Eighty years after nylon’s first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica (San Diego, Calif.; www.genomatica.com) achieved a new milestone for the material — its production of the world’s first renewably-sourced ton of caprolactam, a key ingredient for nylon-6, made from plants instead of crude oil. Nylon, the first totally synthetic fiber to be made … Continue reading Genomatica produces renewably sourced caprolactam for nylon production