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June 22, 2011
ENI (Rome) will cease permanently the production of almost all petrochemicals at the company's Porto Torres, Italy complex under a plan to convert the site into a previously announced...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/ENI-to-Close-Ethylene-Complex-in-Sardinia_35666.html June 21, 2011
Arguably the most important innovation news this week has been the latest round of DOE grants totaling $36 million to be awarded to biofuels and biochemicals firms in the U.S. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Innovation-News-Round-up-June-17_35581.html June 20, 2011
DSM has appointed Marcel Wubbolts, to the position of chief technology officer as of October 1. Wubbolts, currently v.p. R&D DSM Innovation Center, will report to Rob van Leen...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/DSM-Appoints-New-Chief-Technology-Officer_35575.html June 17, 2011
The Skolkovo Foundation (Moscow) and Dow Europe have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to define steps for Dow's participation in Skolkovo's project, which aims to become a science...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Dow-Signs-LOI-with-Russian-Innovation-Foundation_35577.html June 16, 2011
Rhodia and Umicore (Brussels) have jointly developed a process for the recycling of rare earth elements from nickel metal hydride (NiMH) rechargeable batteries. The process can service...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Rhodia-and-Umicore-Jointly-Develop-Rare-Earth-Recycling-Process_35565.html June 16, 2011
This year wasn’t mean to be a good year for the agchems market, but that is rapidly changing and it is lifting sales across the fine chemicals sector, say fine chemical...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemspec-Growth-in-Agchems-Demand-Lifts-Fine-Chemicals-Sector_35557.html June 13, 2011
The funds were specifically used for projects that produce drop-in replacements for the “entire” barrel of oil, indicating the agency’s desire to promote technologies beyond ethanol and pursue biobased alternatives to diesel, jet fuel, chemicals, and plastics....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/DOE-Hands-Out-Grants-to-Advance-Biobased-Fuels-and-Chemicals_35484.html June 10, 2011
Researchers at U.S. DOE’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, WA) and visiting researchers from Wuhan University (Wuchang, China) together have developed a...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Sodium-Manganese-Oxide-Batteries-a-Low-cost-Option-for-Mass-Energy-Storage_35448.html June 9, 2011
As reported by CW this week from Süd-Chemie’s ‘Defining the Future’ technology symposium in Beijing, Chinese chemical companies are developing a huge pipeline of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Can-Chinas-Chemicals-from-Coal-Sector-Become-Environmentally-Sustainable_35156.html June 9, 2011
AkzoNobel has boosted its R&D activities at Felling, U.K. with the opening of a €7 million ($10.3 million) R&D center to develop fire-resistant coatings. The company has...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/AkzoNobel-Adds-to-U-K-R-and-D-Capacity-Opens-Fire-Resistant-Coatings-Lab_35328.html June 8, 2011
BASF says it has succeeded in combining its Natuphos and Natugrain TS enzyme animal feeds into one combined granulate feed mix. The products feature the enzymes 3-phytase...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/BASF-Develops-Novel-Feed-Mix_35352.html June 7, 2011
Elevance Renewable Sciences (Bolingbrook, IL) says it has acquired the Delta BioFuels facility at Natchez, MI and will convert the biodiesel asset into a world-scale biorefinery and...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Elevance-Buys-Mississippi-Biodiesel-Plant_35345.html June 7, 2011
Genomatica, a San Diego-based developer of sustainable chemicals, including a biobased 1,4-butanediol, has gained tremendous momentum in 2011, having announced partnerships with major...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Genomatica-Partnership-Spree-Accrues-Chemical-Industry-Heavyweights_35330.html June 6, 2011
The breakthrough will allow polyethylene terepthalate (PET) manufacturers to produce the commodity resin entirely from renewable resources....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Virent-Unveils-Biobased-P-Xylene-Process_35301.html June 6, 2011
Topping the headlines last week, Ashland is acquiring International Specialty Products for $3.2 billion. That wasn't the only big M&A deal last week, as Sealed Air agreed to...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Chemical-Finance-Digest-May-31-June-3_35310.html June 6, 2011
BASF says it has joined a group of international research organizations in a four-year partnership to develop a multi-technology strategy for controlling the invasive striga weed in...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/BASF-Partners-Institutes-to-Control-Striga-Weed-in-Africa_35289.html June 2, 2011
Shell and Cosan say they have launched their previously announced $12-billion ethanol and transportation fuel joint venture in Brazil, creating the country’s third-largest fuel company. The jv, named Raizen, will produce and sell over 2 billion liters of sugarcane-based ethanol and distribute over 20 billion liters of other industrial and transport fuels through Shell-branded stations annually. Raizen is also expected to export ethanol to key markets in coming years, Shell and Cosan say....http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Shell-and-Cosan-Launch-Brazilian-Ethanol-Joint-Venture_35248.html June 2, 2011
Dow Corning says it has opened a solar solutions application center at Jincheon, Korea. The facility is Dow Corning’s second site with an industrial-scale pilot line for module...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Dow-Corning-Opens-Solar-Center_35235.html June 2, 2011
Chemical companies continue to exploit their expertise in the development of materials and services that meet the mega-trend issues of sustainability. Among those companies making...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Weekly-Innovation-News-Round-up-June-2_35245.html June 1, 2011
Enerkem (Pontotoc, MS), a waste-to-biomaterials firm, says it has completed a $60 million funding round. Valero Energy (San Antonio, TX) joined existing investors Waste Management...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/innovation/Trash-to-Fuel-Firm-Raises-$60-Million_35234.html |
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