BioAmber Inc. from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, a next generation chemicals company, and Mitsui & Co., Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan, a leading global trading company, have partnered to build and operate the previously announced manufacturing facility in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. The initial phase of the facility is expected to have production capacity of 17,000 tonnes of biosuccinic acid and commence commercial production in 2013.