GF Biochemical starts commercial levulinic acid production

Biobased chemical company GF Biochemicals has started commercial production at its 10,000 MT/a capacity levulinic acid plant in Caserta, Italy.

GF Biochemicals is the first company to produce levulinic acid at commercial scale directly from biomass.

Levulinic acid can be used to produce potential biofuels, including methyltetrahydofuran, valerolactone, and ethyl levulinate.

‘A fundamentally lower price range is now possible using our technology. This will give access to previously undiscovered market segments,’ GF Biochemicals CEO Maxim Katinov says.