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ENEOS, Mærsk To Invest $100m in Green Methanol Portfolio
Japan’s leading energy company has signed an investment agreement with C2X to advance the development of the Beaver Lake Renewable Energy...
3 days ago2 min read


Japanese Consortium Considers Forest Residue as Bio-naphtha Source, and More
Japan Airlines, Marubeni, Mitsubishi Chemical, Chugoku Lumber, Boeing Japan, and Obayashi have concluded a memorandum of understanding on...
Mar 312 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


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 7, 20242 min read


GFRP Composite Rebar Gets Global Boost
Talk rebar and one would normally envision rusty metal rod. Now, a glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) composite rebar is getting a...
Nov 1, 20241 min read

Dextrose Will Feed Bio-MEG Facility in Indiana
Sustainea and Primient have announced a co-location partnership for the supply of corn dextrose from Primient’s facility in Lafayette,...
Oct 8, 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 11, 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


Carbon Emissions Converted to Plastics
eFuels leader Infinium and Borealis, a leading supplier of advanced and sustainable plastic solutions, have entered into an agreement to...
Aug 22, 20242 min read


Shell Pulls Back on Advanced Recycling
Shell's 2023 sustainability report came out in March but is only now that reports are emerging regarding the oil major's inability to...
Jul 19, 20242 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


Microparticles From Road Tires are “High Concern” Pollutants, Research Shows
The word is starting to get out. Plastic microparticles released into the environment from common road tires should be treated as a “high...
Feb 5, 20242 min read


SK Geo Centric Plans Second Pyrolysis Plant
SK Geo Centric is joining forces with Plastic Energy, the UK-based plastic pyrolysis specialist, to construct a waste plastic pyrolysis...
Nov 7, 20232 min read


Neste to Enable bio-based PET Bottles Production
Neste has entered into a partnership with beverage manufacturer Suntory, petrochemicals player ENEOS and and trading house Mitsubishi...
Sep 12, 20231 min read


Mitsui Chemicals' Carbon Neutral Vision for Osaka
Methane is currently used to fuel crackers that pyrolyze naphtha at temperatures in the region of 850°C. Under Mitsui Chemicals' vision,...
Jun 14, 20232 min read

AI Transforms Social Media Posts into Chemical Sales Opportunities
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. and IBM Japan have applied artificial intelligence (AI) to identify business opportunities in the chemical...
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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