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Association, Conference, Event, General, Government, Investments, News Roundup, Opinion, R&D, Regulation, Twitter LiveTwitter Live: INFOCAST Sustainable Chemicals Summit
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Held in San Diego, California, the INFOCAST Sustainable Chemicals & Plastics Adoption & Applications Summit brought together consumer brand, OEM, retail decision makers, venture capitalists, financiers, corporate strategics, chemical majors, specialty, bio-based and sustainable chemical companies to provide a detailed overview of the challenges they face in ramping up the adoption of sustainable chemicals and…
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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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2014: Renewable chemicals review
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The green blogger is, unfortunately suffering from the flu, but I have been working on this for the past few days and wanted to post this before the year ends. All in all, it has been a hectic but personally a productive year for the green blogger although this has somewhat impacted the number of…
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Contribution on Bio-polyurethane article
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It does feel a little weird that I am now contributing to this article from ICIS Chemical Business, from which I used to work for. However, I am thankful for the opportunity to help spread the word about recent bio-based polyurethanes developments within the chemical industry. Here is a snapshot of the article published by…
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New sites to see
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The green blog just wanted to give a shout out of welcome to these new sites and hopefully readers will check them out as well: SpecialChem4Bio SpecialChem’s new online platform dedicated to bio-based chemicals and materials. The website is said to offer the following: BioBased Products Selector: a bio-based chemicals and materials selector, organized by…