Having already demonstrated its ability to effectively produce a suite of green chemicals from cellulosic and other nonfood-based biomass at its one-ton-per-day pilot facility in Seattle, Blue Marble Biomaterials intends to build on that success by repurposing a 40,000-square-foot facility into a 100 metric-ton-per-month biobased chemical plant in Corvallis, Mt. 

 
 Using its proprietary Acid, Gas and Ammonia Targeted Extraction process technology, BMB expects to manufacture a variety of green chemicals from cellulosic feedstocks including agricultural waste, spent brewery grain, micro algae, corn silage and more. The new facility will also be capable of converting lignin-rich feedstocks, such as woody biomass, into renewable chemistry, though it will initially focus on cellulose inputs, says CEO Kelly Ogilvie. 
 &#8220;Our ability to convert a wide range of feedstocks is one of the cornerstones behind our proprietary technology,&#8221; he says. &#8220;That&#8217;s key for us.&#8221; 
 
 The Corvallis plant, which is expected to produce commercial volumes early next year, will initially focus on producing high-value biobased chemicals such as ethyl butyrate for the food and flavoring industries, and propyl butyrate for the cosmetics and fragrance industries, where market values stand at approximately $15 billion and $30 billion respectively, Ogilvie says. &#8220;With a combined market of $45 billion, those are very deep markets to begin playing, with no apparent competition that we can see at this point,&#8221; he notes. In addition to biobased chemicals, the company is able to coproduce various biogases such as hydrogen sulfide and biomethane. 
 Ogilvie says future plans are to identify a site for a 1,000 metric-ton-per-month facility.

Having already demonstrated its ability to effectively produce a suite of green chemicals from cellulosic and other nonfood-based biomass at its one-ton-per-day pilot facility in Seattle, Blue Marble Biomaterials intends to build on that success by repurposing a 40,000-square-foot facility into a 100 metric-ton-per-month biobased chemical plant in Corvallis, Mt.

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