BioAmber Sarnia Global ScaleUp of Renewable Chemicals
Presentation to the Sustainable Chemistry Alliance
Mike Hartmann, Executive VP
June 12. 2012
Immediate access to commercial
scale building blocks
Succinic Acid: A High Growth Platform
Succinic Acid
✚
!,4 BDO,
THF, GBL
Polyurethane
s
Resins
=
PBS
Polybutylen
e Succinate
1,4 BDO
Plasticizer
s
Deicers
Coatings
Solvents
Cosmetics
Bio-Based Succinic Acid: Large Addressable Markets
-3-
3
Flavors
Food
Industrial Scale Plant in North America
Low Cost Production Site
Sarnia is a Lanxess’s bio-chemical park
Three world-class corn wet mills in area.
Cool water and Hydro-electricity on site.
Excess of CO2 and steam produced on site
Capacity to generate economies of scale
Available and skilled manpower
5
Investment and Job Creation
Community Celebration – Start of Construction – May 16, 2012
•
•
•
•
•
•
BioAmber Sarnia - $80 M capital investment and 40 new jobs
May 16, 2012 – community celebration – attended by our JV partner Mitsui& Co
Hosted at the site of the Lanxess Bioindustrial Park
Engineering team onsite
Plant manager hired
Municipal permitting underway
6
A Portfolio of Products that offers choice
A Portfolio of Renewable Chemicals
C4 Building Blocks:
C6 Building Blocks:
Succinic Acid, BDO
Adipic Acid, Caprolactam, HMDA
Bio-Succinic Acid
Current scale: 3,000MT
Future capacity: 35,000MT
bio succinic and 23,000 Tons
Bio 1,4 BDO in Sarnia
Market: Broad range of
applications from industrial to
consumer, bioplastics & BDO
Bio-based 1,4-BDO/THF
Technology: license to
DuPont’s BDO/THF technology
Cost: process leverages low
cost of bio succinic acid
Successful scale-up: have
produced multi-tons quantity
of 1,4-BDO and THF
8
Bio-Adipic and Bio-HMD
Technology Platform:
metabolic pathway to make
adipic, caprolactam, HMD and
1,6-Hexanediol from sugars
Leverages C4 experience to
accelerate development
Partnerships enable Scale-Up, Market Access, FTO
Strategic Focus on Green Chemistry
Global Market/Customer Access
Equity for Building Plants
10
Offers customers access to bio-based PBS
Strong IP position offers FTO
Alliance with PTT
11
New Family of Bio-based Compounded Polymers
FTO for PLA/Polyester Blends
Market Access
12
Established Player in Phthalate-free Plasticizers
Strong Performance, Positive Market Feedback
IP Filed and Samples Available
13
Partnerships secure technology,
scale-up, access to markets and FTO
14
Thank you to our partners and supporters!
Our funding partners:
• Sustainable Chemistry Alliance
• Sustainable Development Technology Canada
• Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Innovation
The Community of Sarnia:
• Lambton College
• City of Sarnia
Our supporters:
• The Ontario Federation of Agriculture
• The Ontario BioAuto Council
15