Michelin to collaborate on renewable isoprene - z0 T8 o/ p* C4 _9 ^6 b
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Emeryville, CA/Paris - Amyris, a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, and Michelin, announced that the two companies have signed a definitive agreement to collaborate in the development and commercialization of Amyris No Compromise renewable isoprene. Under the agreement, Amyris and Michelin will partner to contribute funding and technical resources to develop Amyris’s technology to produce isoprene from renewable feedstocks. Amyris expects to begin commercializing this isoprene in 2015 for use in tire and other specialty chemical applications