Green Chemicals Blog
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Europe to invest €3.8bn in the biobased economy
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The European Commission proposed a €3.8 billion Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Biobased Industries, in order to accelerate the commercialization of biobased products in Europe. The European Commission will invest €1 billion and the industry €2.8 billion, from 2014 to…
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Cereplast Receives Orders from Italy
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Cereplast received multiple purchase orders for Cereplast Compostables® blown film resins totaling approximately $200,000 in sales. These resins will be used for the manufacture of single-use plastic bags for use at about 45 supermarkets located in the Veneto and Trentino…
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Sustainable Refining launches veggie industrial oils
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Sustainable Refining, LLC has launched its renewable bio-based line of cutting, hydraulic and bar & chain oils for industrial and commercial use. These non-petroleum based oils are manufactured using a 100% vegetable oil blend refined with proprietary additives giving them…
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Growing bio-polyamides offerings
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Your toothbrush bristles will soon become more environment-friendly if polyamides producers Evonik and Cathay Industrial Biotechnology are successful in marketing their bio-based polyamides. Cathay Industrial Biotech has been promoting this year its new renewable polyamides PA 5.6, PA 5.10, PA…
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Clariant, Wilmar finalize amines merger
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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…
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UK’s biggest bioethanol plant opens
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Vivergo Fuels Ltd officially opens UK’s largest bioethanol plant based on Praj technology and design. Vivergo Fuels is a JV between AB Sugar, BP, & DuPont. The plant is designed to use 1.1 million tonnes of feed-grade wheat to produce 420 million…
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Lanxess expands biobased EPDM offerings
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It has been almost two years since the blog last visited Lanxess’ activities on its biobased EPDM (ethylene propylene-diene) monomer when the company launched its first product in 2011 under the brand Keltan Eco. The biobased EPDM uses Braskem’s sugarcane-based ethylene…