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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$299.9M
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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Robert MayerNumber of Employees 1
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NAICS Code All Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing: 325188
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Danish biotechnology company Genencor has teamed up with tyre maker Goodyear to produce a bio-based isoprene for the production of synthetic rubber
Danish biotechnology company Genencor has teamed up with tyre maker Goodyear to produce a bio-based isoprene for the production of synthetic rubber. Danisco will invest $50m to develop the Biolsoprene pilot plant and expects to commission the first large scale plant in 2012. The world market for high purity isoprene...
DuPont, Danisco to create cellulosic ethanol company
WASHINGTON AFP — US chemicals giant DuPont and Danish group Danisco said Wednesday they are creating a global company to produce cellulosic ethanol, a renewable biofuel produced from non-food sources. DuPont and Genencor, a Danisco division, will form a 50-50 joint venture to develop and market the "leading, low-cost...
Gene Bridges licenses Red/ET Recombineering to Genencor
HEIDELBERG, Germany -- Gene Bridges GmbH, the recombineering company, today announced that Genencor International Inc. USA, a part of Danisco US Inc., has completed a commercial license agreement for the use of the Red/ET recombination technology from Gene Bridges. Under the terms of the agreement, Gene Bridges has licensed...
Genencor obtains United States patent.
Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) has patented an acid-stable alpha amylase derived from a strain of Aspergillus kawachi, which has granular starch hydrolyzing GSH activity, the heterologous expression of the asAA having GSH activity in filamentous fungal host cells and enzyme compositions including the same...
New novel enzyme for cellulosic ethanol
Genencor (Rochester, New York, USA), a division of Danisco A/S (Copenhagen, Denmark), announced on October 15 the release of AccelleraseTM 1000, the firstever commercially available biomass enzyme developed specifically for second generation biorefineries. The product contains a potent complex of enzymes that reduces complex lignocellulosic biomass into fermentable sugars, an...
Genencor opens Wuxi plant.(PROJECT NEWS)(Company overview)
On April 20th, 2007 Genencor announced that its new production facility has commenced operations in the Wuxi New High-Tech Industrial Park, Jiangsu province. The Wuxi Genencor site with approximately 200 employees will use its advanced fermentation technology to produce a wide range of...
Mascoma awarded New York State contract to build, operate $20 million cellulosic ethanol demonstration facility.(NEWS AND TRENDS)
There is a tremendous buzz surrounding ethanol as a bio fuel additive, in quantifies up to 85 percent. However, ethanol brings with it some notable transportation issues since its ready ability to absorb water makes pipeline transportation impractical. A key to overcoming this hurdle involves deriving...
Textile Dyestuff & Chemicals
DyStar The Widest Selection of Dyes & Pigments Offered for Coloration of Organic Cotton Textiles Growing consumer interest in organic products has prompted an increasing number of textile brands and retailers to develop and market lines of organic cotton textiles. Under its "Econfidence" program, DyStar has cooperated with organizations like...
Genencor obtains United States patent.
Genencor International, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA) has patented a granular starch hydrolyzing enzyme composition comprising an acid stable alpha amylase having granular starch hydrolyzing activity. The invention also relates to a one-step method for producing an alcohol which comprises contacting a granular starch substrate with an...
Cellulosic Ethanol - Tomorrow's Sustainable Energy Source
This past January, President Bush spelled out the terms of a new energy policy during his State of the Union Address that set an ambitious goal for the nation to displace 20% displacement of fossil fuels with renewable or alternative fuels by 2017. In terms of capacity, this translates as...
Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Thomas J Pekich | President |
| Carole Beth Cobb | Senior Vice President, Global Supply |
| Alice Caddow | Vice President of Regulatory and Environmental Aff |
| Gregory Rood | Vice President for Genencor China Manufacturing |
| Jim Sjoerdsma | Vice President of Human Resources, Genencor International and Danisco USA |
| Liekel Faber | Head of the Russian Office |
| Rick Bott | Head of Structural Biology |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert Mayer | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer |
| Martin Lagod | Stakeholder Board |
Robert Mayer is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Genencor International. Previously, as Executive Vice President of Danisco, he served on Genencor's Board of Directors. He has held numerous management positions at Danisco since 1981. Bob holds a Masters in Engineering and a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor | Chairman and Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Danisco A/S | Executive Vice President, Ingredients Sector | Current |
| Martek Biosciences Corporation | Board of Directors | Current |
| Genencor International, Inc. | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Genencor | Executive Vice President of Danisco | Former |
| Genencor International, Inc. | Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Genencor | Board of Directors | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor International, Inc. | President | Current |
| Genencor | President | Current |
| Genencor | Vice President | Former |
| The North American Manufacturing Company, Ltd. | Vice President | Former |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Former | |
| The Pennsylvania State University | M.S. | Former |
| State University of New York at Albany | B.S. Degree In Mathematics | Former |
| The State University of New York | B.S. degree in mathematics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor International, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Genencor | Senior Vice President, Global Supply | Current |
| Eastman Kodak Company | Product Manager | Former |
| Eastman Kodak Company | engineer | Former |
| University of Rochester | M.B.A. In Finance | Former |
| State University of New York at Buffalo | degrees in cell and molecular biotechnology | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor | Vice President of Regulatory and Environmental Aff | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor | Vice President for Genencor China Manufacturing | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor International, Inc. | Executive Vice President of Human Resources, Genencor and Danisco US | Current |
| Genencor | Vice President of Human Resources, Genencor International and Danisco USA | Current |
| Genencor International, Inc. | Vice President of Human Resources, Genencor and Danisco US | Former |
| ArvinMeritor, Inc. | Former | |
| Rockwell International Corporation | Former | |
| Nova Southeastern University | Mba | Former |
| Cornell College | Bs In Economics | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Genencor | Head of the Russian Office | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pauling Biotech | Staff Scientist, Genencor | Current |
| Genencor | Head of Structural Biology | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Firelake Capital Management, LLC | Managing Director | Current |
| Hydropoint Data Systems, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Solicore, Inc. | Board Observer | Current |
| Miasole | Board Observer | Current |
| Genencor | Stakeholder Board | Current |
| Firelake Capital Management, LLC | Co-Founder | Current |
| The University of North Carolina | Bachelor's Degree With Honors In Economics | Former |
| Vanderbilt University | Degree | Former |
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