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February 01, 2013 - University of Waterloo Alternative Fuels Team competes in this year's EcoCAR2 Competition
Please think of becoming a sponsor to help the team.

August 29, 2011 - Sarnia-Lambton Lands BioAmber's BioSuccinic Acid Plant As Region's Hybrid Chemistry Cluster Continues to Grow

July 18, 2011 - GREENCORE COMPOSITES INC. COMPLETES PROJECT WITH SUPPORT FROM THE ONTARIO BIOAUTO COUNCIL

June 30, 2011 - Great Lakes Summit White Paper

June 23, 2011 - Optima Colour and GreenCore Composites sign agreement for distribution of NCell™ Natural Fiber reinforced Thermoplastics
Toronto, ON, June 23, 2011

June 01, 2011 - ZeaChem Executes Joint Development Agreement with Procter & Gamble
Agreement Will Accelerate Commercialization of Sustainable Bio-based Chemicals

May 26, 2011 - Leather made from recycled bottles
PET bottles and beans - this is a Canadian company is in the production of Vehreo, an environmentally friendly synthetic leather, which can be used with car seats, door covers and dashboards. Vehreo besteht unter anderem aus recycelten PET-Flaschen. Vehreo consists among other things made from recycled PET bottles. Biomaterialien, wie Pflanzenöle, die aus Soja- und Castorbohnen hergestellt werden, ersetzen herkömmliche Phthalat-Weichmacher. Biomaterials, such as replacing vegetable oils, which a


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Biography – Craig Crawford, President and CEO, Ontario BioAuto Council

Craig has served on numerous government and industry committees and non-profit boards that have advocated support for biobased industries in both Canada and the United States.  He has acted as a consultant to the federal and Ontario governments on the bioeconomy and wrote a framework for developing biobased industries in Canada.  He has been actively involved in identifying research and business opportunities in the new bioeconomy for more than a decade.

Craig is currently the President and CEO of the Ontario BioAuto Council.  The Council’s vision is to make Ontario a global leader in the manufacture of automobile parts, construction materials and packaging from biological feedstocks.  Its mission is to unite Ontario’s largest economic sectors (i.e. agriculture, forestry, oil, chemical, manufacturing and automotive), research community and government around viable strategies aimed at building a province-wide bioeconomy.