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Expediting Commercialization

of Biobased Products

US Market Position

Importance of Polymers to Ohio

Bridging Ohio’s Top Industries

agriculture polymers &

specialty

chemicals OBIC

$103 billion $89 billion

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Feedstocks

agriculture/

forestry crops/residue

wood residue

livestock

manure

Technologies Markets

industrial/

municipal municipal

solid waste

CO2 emissions

food/industrial

by-products

extraction/

separation mechanical, chemical

bioconversion microbes, algae

hydroloysis acids, enzymes

gasification high heat, low oxygen

pyrolysis catalysis, heat,

pressure

food oil

proteins

carbohydrates

additives

fuels/energy ethanol/butanol

biodiesel

heat

electricity

materials plastics

fibers

adhesives

rubber

paints/coatings

dyes/pigments/ink

detergents/solvents

What is the “Biobased Industry?”

Expedite Bioproduct Commercialization

OBIC’s Support: Expedite Bioproduct Commercialization

Original Pathway

OBIC Brand Promise

bioproducts.osu.edu

Agricultural Producer

Processor Biomaterial

Producer Product

Manufacturer Consumer

Post Consumer

“Cell to Sell”® Innovation Pipeline

• Identify enabling technologies

• Assess available feedstocks

• Establish market needs and business case

• Facilitate linkages within and between clusters

• Provide impartial advocacy

• Build relationships and value propositions

• Leverage policy, industry, and academic assets

• Develop and manage functional supply chain

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Cluster Agent Activities Prospecting

Market Data

Needs & Opportunities

Technology & Feedstock Assets

Resources

Networking Industry Outreach

Collaborator Input & Ideation

Assessment Technical & Economic Analysis

Application & Market Analysis

Value Proposition/Business Case

Leverage Resources Talent – Public & Corporate

Facilities

WCI Operating & Capital

Grant Proposal Development

Program Oversight Partnerships & Agreements

Project Development

Project Deployment

Common Good Focus

Client/ Grant Focus

OBIC

Activities

Goal: Increase probability of success

© 2010 OSU OBIC

bioproducts.osu.edu

Catalyzing Cluster Formation Time

Pro

gre

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Stages of Cluster Development

Nascent Immature Mature

Prospecting Networking Assessment

Leverage Resources Program Oversight

OBIC

Activities

ELEMENTS Assets • Feedstocks • Facilities • Technology • Talent • Fund$

Drivers • Industry • Markets • Policy

© 2010 OSU OBIC

Pyrolysis Resins

Alternative Elastomers

Catalysis Fibers & Fillers for Composites Soy-Based Thermoset Resins

Anaerobic Digestion

Advanced Granules

Education

Food Innovation

Bio-Refining

Algae

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OBIC has generated over $117,175,415 in direct grant funding.

When including the matching funding of our

partners, this totals $193,191,401 in

funding to leverage research innovation.

These efforts have provided funding for

208 OSU researchers, staff and students

research

industry

policy

OBIC 1.0 Conclusions • Industry is in the best

position to lead commercialization efforts

• Research community can provide new intellectual property, but can also assist industry with technical hurdles

• Policy makers can play an important role in lessening risk and accelerating the commercialization process

• OBIC is well positioned to facilitate growth of this industry

OBIC 2.0 launched

November 2013

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• Cluster Stewardship

• Biomass Supply &

Biorefining

• Education/ Outreach

• Strategic Relations

• Bioproduct Network

Bio

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Co

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ializ

ation

Agricultural Producer

Processor Biomaterial Producer

Product Manufacturer

Consumer Post

Consumer

“Cell to Sell”® Innovation Pipeline

• Identify enabling technologies

• Assess available feedstocks

• Establish market needs and business case

• Facilitate linkages within and between clusters

• Provide impartial advocacy

• Build relationships and value propositions

• Leverage policy, industry, and academic assets

• Develop and manage functional supply chain

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Biobased innovations offer consumers

intelligent, sustainable choices because

they use renewable materials derived

from plants.

The Biobased Promise:

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Program Thrusts

Columbus, Ohio

October 5-8

Public Procurement:

• Federal

• State

• County

• Education

Private Buyers:

• Home Improv

• Office Supply

• Grocery

• Specialty Retail

• WWW

• Farm Supply

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Biobased Exhibitors:

• Feedstocks

• Intermediates

• Products-

• Cleaners

• Packaging

• Landscaping

• Personal Care

• Construction

• Industrial Supply

• Food Service

• Office Supply

• And more

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Program Thrusts

Pyrolysis Resins

Alternative Elastomers

Catalysis Fibers & Fillers for Composites Soy-Based Thermoset Resins

Anaerobic Digestion

Advanced Granules

Education

Food Innovation

Bio-Refining

Algae

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Renovate Cluster Strategy

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Cluster Forming Models

1) Multiple clients

invested in Big Idea

2) Central client leads

investment in Big Idea 3) Grant funds Big Idea

4) Public Policy/Attraction

5) Central client with

OBIC owning a

component of Big Idea

6) Big Idea comes from a

funded conference

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Program Thrusts

Scotts-

MiracleGro

Ashland

Battelle

Ohio State

University

The

Andersons

Team

Gemini

OBN

Ohio

Soybean

Council

Polymer

Ohio

MET EX Momentum

Technologies

Oh

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rn

qu

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r

EMC2

Goodyear

Sherwin

Williams

Green

Biologics

Peloton

Energy

Beagle

PolyOne

Emery

SWACO

Bio-

bent

March 10, 2014

PepsiCo

Ku

rtz

Bro

thers

E2R

NuVention

Solutions

Pennycress

Energy

Aloterra

Energy

T2

e

En

erg

y

Inn

ovative

Pla

stics

Verdezyne

Ad

va

nce

Bio

Biosynthetic

Technology BioFiber

Solutions

Kay &

Assoc

Johnsonite

Tarkett

Grow

Plastics

Kocher

Micro

Advanced

BioFuels

USA

Atlantic

Biomass

Conversions

Nike

Cyclone

WHE

Heartland

Agdeavor

Malama

Composites

Newlight

Technologies

BioBased

Spray

Systems

Pallotta

Ford

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OBIC Board of Advisors

Charlie Carr, The Andersons

Joe Fox, Ashland Specialty Chemical

Keith Masavage, Biobent

Tom Fontana, Ohio Soybean Council

Bruce McPheron, OSU CFAES

Mark Durchholtz, Emery Oleochemicals

Sridevi Narayan-Sarathy. PepsiCo

Tom Hughes, PolyOne

Jon Moyer, Scotts MiracleGro

Kent Young, Sherwin Williams

Doug Haughn, Team Gemini

Kate Lewis, USDA BioPreferred

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Value Proposition

• Access to early stage opportunities

• Technical and market information

• Cross organizational linkages

• Proposal development expertise/ leverage

• USDA BioPreferred program support

• Bioproduct positioning within and outside

industry

• Grassroots educational programs

• Brand equity for external marketing

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Program Thrusts

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Biobased Feedstocks

1) Field Crops (Soy, Corn, Wheat)

2) Anaerobic Digestion

3) Municipal Solid Waste

4) Miscanthus & Arundo Donax

5) Natural Fibers and Fillers

6) Algae

7) Pennycress

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UDR Monotube

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“Green waste”

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WLE Separation

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BIOMASS SUPPLY

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› Miscanthus (Sept 9,2013)

Miscanthus

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Algae to Biofuel

› Effluent CO2 to biofuels

with algae- Proprietary technology

› Algae are able to produce

bio-oil on a continual basis

for daily “harvesting”

› 4M gallon facility adjacent

to a wood-fired power plant

in Riverside, CA.

› Pursuing a major grant

opportunity for Alberta

Sands

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Program Thrusts

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Source: b4 Branding, 2013

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• “Welcome to Our Biorefinery”

experience

• Bioproduct Education through

Marketing funded by Ohio Soybean

Council

• Ohio State-ATI’s Renewable Energy

Associate Degree

• Initial enrollment in autumn of 2012

and continued recruitment

• OSU-Extension’s STEM Pathways

working group

• OSU-CFAES booth at National FFA

Convention

• Direct interaction with thousands of

future and current consumers

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73+39 (2013)

75 (2012)

59 (2011)

August 4-8, 2014 Indianapolis, IN

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Bioproducts Road Show

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Program Thrusts

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Policy- U.S. Senate

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Columbus, Ohio

October 5-8

Thank you for your interest

in OBIC and the

Bioproducts Industry

Denny Hall, OBIC Director

Hall.16@osu.edu

614-292-4188

www.plasticsindustry.org

Ohio Plastics Industry

• Value of goods shipped was $21.2 billion

• Employed 66,400 workers. 2nd in the country

• Ranks 4th in the country in plastics shipments

Plastics Industry

Plastics Materials and Resins 4,000

Plastics Products 42,800

Plastics Machinery 1,800

Molds for Plastics 1,500

Plastics Wholesale Trade 1,700

Captive Plastic Products 14,600

Total Plastics Industry 66,400

Employment

Shipments

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Cluster Drivers

Cluster Development

2005: $11.5M Wright Center of Innovation grant

+ 10 successful Third Frontier awards

$18 M- Research Scholars- Emergent Materials

$5 M- Advanced Granule Technology

$3 M- Natural Rubber

$5 M- Micro Channel Reactor

$1 M- Cavitation Technology

$3 M- Biobased Composites

$1 M- Integrated Anaerobic Digestion System

$3 M- Pasteurization of Shell Eggs

$1.2 M- Microwave Assisted Thermal Sterilization

$1 M- Swine Waste to BR2

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PENRA Rubber Pilot Plant

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PENRA Rubber Pilot Plant

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Plant fiber alternative

•cost

•weight

•performance TF Award $3 Million

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“The performance of a liquid with the

convenience and safety of a granule”

The Andersons

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OBIC will provide a 2-hour complimentary

review of potential client’s business case to

determine strategic fit and potential to add

value.

This meeting can either protected via a

confidentiality agreement or not depending

on client preference.

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CONNECT Bioproduct Network

Member-driven resource that connects industry across bioproduct supply

chain

Members-only access to key OBIC propriety information, news, networking

events and educational programming

Members receive OBIC priority focus in PR, identification of funding

opportunities, technical support

Membership fee ranges from $1,000 to $5,000 depending on company

revenue

Bioproducts Community

General audience outreach communications

OBIC Social Media

Bioproducts educational programs

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Formal techno-economic analyses as needed by client(s). Examples include:

General business-case review

Technology assessment

Market studies

Life-cycle analysis

Risk management

Scope of work determined by available budget and services required.

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ASSIST

Client specific activities can include: Project planning

Grant writing and/or coaching on proposal development to secure supplemental funds

OBIC Express Services

Biopreferred state and federal procurement

Introduction to state and federal academic and industrial specialists

Scope of work determined by available budget and services required.

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Project management of complex relationships Develop meeting schedules and agendas

Establish protocols for project management

Manage academic and industrial benchmarks

Monitor project budget and deliverables

Gather data and generate reports

Provide mediation

These services are often included in large, OBIC-supported grants.

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› Feedstock processing has been an

important component for this project.

›Food processing Waste Streams

›OBIC has invested in feedstock

processing equipment, hammermill,

aspirator, etc to allow for proper sizing

›OBIC continues to explore new feedstock

for this cluster.

Natural Fibers

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Algae to Bioproducts

› Beagle needs to harvest algal

blooms at various locations across

the U.S.

›OBIC invested in an EVODOS to

help Beagle harvest feedstock

›This unit has been installed in a

van to allow for portability

›Today Beagle has algae derived

products for sale

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› Cover Crop established into

corn

› Harvested in May-June for

oilseed- biofuels

› Can still plant no-till soybean

-3 crops in 2 years

› Utilizes idle time for land

› Pennycress Energy currently

is producing on ~5,000 acres in

Illinois and is interested building

an Ohio cluster

http://www.growpennycress.com/

Pennycress

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Policy- White House

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ASTM Technical

Advisory Committee

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Expediting Bioproduct Commercialization Via Public Private Partnerships

Thursday, May 15 10:30am-12:00pm

Moderator: Dennis Hall, OBIC, The Ohio State University

Greg Blake, Biosynthetic Technologies

Ray Miller, Verdezyne

Doug Haughn, Team Gemini

Kate Lewis, USDA BioPreferred Program

Shared interest in OSU Membership in BIO? $2,200