ethylene
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Gevo bags Ethanol-to-Olefins Patent
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Remember when Gevo was in a patent war with the now-defunct Butamax on isobutanol production and application processes? It turned out that Gevo had to pivot from isobutanol to producing ethanol instead. More recently, the company announced that it has…
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Technip Energies acquires Shell’s bio-glycols technology
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Technip Energies, a French engineering and technology company for the energy industry and chemicals sector, announced on 27 June its acquisition of Shell Catalysts & Technologies’ (SC&T) glycol purification technology to accelerate Technip’s commercialization of its Bio-2-GlycolsTM technology. This technology transfer…
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Green PE coming soon in Thailand
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SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC), one of the largest integrated petrochemical companies in Thailand, finalized its planned joint venture agreement with Braskem to produce sugar-based ethylene with an annual capacity of 200,000 tons. The bio-based ethylene will mostly be…
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Dow is back in bio-based ethylene action
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So I had a presentation last Wednesday at the Renewable Materials Conference in Germany, and in one of my slides, I talked about “The Force”. I did not realize how really strong the Force is until I heard this news…
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Braskem mulls bio-PP plant in the USA
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Braskem announced this month that it is evaluating the possibility of producing physically segregated bio-based polypropylene plastics using bioethanol feedstock. Braskem is also exploring partnership opportunities for this project with several clients, brand owners and suppliers. The press release indicated…
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Renewable ethylene update
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Hello blog followers. I was unable to blog until now due to very tight schedules and deadlines after my two-week holiday in September. We published our October Bio-Materials report last Tuesday, and I just want to share some interesting news…
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lululemon invests in renewable materials
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US athletic apparel company lululemon Athletica Inc. has been very busy these past two months partnering all the way up in the company’s raw material supply chain. The company released its first Impact Agenda in October last year with a…