Partnership
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ADM, CIC form bio-SAP JV
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The blog has constantly been monitoring the developments for biobased acrylic acid but this news from Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) has led the blog to look for more information on starch-based (or even collagen-based) superabsorbent polymers (SAPs). SAPs is one…
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Big green news from last week
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I am back from my vacation and trying to delete/answer hundreds of emails from the past 10 days. Meanwhile, let me posts these news from last week before I start completing my presentation for next month’s ICIS World Chemical Purchasing…
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Solazyme partners with Sasol on erucic algal oils
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The oleochemical industry is definitely getting more and more interesting as erucic acid (C22:1), traditionally sourced from high erucic rapeseed oils (HERO), can now be sourced from algal oils as is the case with Solazyme’s recent announcement. I remember the…
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NatureWorks expands marketing reach
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NatureWorks has been very busy lately expanding its distribution networks with three announcements within the past three months. In May, PTT Polymer Marketing (PTTPM) was appointed distributor of NatureWorks’ Ingeo™ PLA (polylactic acid) fibers and resins for Thailand and Vietnam….
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Sapphire Energy, Linde expand partnership
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Algae oil developer Sapphire Energy, Inc. and industrial gas producer the Linde Group have expanded their partnership to commercialize a new industrial scale conversion technology needed to upgrade algae biomass into crude oil. The companies will refine the hydrothermal treatment…
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European project to improve PLA production
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The Technological Institute of Plastics AIMPLAS, along with eleven other enterprises and technological European centers, has launched the InnoREX project, financed by the Seventh Framework Program funds and coordinated by the German Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology – ICT. The 42-month…
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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…