treatment of materials by addition of chemical and catalytic treatments to lignocellulosic biomass and agricultural waste to produce high value chemicals and processable cellulose; custom manufacture of biomass-derived chemicals, flavor and fragrance ingredients, for others; chemical and enzymatic hydrolysis of biomass and carbonaceous materials to produce waste-to-energy generation services; treatment of materials, particularly catalytic processing of lignin and cellulose to renewable chemicals and advanced pharmaceutical intermediates (API); thermal, chemical and catalytic treatments of lignin to produce high value phenolic and aromatic compounds for use in flavor and fragrance ingredients and in thermoset plastics; chemical conversions of lignins from biomass to produce agricultural chemicals, micronutrients, chelates, and nutrient enhancers; chemical conversion of biomass to aromatics, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides, as well as precursors to sweeteners and polymeric materials

scientific research and chemical technology development; chemical and catalytic research and analysis; chemical process development for conversion of lignocellulosic biomass, mixed waste wood feedstock, lignin, and cellulosic residues in the fields of renewable chemicals, flavor and fragrance chemicals, plastics, specialty materials, advanced pharmaceutical intermediates, and biofuels; development and testing of products and systems to convert non-food biomass into renewable chemicals, aromatic phenols, flavor and fragrance ingredients, and compounds for making renewable and biodegradable plastics