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October 25, 2011
The European Commission, after years of discussion, has adopted an official definition of 'nanomaterial,' but industry says it is concerned that the description is too broad and could...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/European-Commission-Defines-Nanomaterial_38505.html October 24, 2011
Tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL; Dayton, OH) have concluded that a plant-derived jet fuel produced by Virent (Madison, WI), using Shell and Virent technology...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/U-S-Air-Force-Rules-on-Use-of-Jet-Biofuel_38511.html October 21, 2011
The key technology/innovation news this week is the European Commission's publication of a definition of a nanomaterial as "a natural, incidental or manufactured...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Industry-Innovation-News-Round-up-Oct-21_38462.html October 21, 2011
Molycorp’s (Greenwood Village, CO) rare earths processing facility in Mountain Pass, CA will reach production by the end of the third-quarter of 2012, three months ahead of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Molycorp-to-Accelerate-Start-up-of-Rare-Earths-Facility_38439.html October 20, 2011
Synthetic biology firm Amyris (Emeryville, CA) says it has signed an agreement with Brazilian ethanol producer ETH Bioenergia (São Paulo) to form a joint venture for the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/ETH-Amyris-Plan-Renewable-Farnesene-Joint-Venture_38433.html October 19, 2011
Europe needs to step up its investment in biotech R&D and establish supportive regulatory policies if it is to keep pace with the U.S. in the biotech sector, says Stephan Tanda...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/EU-Trails-U-S-on-Biotech-R-and-D-Spending-Capability-is-Building_38404.html October 18, 2011
Biocitech SAS (Paris), the operator of a life sciences technology park in Paris, is part of a group of organizations that is setting up Bondy Innovation, a new biotech incubator...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/New-Biotech-Incubator-to-Emerge-in-Paris_38384.html October 14, 2011
Shell Chemical detailed some of the jewels in its technology development program this week in a briefing to journalists at its technology center in Amsterdam. One of the technologies...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-Innovation-Round-up-Oct-14_38309.html October 14, 2011
Shell Chemical is in discussions with polycarbonate manufacturers to determine the commercial prospects for its novel, low cost route to manufacture diphenyl carbonate (DPC), an...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Shell-Nears-Commercialization-of-Game-Changing-Polycarbonate-Intermediate_38306.html October 11, 2011
Tests by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL; Dayton, OH) have concluded that a plant-derived jet fuel produced by Virent (Madison, WI) and using Shell and Virent technology...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Bio-Jet-Fuel-Passes-U-S-Air-Force-Tests_38225.html October 10, 2011
By Peter B. Kipp v.p./OpenAlgae (Austin, TX), an algae process technology firm OpenAlgae recently published a column that addressed the challenge algae companies have...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Renewable-Separations-Drive-Renewable-Oil-Economies_38183.html October 10, 2011
Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) says it has developed polycarbonate and polyurethane materials to replace glass in automotive applications that are up to half the weight of glass. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Bayer-Makes-Environmental-Case-for-Replacing-Automotive-Glazing-with-Polycarbonate_38184.html October 7, 2011
This Week on CW: At EPCA 2011 this week in Berlin, attendees discussed a fall in petrochemical demand, though they said 2011 is still expected to be a good year for the...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Oct-7_38178.html October 7, 2011
Neil Hawkins, Dow Chemical's v.p./sustainability and environment, health and safety for Dow Chemical in an opinion piece this week for CW explains how collaboration in R&D is no...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/CWs-Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-Oct-7_38163.html October 7, 2011
Researchers from the U.K. Universities of Durham (Durham) and Leeds (Leeds) have developed a model that can be used as a high tech recipe book for making the perfect plastic for a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/U-K-Researchers-Take-out-Trial-and-Error-of-Developing-Novel-Plastic-Compounds_38160.html October 7, 2011
Neil Hawkins, v.p./sustainability and environment, health & safety, for Dow Chemical explains how the company is developing collaborations as part of its strategy to advance scientific research....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Solving-Global-Challenges-through-Collaboration-with-Tomorrows-Leaders_38158.html October 6, 2011
Environmentally friendly and sustainable solutions are key to Evonik's product development strategy. Evonik says it has begun construction of two innovation centers at its Essen...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Evonik-Expands-R-and-D-Capabilities_37769.html October 6, 2011
Dow Chemical’s Electronic Materials business unit has formed LED Technologies, a business to capture current and future demand for light emitting diodes (LEDs) in the global...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Dow-Chemical-Introduces-LED-Technologies-Business_38066.html October 4, 2011
The French national food safety agency Anses (Paris) says it has determined adverse health effects from bisphenol A (BPA) have “been proven in animals and suspected in humans...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/French-Authorities-Find-Adverse-BPA-Effects-Even-at-Low-Levels-of-Exposure_38001.html October 3, 2011
DSM announced this week that it is adding adipic acid, a precursor to nylon 6,6 , polyurethanes, solvents and resins, to its list of target biobased chemicals. Adipic acid is an...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/DSM-Adds-Adipic-Acid-to-Biobased-Chemical-Efforts_37948.html |
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