Products
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Stepan launches a new surfactant from joint R&D with Elevance
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After almost 4 years since Stepan and Elevance signed a joint development agreement in 2010, the companies announced the launch of the first surfactant product, which is now commercially available worldwide from Stepan Company, with sales to be rolled in…
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WSU develops waste cooking-oil based asphalt
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Haifang Wen, assistant professor of Civil Engineering in the Washington State University (WSU), Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has developed a technology to substitute restaurant cooking oil for the crude oil used traditionally in the production of asphalt, creating…
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Webinar: USDA BioPreferred Program under new Farm Bill
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The blog is still working on my interview with Corinne Young about the new Farm Bill and some of its new benefits for the renewable chemical industry such as the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) BioPreferred Program (preferred Federal purchasing…
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UPM launched the Biofore concept car
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It’s 6am US EST and I still can’t sleep (which I will pay for later), so it’s back to blogging for me. Helsinki, Finland-based pulp and paper company UPM recently launched the Biofore Concept Car at the Geneva International Motor…
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Elevance’s bio-lube basestock now available worldwide
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Elevance Renewable Sciences expanded commercial availability of Elevance Aria™ WTP 40 worldwide. The base stock’s high viscosity index of 160 is reportedly an improvement over both Group IV and Group V synthetic base stocks. Data also indicated Elevance Aria™ WTP 40…
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Myriant supplies bio-succinic acid to Oxea
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Myriant Corporation has supplied commercial quantities of bio-succinic acid to Oxea, for use in the production of bio-based, phthalate-free plasticizers. The bio-succinic acid is produced at Myriant’s plant located in Lake Providence, LA. Oxea is expanding its broad product portfolio…
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Sophorolipids from Mahua Oil
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Aside from Tecnon OrbiChem’s coverage of oleochemicals on the monthly Bio-Materials newsletter, I have not covered much of the bio-based surfactants market in months. However, the blog recently received an interesting information on sophorolipids, a fermentation-based glycolipids that can be…