04.02.2014
- Versatile Materials - Going beyond natural polymers, the use of bio-based monomers from biorefineries and "renewable oil," gained from plastics' and bio wastes, renders synthetic...
04.10.2013
- Borrowing From EU Approaches - The EU's Reach regulation (EC 1907/2006) enacted a comprehensive approach to chemicals, sweeping away four decades of legislation in 2007. All 31...
27.08.2013
- BASF will spend €2.5 million to expand capacity for waterborne automotive coatings at its Demarchi coatings site in Brazil's Sao Paulo state by 2014. The upgrade, which the German...
24.07.2013
- Proving the Value of Sustainability - Green chemistry and engineering, a promising and innovative approach toward sustainable chemistry, is not yet established. As every adoption...
28.06.2013
- Trial production of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) at the Hamm-Uentrop, Germany, plant of specialty chemicals producer Lanxess, using bio-based 1.4 butanediol (BDO) made...
26.06.2013
- German geologists plan to campaign for greater public acceptance of hydraulic fracking in Europe's biggest economy, saying there is scope to make the shale gas industry more...
25.06.2013
- Myriant has started up its flagship bio-succinic acid plant at Lake Providence, Louisiana, in the U.S. The company said the unit with nameplate capacity of 30 million lbs (13.6 t/y...
10.06.2013
- Under an eco-friendly, flowering turf roof in an industrial park, the world's largest maker of green cleaning products is trying to figure out how to stay on top of a market that...
