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Department of Energy Selects Pyran for Computing Capabilities Funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) named Pyran as one of three companies selected to share approximately $1 million in funding to leverage the unique computational capabilities at DOE’s National Laboratories. All three projects address technical challenges in bioenergy feedstock …

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Pyran Named to RadLaunch Accelerator Class of 2020

Bio-based 1,5-Pentanediol: A New Renewable Monomer for the Radcure Industry, Pyran LLCThe Association for Ultraviolet and Electron Beam Technologies in Chevy Chase, MD has named Pyran to their 2020 RadLaunch Accelerator Class. RadLaunch, the unique idea accelerator for ultraviolet (UV) and …

Pyran Wins Biotech World Congress Startup Competition

Pyran earned top honors in the Start Up Stadium Competition at the 2019 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology, which was held July 8-11, in Des Moines, Iowa. The 2019 BIO World Congress event drew 928 attendees from 612 companies, …

More Reaction Steps are Better for Making Biomass-Derived Pentanediol

A longer synthetic pathway surprisingly offers a less-expensive way to make the polymer building block. Creating high-value coproducts along with biofuels is an important part of helping biobased chemicals become economically viable so they can complement petroleum-derived chemicals. But this …