據烴加工3月15日消息稱，吉諾瑪蒂卡和日本旭化成宣布建立戰略合作伙伴關系，將由吉諾瑪蒂卡的生物基六亞甲基二胺 (HMD) 構件制成的可再生資源尼龍 6,6 商業化。旭化成希望通過這種合作伙伴關系來支持其目標，即在基于植物基HMD的基礎上，為汽車和電子行業提供更可持續的尼龍6,6，并加速實現其企業可持續發展目標。

HMD是尼龍6,6(也稱為聚酰胺6,6)和多種其他類型尼龍的關鍵成分，全球市場為200萬噸/年。傳統的 HMD 由化石燃料制成，例如原油或天然氣。采用吉諾瑪蒂卡技術制造的可再生 HMD 源自可再生原料，例如植物糖，可以提高由它制成的許多材料的可持續性。

基于吉諾瑪蒂卡最近宣布的成功生產大量植物性 HMD 的突破性進展，旭化成打算應用 GENO HMD 工藝技術，為高溫汽車零部件、電子產品或生產安全氣囊的紗線等產品制造更可持續的材料。利用旭化成開發成功尼龍應用的經驗，旭化成將優先獲得早期可再生來源的 HMD 并進行尼龍應用測試。旭化成預計將獲得吉諾瑪蒂卡的 GENO HMD 工藝技術的許可，以將生物基尼龍 6,6 商業化。

吉諾瑪蒂卡首席執行官 Christophe Schilling 表示：“正如可持續能源轉型正在徹底改變我們的生活方式一樣，我們正處于可持續材料轉型的開端，這將徹底改造我們每天使用的產品和它們的來源。”

吉諾瑪蒂卡開發完整、集成的工藝和制造工廠設計，利用生物技術、發酵和可再生原料來制造具有較低碳足跡的廣泛使用的成分和材料。旭化成希望吉諾瑪蒂卡的創新能夠幫助公司實現到 2050 年實現碳中和的目標。

朱佳妮 摘譯自 烴加工

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Genomatica, Asahi Kasei partner on renewably-sourced nylon

Genomatica and Asahi Kasei announced a strategic partnership to commercialize renewably-sourced nylon 6,6 made from Genomatica’s bio-based hexamethylenediamine (HMD) building block. Asahi Kasei looks to this partnership to support its goal to be first-to-market with a more sustainable nylon 6,6 for the automotive and electronics industries, based on plant-based HMD, and to accelerate the achievement of its corporate sustainability objectives.

HMD is a key component of nylon 6,6 (also known as polyamide 6,6) and multiple other types of nylon, with a global market of 2 MMtpy. Conventional HMD is made starting from fossil fuels, such as crude oil or natural gas. Renewably-sourced HMD made with Genomatica’s technology is derived from renewable feedstocks, such as plant-based sugars, and can improve the sustainability of the many materials made from it.

Building upon Genomatica’s recently-announced breakthrough to successfully produce significant volumes of plant-based HMD, Asahi Kasei intends to apply the GENO HMD process technology to make more sustainable materials for use in products such as high-temperature automotive parts, electronics or yarns to produce airbags. Asahi Kasei will have preferential access to early volumes of renewably-sourced HMD and perform nylon application testing, leveraging Asahi Kasei’s experience developing successful nylon applications. Asahi Kasei anticipates licensing Genomatica’s GENO HMD process technology to commercialize bio-based nylon 6,6.

“Just as the sustainable energy transition is reinventing how we power our lives, we are at the start of a sustainable materials transition that will reinvent the products we use every day and where they come from,” said Christophe Schilling, Genomatica CEO.

Genomatica develops complete, integrated process and manufacturing plant designs that use biotechnology, fermentation and renewable feedstocks to make widely-used ingredients and materials with lower carbon footprints. Asahi Kasei expects Genomatica’s innovation to help the company reach its goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050.