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Novomer Awarded $18.4M in Federal Stimulus Funds by U.S. Department of Energy
Achieves Phase Two of $25M Project to Develop Products/Manufacturing Processes to Produce Millions of Pounds of Sustainable Polymers per Year 07/29/10
Novomer Awarded $2.1M in Federal Stimulus Funds
First Phase of $25M Project to Develop Products/Manufacturing Processes to Produce Millions of Pounds of Sustainable Polymers Per Year 03/22/10
Novomer Named One of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies
Inaugural MIT Technology Review TR50 Lauds Company Advances in Sustainable Plastics 03/11/10
Novomer and DSM to Develop First Sustainable Carbon Dioxide-Based Resin for Coatings
Novomer, Inc. and Royal DSM N.V. have announced that they have signed a joint development agreement to develop revolutionary polyols for coating and ink resins produced using CO2 as a raw material. 01/26/10
Novomer Expands Green Materials Commercialization
$800,000 New York State Funding Set to Create Green Jobs, Increase Manufacturing and Reduce Dependency on Petroleum-Based Plastics 12/14/09
Novomer Secures $14M in Series B Financing
OVP Venture Partners Joins Existing Investors to Drive Broad Commercialization Of
Innovative Sustainable Materials
08/19/09
Novomer Founder Geoffrey Coates explains the advantages of sustainable plastics in an EarthSky podcast.
Novomer founder Geoffrey Coates speaks in an EarthSky "Clear Voices for Science" podcast about his work on new plastics made from renewable sources of carbon. 06/23/09
Novomer Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Two Experts in Chemical Engineering and Materials
Novomer Expands Scientific Advisory Board with Two Experts in
Chemical Engineering and Materials
01/28/09
Novomer Announces Executive Management Change
Novomer Announces Executive Management Change 01/23/09
Novomer to Participate at InformExUSA
Green Materials Company to Exhibit in Exclusive Green Pavilion 01/15/09
Novomer Set to Continue Strong Momentum with New CEO and Corporate Headquarters in Massachusetts
Former Surface Logix CEO, Jim Mahoney, Joins to Spearhead Growth
10/20/08
Novomer Names Industry Veteran Peter Shepard as Vice President of Business Development
Shepard Brings More than 25 Years of Specialty Chemical and Polymer
Industry Experience to Novomer 10/20/08
Novomer Recognized by AlwaysOn as GoingGreen Top 100 Winner
Novomer Recognized by AlwaysOn as GoingGreen Top 100 Winner 09/16/08
Novomer Announces First Commercial Product – Clean-Burning Binder for Advanced Industrial Applications
NB-180 Well-Suited to Demanding Manufacturing Applications in Electronics and Advanced Ceramics 07/01/08
Novomer to Participate at Key Upcoming Industry Events
President Charles Hamilton to Present at Key Environment and Clean Technology Conferences 05/19/08
Senator Charles Schumer Tours Novomer
Senator Schumer’s Visit Emphasizes New York’s Commitment to Innovation 01/16/08
Novomer, Innovative Eco-Plastics Company, Featured on the Science Channel’s Invention Nation
Novomer, Innovative Eco-Plastics Company, Featured on the Science Channel’s Invention Nation 01/11/08
DSM invests in US start-up that makes ‘green’ polymers from CO2
DSM invests in US start-up that makes ‘green’ polymers from CO2 12/20/07
Scientific American Features Novomer: Making Plastic Out of Pollution
On November 8th, 2007, Scientific American Magazine featured Novomer on with a story titled “Making Plastic Out of Pollution.” The full story included quotes from Novomer Founder Geoffrey Coates and President Charles Hamilton and is featured as follows. 12/06/07
Novomer, Next-Generation Eco-Plastics Company, Secures Series A Financing from Physic Ventures and Flagship Ventures
Company Raises $6.6 Million to Drive Product Development and Bring Novel Eco-Plastics – Constructed from Renewable Resources – to Market 11/07/07
Novomer to Exhibit Future Polymer Technology at Wired Nextfest in LA
WIRED Magazine today announced that Novomer will be exhibiting at WIRED NextFest™, a unique world’s-fair-style event to be held at the Los Angeles Convention Center 09/04/07
Novomer Office and Lab Relocate
Novomer, LLC has moved to newly built dedicated lab and office space in Ithaca, New York.The Company, which creates specialty chemicals and materials from 07/16/07
Geoffrey Coates, Ph.D. and Novomer Featured in The New York Times
In the article "Sifting the Garbage for a Green Polymer", Novomer co-founder, Geoffrey Coates, Ph.D., discusses the process behind developing catalysts to 06/19/07
Novomer Receives $100,000 Small Business Grant Department of Energy Awards Funding for New Ethylene-Propylene Elastomers
Novomer, a specialty chemical company based in Ithaca NY, announced that it has been awarded a $100,000 Phase-I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant 05/03/07
Professor Geoffrey Coates and Novomer Featured in Chemical and Engineering News Cover Story on Carbon Dioxide
In its cover story entitled “What Can we Do with CO2?” published in Chemical and Engineering News, the national trade magazine of the American Chemical Society 05/02/07
Prof. Robert Grubbs Joins Novomer’s Scientific Advisory Board
Novomer, announced today that Professor Robert H. Grubbs has been appointed to the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. Professor Grubbs is currently Victor and 03/31/07
Novomer Appoints Dr. Robert J. Pangborn as Director
Novomer, a specialty chemicals company located in Ithaca NY, is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Robert J. Pangborn to its board of directors. Dr. Pangborn 03/12/07
Geoffrey Coates, Novomer CSO, Named AAAS Fellow
Novomer co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Geoffrey W. Coates has been named as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 02/05/07
Novomer Enters Supply Agreement with Kodak
Novomer has signed a development agreement with the Eastman Kodak Company to develop a new polymer for commercial applications. Novomer, located in Ithaca, New York 01/16/07
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