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Yokohama Rubber, Zeon to Synthesize Butadiene from Ethanol
Zeon Corporation and The Yokohama Rubber Co. , have agreed to establish a bench facility to demonstrate technology for producing...


Feb 51 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...


Dec 18, 20242 min read
Adhesives Made from Captured CO2 Emissions
Henkel and Celanese Corporation have announced a partnership to enhance circularity in emulsion production by utilizing carbon...


Nov 7, 20242 min read
Dutch Bio-epoxy Consortium Welcomes Westlake Epoxy
TNO (the Dutch Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) has welcomed Westlake Epoxy to its Consortium B4, which aims to explore the...


Nov 6, 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 1, 20242 min read
DOE Grant Supports Sustainable Rubber Synthesis
Bridgestone Americas  has received a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office to...


Oct 17, 20241 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...


Sep 17, 20242 min read
Braskem America Introduces Bio-Circular Polypropylene
Biopolymers pioneer Braskem has launched a bio-circular polypropylene (PP) under the brand name WENEW. WENEW is said to be a...


Sep 11, 20242 min read
Braskem Opens Renewable Innovation Center in U.S.
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an...


Sep 9, 20242 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 5, 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 3, 20241 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...


Apr 1, 20241 min read
Idemitsu Mulls Bio-naphtha-based Ethylene Production in Japan
Hidden away in a joint press release announcing that Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals would further optimize ethylene production at...


Mar 7, 20242 min read
ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit Slated for Malaysia in June
Apex Events is convening the ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 27–28. The organizer recently unveiled...


Mar 6, 20242 min read
PLAYMOBIL Selects Plant-based Styrenic for Sustainable Toy Line
PLAYMOBIL, a leading global toy producer, has selected plant-based ABS* and plant-based MBS** from INEOS Styrolution for their new...


Feb 23, 20241 min read
MLT Analytics at APIC 2024 Korea
MLT Analytics will be attending the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC 2024) in Seoul, Korea this coming May 30th and 31st. We...


Feb 9, 20243 min read
Lignin-reinforced PLA Imparts Antioxidant Effect with Controlled Biodegradability
KraussMaffei Extrusion has tied up with a Polish partner to develop a bio-based injection molding compound with enhanced mechanical...


Dec 14, 20231 min read
Gunze "Launches Eco-friendly" PS/PET Composite Shrink Film
Japanese packaging concern Gunze has debuted what's described as a an eco-friendly lightweight shrink film for automatic sleeve...


Nov 10, 20232 min read
Lummus, Citroniq Announce Licensing and Engineering Agreements for Green PP Plants
Agreements highlight Lummus and Citroniq's progress in meeting surging demand for sustainable polypropylene Lummus Technology and...


Nov 1, 20232 min read
The Circular Future of Polymer Production in Europe
At the recent Global Plastics Summit that we attended in Bangkok, there were calls from NGOs and governmental bureaucrats to...
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