polyamide
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Bioplastics to enter 2023 with a strong capacity surge
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I’ve written a special report about the bioplastics industry this month based on the European Bioplastics’ recent annual conference held in Berlin and the release of their industry data which was compiled by nova Institute. This report is only available…
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Bioplastic, Biorefinery, Company initiatives, Investments, Partnership, Press Release, Tecnon OrbiChemBio-based commodity chemicals in the spotlight
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Will rising crude oil price again accelerate the investments for the commercialisation of bio-based chemicals especially for drop-in commodities? This month alone, sugarcane ethanol-based ethylene producer Braskem announced the establishment of a joint venture company with Japan-based Sojitz Corporation to…
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Arkema continues bio-polyamide plant construction in Singapore
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There is so much news coming out today (maybe Earth Day should be every month) but I wanted to blog this one because of the nice video about their castor-based polyamide. But before we go to that, Arkema announced today…
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Bio-based chems market sees setback with Rennovia exit
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We just published our Glucaric Acid Chemical profile last Tuesday for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Biomaterials newsletter (note: subscription required), but unfortunately, we were not able to include this news about Rennovia’s exit until I read about it today from Biofuel Digest. According to…
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Genomatica, Aquafil in bio-nylon collaboration
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Genomatica and Italy-based polyamide producer Aquafil announced yesterday their collaboration in the development of sugar-based caprolactam, a key raw material in the production of polyamide 6, using Genomatica’s bioprocess GENO CPL. According to the press release, caprolactam has a worldwide…
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VIDEO: Arkema celebrates 70 years of Rilsan PA11
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Hello blog readers. It is unbelievable that the second half of the year is almost upon us and 2017 actually marks the 10-year anniversary of the Green Chemicals Blog (late September 2017 to be exact). It has certainly been through…
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Bio-based polyamides update
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I’ve been always monitoring activities from the bio-polyamides sector as I consider the nylon industry a high-potential area for bio-based chemicals. Here’s a slide from a presentation I gave early this year featuring various building blocks and intermediates required to produce a…