Moving forward on 'White Biotech'

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It doesn’t take a genius to understand the advantages of getting the best raw materials at the best prices. One way to do that – and an increasingly important part of our procurement strategy – is to take advantage of industrial biotechnology

Biotech now presents some truly exciting opportunities as a source of raw materials and intermediates that may be cheaper, more sustainable, and offer advantages in terms of performance that were never...

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