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April 17, 2012
Gevo (Englewood, CO) says it has filed a fourth patent infringement suit against biobased isobutanol rival Butamax Advanced Biofuels (Wilmington, DE), alleging the DuPont-BP joint...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Gevo-Files-Additional-Infringement-Claims-Against-Butamax_42729.html April 16, 2012
Sabic says it will invest $100 million to build a previously announced technology center at Kangqiao, east of Shanghai, China. The facility is expected to become operational in 2013...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Sabic-to-Invest-$100-Million-to-Build-Technology-Center-in-China_42688.html April 16, 2012
Sinochem (Beijing) and the University of Leeds (Leeds, U.K.) say they have signed a collaborative research deal, to jointly conduct research in various fields such as new materials...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Sinochem-Signs-Research-Deal-with-University-of-Leeds_42689.html April 13, 2012
This Week on CW: Cytec has agreed to acquire Umeco, a maker of advanced composite materials, for $439 million. Cytec also expects first-quarter adjusted earnings to be 45%-50%...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Chemical-Industry-Weekly-News-Round-Up-Apr-13_42687.html April 13, 2012
This week has seen Gevo (Engelwood, CO) file an additional lawsuit against isobutanol rival Butamax Advanced Biofuels (Wilmington, DE). It is part of a year long patent...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Weekly-Chemical-Industry-Innovation-News-Round-up-April-13_42671.html April 7, 2012
A team of researchers at Rothamsted Research (Harpenden, the U.K.), an agricultural research organization, is conducting a field experiment to test the effectiveness of its genetically...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Researchers-Develop-GM-Wheat-to-Repel-Aphids_42576.html April 5, 2012
Solvay says it is developing, in partnership with Peróxidos do Brasil--a joint venture of Solvay and Produtos Quimicos Makay (Curitiba, Brazil)--a new concept of small...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Solvay-Codevelops-Small-Hydrogen-Peroxide-Units-for-on-Site-Production_42511.html April 3, 2012
BASF says is reorienting its R&D activities so that they are more aligned to the group's key growth markets and so that R&D is undertaken more efficiently across the group. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/BASF-Reorients-R-and-D-Predicts-2012-Spending-of-$2-3-Billion_42373.html March 30, 2012
Photo Courtesy of UCLA. California researchers have produced the versatile fuel and chemical precursor isobutanol from electricity and carbon dioxide (CO2). The findings, published in...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Researchers-Produce-Isobutanol-From-Electricity-and-CO2_42400.html March 30, 2012
Researchers from Stirling University (Stirling, U.K.) and the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA; Avignon, France) have published two studies in which they say that 85%...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Neonicotinoids-Challenged-as-Study-Links-Imidacloprid-to-85-percent-Mortality-of-Queen-Bees-update_42397.html March 30, 2012
Dow Chemical says it has formed a strategic partnership with the University of Queensland (Brisbane, Australia) that will result in the establishment of the Dow Centre for Sustainable...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Dow-and-Australian-University-Form-Partnership_42396.html March 29, 2012
Bioplastics firm DaniMer Scientific (Bainbridge, GA) has partnered with Myriant (Quincy, MA) to use biobased succinic acid in the production of polymers. The two firms have already...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Myriant-Forms-Bioplastic-Partnership_42377.html March 29, 2012
W. R. Grace & Co. says it has entered into an agreement with Dow Chemical to develop new catalysts for polypropylene production. The catalysts, which use one of Dow’s...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Grace-and-Dow-Developing-PP-Catalyst_42376.html March 28, 2012
Myriant (Quincy, MA) says it is “immediately” initiating scale-up activities of biobased acrylic acid in order to ship kilogram-sized quantities for potential customers in...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Myriant-Begins-Scaling-Biobased-Acrylic-Acid-Process_42351.html March 28, 2012
A technique developed by researchers from the Joint BioEnergy Institute (JBEI; San Francisco Bay Area, CA), is able to optimise the performance of microbes to generate a target...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/U-S-Synthetic-Biology-Technique-Triples-Biodiesel-Yield_42324.html March 27, 2012
Cobalt Technologies (Mountain View, CA) and Albemarle have been awarded a contract by the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) for biobased jet fuel. Under the terms of...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Navy-Taps-Cobalt-and-Albemarle-for-Biobased-Jet-Fuel_42340.html March 27, 2012
Momentive Specialty Chemicals has opened an applications center focused on the transportation market at its site in Duisburg, Germany. The new lab will perform R&D and testing...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Momentive-Opens-Transportation-Applications-Center_42329.html March 27, 2012
BioAmber (Minneapolis) says it has produced multi-ton quantities of 1,4-butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), and gamma-burtyrolactone (GBL) from biobased succinic acid. The...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/BioAmber-Proves-Biobased-BDO-Production-at-Scale_42326.html March 26, 2012
Avantium (Amsterdam), a catalyst technology firm, and Danone, have agreed to jointly develop bottles made from bio-polyethylene furanoate (PEF). The partnership will use...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Avantium-and-Danone-Agree-to-Develop-Bio-PEF-Bottles_42282.html March 26, 2012
Source: Viridia Renewable technology firms Virent (Madison, WI) and Viridia (Redwood City, CA) say they have successfully converted cellulosic sugars from pine trees into hydrocarbons...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/r_and_d/Virent-Viridia-Jet-Fuel-Passes-Key-Test_42295.html |
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