Solazyme's proprietary biotechnology enables us to create renewable, tailored oils serving a variety of chemical applications.
Our technology allows us to produce tailored oils with controlled chain lengths, saturation levels and functional group additions. The oils we produce for the chemical market can have specific melting points, varying concentrations of desired fatty acids, and high concentrations of sought-after but unusual fatty acids.
Agreements along the chemicals value chain include:
Unilever
In March 2010, Solazyme entered into a research and development agreement with Unilever to develop oil derived from algae for use in soaps and other personal care products. The agreement followed the culmination of a yearlong collaboration between Solazyme and Unilever, in which Solazyme's renewable algal oils were tested successfully in Unilever product formulations. For more information on this agreement, read here.
The Dow Chemical Company
In February 2011, Solazyme entered into a joint development agreement with The Dow Chemical Company (Dow) in connection with the development of microbe-derived dielectric fluids. Pursuant to the agreement, we will be working with Dow to develop algal oils for use as dielectric fluids in the transformer market. For more information on this agreement, read here.