AGAE Through the Years
10/2022
Press Release: AGAE Achieves Breakthrough in Fermentation Production of Biosurfactant HAA.
9/2022
Press Release: AGAE Produces Record Yields of Rhamnolipids at Its Lowest Cost by Fermentation.
8/2022
Patent application (pending): AGAE prepares a United States provisional patent application for production of rhamnolipids with record-high yields: composition of novel fermentation media and method of use.
Press release: AGAE’s Pilot Plants Prove Rhamnolipid Production Breakthroughs.
7/2022
AGAE begins offering for sale bulk orders of its high quality and standard rhamnolipid products: R90, R95Dd and R95Md.
12/2020
Completion of construction of the first pilot plant in North America for fermentation production of rhamnolipids. The pilot plant is in Corvallis, Oregon.
1/2020
Completion of construction of the first pilot plant in the world for mass purification of rhamnolipids. The pilot plant is in Corvallis, Oregon.
10/2018
Patent application (unpublished): AGAE prepares a United States provisional patent application for compositions and methods for production of rhamnolipids in a genetically engineered strain of saccharomyces cerevisiae.
8/2018 – 9/2018
Launch of AGAE’s natural rhamnolipids-based personal care and house-hold cleaning products, as part of its MayLū cleaning product line, at the Oregon State Fair.
7/2018
Patent application (unpublished): AGAE prepares an application for United States letters patent for compositions for hair and skin cleaning and/or care products.
2/2018
News article: Cleaner Cleaning Products: Healthier Alternatives to Toxic Norms. Written by Kristen Edge and published by the Corvallis Advocate.
7/2017
Launch of AGAE’s natural rhamnolipids-based personal care products at the Corvallis, Oregon Farmers’ Market.
2/2017
Patent application (unpublished): AGAE prepares an application for United States letters patent for compositions comprising biosurfactant(s) and biopolymer(s) for cleaning diesel particulate filters, as well as cleaning of other objects and surfaces, and method of use.
7/2016
Press Release: Breakthrough Biosurfactant Technologies in Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Cleaning from AGAE Technologies.
2/2016
Patent application (unpublished): AGAE prepares United States provisional patent application for compositions comprising biosurfactant(s) and biopolymer(s) for cleaning diesel particulate filters, and method of use.
10/2014
Patent application (published): United States provisional patent application for formulations combining ramoplanin and rhamnolipids for combating bacterial infection.
3/2013
News article: Xihou Yin: Scientist. Written by Lee Lewis Husk at Bend Cable and published by 1859 Oregon’s Magazine.
5/2011
AGAE opens its doors for business in Corvallis, Oregon.