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Braskem Siam JV Secures Bio-Ethanol Source for Bio-PE Project
Braskem Siam, a joint venture between SCG Chemicals (SCGC), and Braskem, the global leader in bioplastics from Brazil, has signed a...
4 days ago1 min read


LG Chem Accelerates Commercial Production of 100% Plant-Based Acrylic Acid
G Chem has launched prototype production of 100% bio-acrylic acid, which has received USDA Certified Bio-based Product (BIOPREFERRED)...
Feb 202 min read


MLTA to Speak at InnoPlast Planet-Friendly Plastics Conference
MLT Analytics has been invited to deliver a Special Presentation at the Planet-Friendly Plastics: Latest Advances conference organized by...
Feb 51 min read


Repsol to Invest in Mega-renewable Methanol plant
·      Repsol has approved a historic investment in the Spanish region of Catalonia to build the first plant in Europe to transform...
Feb 32 min read


Technip,LanzaTech Secure Funding to Commercializing CO2 to Ethylene Technology
Technip Energies and LanzaTech Global have revealed that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations...
Jan 272 min read

All-Carbon CO2 Separation Membranes to be Trialled by Toray
Japan's Toray Industries, Inc. has announced that it will install a pilot facility for its all-carbon carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) separation...
Dec 24, 20242 min read


BASF 3D-Prints Catalysts
X3D® technology produces catalysts with optimal shapes to maximize performance and efficiency while minimizing energy consumption...
Nov 19, 20242 min read


Citroniq Selects Nebraska for World's Largest Decarbonized Plastics Production Facility
The company's estimated $7.5 billion investment is projected to be the largest in Nebraska history and creates transformational...
Nov 6, 20242 min read


Braskem-SGC JV Kicks Off Ethanol-to-Ethylene Project
Braskem Siam Company Limited, a joint venture of bio-based polyethylene supplier Braskem and Thailand's SCG Chemicals, has appointed...
Oct 17, 20241 min read


Budding Bio-PP Supplier Secures $12 Million in Funding
Citroniq Chemicals has secured $12 million in Series A investment for its proposed bio-based polypropylene (PP) mega-site in the state of...
Sep 9, 20242 min read


LanzaTech Licenses Waste-to-Ethanol Process in Japan
LanzaTech Global has signed a master license agreement with Sekisui Chemical to deploy at commercial scale a jointly developed platform...
Sep 5, 20242 min read


Dow-Mitsui Goes Bio, Idemitsu Opts for CR
Effective September 1, 2024, Mitsui & Dow Polychemicals has started marketing biomass-based ethylene-vinyl-acetate copolymer (EVA) and...
Sep 3, 20241 min read


Mitsubishi Chemical Investigates End-of-life-tire Conversion to Carbon Black
The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (MCG) has launched a study chemically recycle of end-of-life tires (ELTs) by utilizing the coke ovens at...
Aug 22, 20241 min read


Trinseo Opens Next-Gen Depolymerization Facility in Italy
Trinseo has opened a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization facility in Rho, Italy. The pilot facility represents a significant...
Jun 28, 20241 min read


SCG, Toyo to Jointly Develop Chemical Recycling Technology
SCG Chemicals affiliate Circular Plas and Japan's Toyo Engineering are collaborating to expand capacity and business opportunities for...
Jun 26, 20241 min read


Asahi Kasei to Site Li-ion Battery Separator Plant in Port Colborne, Ontario
Asahi Kasei has announced that it will construct its previously announced integrated lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator plant in Port...
May 16, 20241 min read

Project Using AI to Develop Sustainable Materials
Officially launched on May 2nd, the four-year FAVIA (Adaptative Formulation Through Artificial Intelligence) project aims to predict and...
May 3, 20242 min read


World's First Large-scale Electrically Heated Steam Cracker Starts Up
BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking...
Apr 18, 20242 min read


Sumitomo Chem to Pilot CO2-to-Methanol Technology
Sumitomo Chemical has completed the construction of a pilot facility to establish a highly efficient process for producing methanol from...
Dec 14, 20232 min read


World's First Net-zero Emissions Ethylene Complex Gets Green Light
Brownfield investment in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, will be the world's first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions ethylene and derivatives...
Dec 12, 20232 min read
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