dugar@visolisbio.com
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Visolis, Inc.