Jan 11, 2019 | Industry News
Emery Oleochemicals has announced an expanded distributor partnership with Omya, for Emery’s Green Polymer Additives (GPA) products which include specialty plasticizers, release agents, antistatic...
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Elkem Silicones has decided to build a new Research and Development (R & D) center at its Saint-Fons site. This new site, operational at the end of 2020, will bring together 130 European researchers...
Jan 10, 2019 | Industry News
Nouryon has officially launched the third edition of its Imagine Chemistry collaborative innovation challenge. Through this program, the company invites startups, scale-ups, university spin-outs...
The University will lead on the UKRI funded ‘Rethinking Resources and Recycling’ project which is one of eight research projects funded through PRIT (Plastics Research Innovation Fund) that will...
Jan 9, 2019 | Industry News
A new study found that it took multiple wipes to remove much of the flame retardant residue from workers’ hands at one U.S. recycling facility. A common method used to evaluate skin exposure to...
Saudi Aramco and LANXESS AG have announced the completion of Saudi Aramco’s acquisition of LANXESS‘s interest in ARLANXEO Holding B.V., a Netherlands-based specialty chemicals joint venture between...
INEOS Enterprises has completed the acquisition of the chemical intermediates business of Flint Hills Resources (known as ‘Flint Hills Resources Joliet’)...
Jan 8, 2019 | Industry News
INVISTA announces installation of the new reactor at its polyols manufacturing facility in Vlissingen, the Netherlands, is complete. The reactor is producing material within specifications, and...
Rice University chemists have determined that surfactants offer the easiest way to keepboron nitride nanotubes (BNNTs) from clumping. That could lead to expanded use in protective shields, as...
Jan 7, 2019 | Industry News
Researchers at Fraunhofer IGB produce a wide variety of chemicals using fungi. It can also be used as a building block for bio-based polyesters. The IGB researchers are currently investigating ways...