1861
1905
microbial production of acetone observed by Franz Schardinger
1912
Chaim Weizmann isolates the ABE bacterium Clostridium acetobutylicum
1916
1920 - 1960
1960
rise of the petrochemical industry provides a new source of chemicals and sees ABE plants closing down in the west, as the high cost of substrates undermines the ABE industry
1980s
2000s
2005
2005
2012
Celtic Renewables is formally launched