DNP Green Technology and ARD are pleased to announce that their Bioamber joint venture has obtained the necessary permits and begun construction of the world's first production plant for bio-based succinic acid.

Helen of Troy Limited Named to Forbes 200 Best Small Companies List

Fytokem Products Inc. announced a substantial step forward in its efforts to provide a preservative-free format of its flagship product line, Canadian Willowherb™.

DSM Venturing, the corporate venturing unit of Royal DSM N.V., announced that it has participated in an equity investment round in the Danish company Upfront Chromatography, the world's leading developer of customized industrial protein chromatography processes. The down stream processing platform developed by Upfront is of great potential to contribute to all biotechnology-derived products from DSM. DSM is joined in this investment round by financial investors InnovationsKapital and NBGI Ventures.