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Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 1

Twitter coverage of the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Annual Meeting and Industry Convention held in Orlando, Florida, USA on January 26-31, 2015 [DGreenblogger/twitter-live-at-aci-2015″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 1” on Storify]

UPDATED: Iowa State University in glycerine-based adhesives R&D

The world is again awash with glycerine this year because of growing biodiesel mandates from Southeast Asia and Argentina (not to mention biofuel tax incentives and mandates in the US).  Throughout the years that the blog covered the oleochemical industry, there had been developments, albeit a bit slow, for new uses of glycerine and the … Continue reading »

PBIO 2013 Oleochemical presentation

I have received so many requests for a full copy of my oleochemical presentation from last year’s Plant Bio-Industrial Oils (PBIO) conference that I am posting it here in order for me to save 15MB of space per email every time I send it. It is not downloadable but feel free to take notes. I … Continue reading »

Neol scales up ag waste-to-oils plant

Watch out Solazyme, this Spain-based company could be a future competitor if it can achieve a cost-effective commercial production of oils from waste-based sugar. Neol Biosolutions, a 50:50 joint venture between Repsol and Neuron Bio, has reached an agreement with the Center for Second Generation Biofuels (CB2G) of CENER, the Spanish National Renewable Energy Centre … Continue reading »

Emery Oleochemicals strengthens specialty chems biz

This post has been way overdue (as other recent interviews that I had) as I have to write them up first for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter. I met some of the management (as well as CEO Dr. Kongkrapan Intarajang) of Emery Oleochemicals at last month’s Palm and Lauric Oils conference in Malaysia and I was … Continue reading »

Stepan launches a new surfactant from joint R&D with Elevance

After almost 4 years since Stepan and Elevance signed a joint development agreement in 2010, the companies announced the launch of the first surfactant product, which is now commercially available worldwide from Stepan Company, with sales to be rolled in into different regions throughout 2014. STEPOSOL® MET-10U, a non-ionic surfactant, is targeted to displace solvents … Continue reading »

Clariant, Wilmar finalize amines merger

Specialty chemical firm Clariant International and Asian agribusiness firm Wilmar International have received clearances for the establishment of their 50-50 joint venture called “the global amines company”, which is now in operation. The global amines company will be the global platform for production and sales of fatty amines and selected amines derivatives. The joint venture … Continue reading »

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