Lanxess and BioAmber partner to produce renewable, phthalate-free plasticizers
| By Dorothy Lozowski
Lanxess AG (Leverkusen, Germany; www.lanxess.com) plans to produce phthalate-free plasticizers from bio-based succinic acid from 2012 onward. Its strategic partner, BioAmber, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn., www.bio-amber.com), is a global leader in succinic…