News Roundup
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Biopolymers Market Update
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The bio-based polymers market is not immune by the challenges plaguing the global plastics supply chain. The market is being tested by profitability, feedstock economics, downstream adoption and the ability of producers to scale without overbuilding ahead of demand. Polybutylene succinate (PBS) is the clearest example. Mitsubishi Chemical’s withdrawal from the PTTMCC Biochem BioPBS™ business…
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Global Furanics Market Development Splits Across the USA, Europe and China
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The furanics market is moving in different directions with current activity shows a US retrenchment around Origin Materials, continued European commercialization through Avantium and ResiCare, and expanding Chinese activity around furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), polyethylene furanoate (PEF) and other furan-based polymer applications. Origin Materials has moved toward liquidation after scaling back its biomass-to-chemicals platform and later…
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan Raises the Stakes in Biomanufacturing
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Biomanufacturing is moving deeper into China’s industrial policy base as indicated in the country’s recently-released 15th Five-Year Plan. The national 2026-2030 plan identifies biomanufacturing and advanced materials as priority areas for technological breakthroughs and industrial upgrading. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) is also expected to issue a dedicated 15th Five-Year Biomanufacturing Development…
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Chemical Supply Chains Under Pressure: Managing Middle East Disruption With Renewable Options
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The latest escalation in the Middle East is reintroducing two familiar fragilities into the chemical value chain: energy-price volatility and logistics risk concentration. Markets are explicitly pricing the possibility of supply disruption tied to Gulf geopolitics (including the Strait of Hormuz), with upstream crude moving on risk premiums and producers/consumers facing faster, less predictable feedstock…
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Protected: Global bioplastics update at EBC24
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Protected: Gevo bags Ethanol-to-Olefins Patent
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What am I up to these days?
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Hello blog readers, Some of you might have seen my out-of-office reply, as I am currently on my long summer hiatus before I go back to building my empire (I mean rebuilding my blog). However, I cannot resist experimenting with several ideas, including this mock-up newsletter, and I hate putting this effort to waste so…