FDCA
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Doppelganger Plastics: a more desirable alternative?
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By Dirk den Ouden, Vice President of Circular Chemicals at Stora Enso The problem with plastics – aside from all the environmental issues they entail – is that they are excellent. Weaning ourselves off them wouldn’t be a problem if…
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Avantium, Origin Materials form FDCA deal
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I asked an AI program to create a blog post of Avantium and Origin Materials’ recent press release about their FDCA partnership deal, and this is what came up: —- Avantium, a leading technology company, has recently announced a partnership…
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Origin Materials chose Louisiana for 1st world-scale facility
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Origin Materials announced yesterday that Geismar, Louisiana will be the location of its first world-scale manufacturing facility called Origin 2. Origin 1 is currently being constructed in Sarnia, Canada. Both facilities will produce chloromethylfurfural (CMF) and hydrothermal carbon (HTC) using…
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Avantium in FDCA deal; releases 2030 Sustainability Plan
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Avantium announced on February 9 that its subsidiary, Avantium Renewable Polymers, signed a patent license agreement with Eastman Chemical Company for the right to operate under Eastman’s FDCA-related patent portfolio. Now the press release just really contains three paragraphs but…
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Stora Enso enters the FDCA market
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The market for furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA) is getting more traction with new players entering this space. Stora Enso announced on December 10 that it is investing EUR 9 million to build a pilot facility to focus on developing a cost-competitive…
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Avantium to build 5 ktpa FDCA, PEF flagship plant
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Avantium held its first Technology & Markets Day titled “Path to a fossil-free world” yesterday at the company’s headquarters in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. The management team provided an update on the strategy of Avantium and its technologies, including the strategy…
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BASF to exit from Synvina
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Bad news today as BASF notified Avantium of its exit from their Synvina joint venture effective 15 January 2019. Avantium said it continues to disagree with BASF’s interpretation of the joint venture agreement. I am not sure what exactly they…