Thomas Desbiens

DNP Green Technology is a stand-alone business devoted to commercialization of technologies related to manufacturing of biologically-derived succinic acid and its derivatives. DNP Green Technology's bio-based succinic acid production process is cost competitive with that of petro-based processes and has the further advantage of being 'green'. DNP's process consumes green house gases (CO2), providing the long term potential to generate carbon credits. Its core technology consists of a proprietary E.coli fermentation process and an integrated downstream process that has been proven at a large scale (80,000 liters). Succinic acid has numerous market applications such as bioplastics & green plasticizers and polyesters & resins.

BioAmber, Inc. is an industrial biotechnology company, which produces sustainable chemicals. Its proprietary technology platform combines industrial biotechnology and chemical catalysis to convert renewable feedstock into chemicals for use in everyday products, including plastics, resins, paints, food additives and personal care products. The firm's products include bio-based succinic acid, butanediol and bio-based disodium succinate. The company was founded on October 15, 2008 and is headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

BioAmber Sarnia, Inc. produces and sells bio-succinic acid. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Sarnia, Canada.