Xylose Technologies purchased.XYLOSE Xylose A pentose sugar, referred to in the early literature as l -xylose. It is present in many woody materials. TECHNOLOGIES PURCHASED. Xethanol Corp., New York, New York, USA has acquired Xylose Technologies, Inc. (XTI), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of UTEK Corp., Plant City, Florida in a stock transaction. Xethanol, a biotechnology-driven ethanol production company, made the announcement jointly with UTEK, USDA Forest Products Laboratory, and the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation is the nonprofit technology transfer office of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a significant source of research support, independent of federal grants. (WARF), Madison, Wisconsin. XTI holds a license for a patented process to convert xylose into ethanol and xylitol xylitol /xy·li·tol/ (zi´li-tol) a five-carbon sugar alcohol derived from xylose and as sweet as sucrose; used as a noncariogenic sweetener and also as a sugar substitute in diabetic diets. , developed by researchers at the USDA Forest Products Laboratory and the University of Wisconsin. The goal of the collaboration is the use of biomass and other sustainable feedstocks to meet the increasing worldwide energy demand. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ABOUT THE AUTHOR: The WorldWatch section in Solutions! magazine is written by Sara M. Scharpf, a writer based in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA. Contact her by email at sara@sgrpi.com. |
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