BASF opens new bio-acrylamide plant in Bradford, UK

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http://www.worldofchemicals.com/media/basf-opens-new-bio-acrylamide-plant-in-bradford-uk/9710.html

“BRADFORD, UK: BASF said it has opened a new world-scale bio-acrylamide (BioACM) production facility at its site in Bradford, a major investment that will help ensure long-term future of one of the UK’s largest chemical manufacturing facilities, which employs around 600 people.”

“The development of a biocatalytic manufacturing process for acrylamide started in Bradford with collaboration with Huddersfield University. Subsequent work by scientists from Britain, Germany, South Africa and US, made significant improvements to the performance of the biocatalyzed conversion technology.”

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NHase patent on stabilizing nitrile active enzymes in cells

Methods for preserving and/or storing cells having a nitrilase or nitrile hydratase activity

T Zelinski, M Keβeler, B Hauer - US Patent 8,815,569, 2014

The invention from BASF relates to a method for preserving and/or storing microorganisms which exhibit at least one nitrile hydratase or nitrilase enzyme activity, with the preservation and/or storage being effected in an aqueous medium which comprises at least one aldehyde, with the total aldehyde concentration being in a range from 0.1 to 100 mM/l.