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    Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 2

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    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-part-2″ target=”_blank”>View the story “Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 2” on Storify]

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    Twitter Live at ACI 2015: Part 1

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    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]

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    Cleaning industry emphasizes sustainability as top agenda

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    I do hope you recently read my Tecnon OrbiChem colleague, Philippa Davies’ recent article on the impact of low crude oil price on bio-based chemicals projects, with insights taken from her attendance this week at the ICDC Downstream Chemical Conference in India, which was jointly organized by Tecnon OrbiChem and Elite++. As for me, I…

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    What is the future for the bio-chemical industry with crude oil below $50?

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    4 February 2015 update: Crude continues to be volatile, jumping to above $50/bbl  before relaxing to around $48/bbl on 4 February.  And some biomaterials manufacturers are competitive at this crude price level. BioAmber has stated in a 6 November earnings call addressing the issue of lower crude oil pricing, that $5 per bushel, oil prices would have…

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    Company Movements News

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    Hope you’re enjoying the start of your weekend. We are expecting another snowstorm coming into New York this Saturday and I can’t wait to have a brief respite from the wintry weather next week when I fly to Florida to attend the American Cleaning Institute (ACI) Convention. In the meantime, let me posts some recent…

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    MeadWestvaco spins off specialty chemicals business

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    In the pine chemicals world, MeadWestvaco (MWV), a major packaging company, announced its intention to spin-off its specialty chemicals business as an independent publicly traded entity.  The spinoff is expected to be completed by the end of 2015. MWV reported that it remains open to other value-creating alternatives for the specialty chemicals business throughout this process. MWV…

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    Attending this year’s ACI Meeting

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    Let’s talk about oleochemicals and biobased surfactants, industries that I have been covering for more than 14 years (and still trying to learn about it). If you want to know the global who’s who in these industries, there is no better conference in the US to attend than the annual American Cleaning Institute’s Meeting and…