Amyris’ first commercial plant now operational

Amyris, Inc., a renewable chemicals and fuels company, announced the completion of the first industrial-scale facility for the production of Biofene, Amyris’ renewable farnesene. The production facility is located in Piracicaba, Sao Paulo, Brazil, at a facility owned by Biomin do Brasil Nutri ao Animal Ltda., a company focusing on animal nutrition. Amyris will operate the production facility and expects to begin Biofene production in May. Biofene may be sold directly into industrial applications or put through simple chemical finishing steps to form a broad range of renewable products, including squalane, base oil and finished lubricants and diesel fuel. (April 29,2011)