Company initiatives
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Update in metathesis technology commercialisation
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Last month, the death of Professor Robert Grubbs, a 2005 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry and instrumental in the development of metathesis catalysts, took me back all the way in 2008 during the formation of Elevance Renewable Sciences, one of…
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Eastman’s $1bn plastics recycling investment in France
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Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials reporting has continuously evolved to catch up with the latest low-carbon/zero-carbon technology solutions being developed within the chemical/materials sector. I have already been including analysis and reports about the recycling trends and projects – especially chemical recycling…
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Indonesia embarks on smart manufacturing for sustainable plastics production
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The Green Chemicals Blog is currently a media partner for this year’s Chinaplas plastics tradeshow which will be held in Shanghai on 25-28 April. Our friends from Chinaplas recently shared this interesting information about Indonesia’s sustainable plastics goal and their…
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Kentucky starts Renewable Chemicals Production Program
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The holiday gift-giving is not yet over it seems as Kentucky’s Department of Agriculture and other agencies are inviting companies to apply for the state’s Renewable Chemical Production Program which will provide tax credits and economic incentives for the production…
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Cargill to acquire Croda’s Bio-industrial Business
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Happy New Year to GCB followers! I hope you all had a good holiday break and we wish everyone a healthy and prosperous 2022. I cannot pass up reporting this interesting news last month about Cargill planning to acquire Croda’s…
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Plastics Recyclers formed Chemical Recycling Group
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This month’s Bio-Materials content is brimming with interesting information ranging from Coca-Cola’s 100% bio-PET, a new ethenolysis project in Europe, the global oleochemicals market going crazy (in terms of pricing anyway), Total Corbion’s new recycled PLA offering, etc. etc. I…
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Rodents Don’t Favor Soy-Based Plastics
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This news from the United Soybean Board (USB) caught my attention because I never thought that rodents and insects could be more attracted to plant-based plastics and materials. Fortunately, this is not the case (for rodents anyway) as according to…