TURKEY
 
Myriant And Bayegan In Middle East Renewable Chemicals Push
 
US renewable chemicals producer Myriant Corporation and Turkish petrochemicals distributor and trader Bayegan have signed an agreement to establish a market for bio-succinic acid (butanedioic acid, a four-carbon molecule) in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Africa. Succinic acid is traditionally produced from petroleum for use in the manufacture of a variety of plastics and chemicals, but the...