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Wheat Straw Could Soon Insulate Your Home
Traditional forms of thermal insulation used to regulate temperatures in homes and commercials buildings are often energy-intensive to...
Jun 19, 20253 min read


Mitsui Chemicals Plans Polyolefins Divestiture
With typical attention to detail, Japan's Mitsui Chemicals announced on May 30 a " Notice Regarding Beginning of Consideration of...
Jun 11, 20252 min read


New Report Highlights Fossil-free Plastics as Europe’s Strategic Opportunity
Systemiq study calls for acceleration of fossil-free plastic production as a key pillar of a competitive, circular and climate-aligned...
Jun 6, 20254 min read


Borealis Expands Capacity for HMS-PP
Borealis invests over €100 million in new Daploy high melt strength polypropylene (HMS-PP) line at its Burghausen, Germany, facility....
Jun 4, 20252 min read


When “Reusable” Means More Plastic Waste
The vending machine loophole In the wake of growing pressure to reduce plastic waste, Italy’s Ministry for the Environment and Energy...
May 21, 20253 min read


Japanese Partners Develop Eco-friendly Urea Resin
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical and Panasonic Electric Works have developed a process that uses methanol produced from CO2 to synthesize an...
May 14, 20252 min read


Braskem Celebrates 15 years of Bio-based PE with Boosted Capacity
Braskem is celebrating 15 years as a producer of the I’m green bio-based portfolio by celebrating the 37% expansion in production...
May 7, 20252 min read


Lummus, Resynergi Announce Availability of Microwave-Powered Plastic Pyrolysis Technology
Lummus Technology and Resynergi, a leading innovator in modular plastic recycling technology, have announced the commercialization of...
Apr 23, 20252 min read


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...
Apr 16, 20252 min read


Borealis Launches Borcycle rLLDPE Flexible Packaging Grade with 85% PCR Content
Borealis introduces Borcycle M CWT120CL, a recycled linear low-density polyethylene (rLLDPE) grade containing 85% post-consumer...
Apr 13, 20252 min read


3D Printing Transforms Remote Japanese Stations
Japan is networked via around 27,700 kilometers of railway, with some remote lines traversed by but several trains daily. Stations on...
Apr 9, 20251 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 31, 20252 min read


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...
Mar 24, 20251 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 20, 20252 min read


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 18, 20252 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 5, 20251 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 3, 20252 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 27, 20252 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


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