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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/sustainability/BASF-Reorients-R-and-D-Predicts-2012-Spending-of-$2-3-Billion_42373.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/sustainability/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/sustainability/Dow-and-Australian-University-Form-Partnership_42396.html March 30, 2012
DuPont says it has signed two strategic cooperation agreements with Changzhou Trina Solar Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Trina Solar (Changzhou, China), one of the world's...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/DuPont-Signs-Cooperation-Agreements-with-Trina-Solar_42392.html March 29, 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/sustainability/Research-Genetically-Modified-Wheat-Repels-Aphids_42372.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/sustainability/Myriant-Begins-Scaling-Biobased-Acrylic-Acid-Process_42351.html March 28, 2012
Evonik says it has agreed to collaborate with the Commercial Aircraft Corporation of China (Comac) in the planning and designing of C919, the first Chinese medium-range...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Evonik-and-Commercial-Aircraft-Corporation-of-China-Codevelop-First-Chinese-Airliner_42350.html March 28, 2012
DSM and Roquette Frères (Lestrem, France) have officially launched Reverdia (Delft, the Netherlands), their previously announced joint , which will...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/DSM-and-Roquette-Freres-Launch-Reverdia-Joint-Venture_42347.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/sustainability/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/sustainability/Navy-Taps-Cobalt-and-Albemarle-for-Biobased-Jet-Fuel_42340.html March 27, 2012
Georgia Gulf and Galata Chemicals (Southbury, CT) say they are collaborating to develop flexible, biobased polyvinyl chloride (PVC) compounds containing Galata's biobased Drapex Alpha...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Georgia-Gulf-Taps-Galata-for-Biobased-PVC-Plasticizers_42339.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/sustainability/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/sustainability/Virent-Viridia-Jet-Fuel-Passes-Key-Test_42295.html March 21, 2012
Volkswagen of America has partnered with Amyris (Emeryville, CA) and Solazyme (San Francisco) to evaluate emissions reductions and demonstrate the performance of biobased ...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Volkswagen-Evaluating-Amyris-and-Solazyme-Biodiesel_42173.html March 20, 2012
Rivertop Renewables (Missoula, MT), a biotech start-up, says it has successfully scaled-up its patented bioprocess for making the building block chemical glucarate from the lab to...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Rivertop-Scales-up-Bioglucarate-Process-to-Pilot-Scale_42065.html March 20, 2012
Researchers from Japan and the U.S. have developed a proton-responsive ligand and a homogeneous iridium catalyst which together enable the controlled storage and release of...http://www.chemweek.com/sustainability/Mimicking-Photosynthesis-Enables-Storage-and-Release-of-Hydrogen_42127.html March 15, 2012
Ongoing inaction to prevent global climate change will lead to irreversible environmental damage and curb economic growth, according to a report published today by...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/OECD-Warns-of-Severe-Consequences-of-Inaction-over-Climate-Change_42031.html March 15, 2012
BASF’s Venture Capital investment arm has invested $13.5 million in Allylix (San Diego), a start-up producing flavors and fragrances from terpenes derived from biomaterials...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Flavors-and-Fragrances-BASF-Invests-$13-5-Million-in-Allylix_41915.html March 14, 2012
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) and the Cluster of Engineering and Advanced Materials (EAM) at Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg (Erlangen, Germany) have announced that...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Merck-KGaA-Forms-Collaboration-to-Develop-Materials-for-Energy-Efficient-Processes_41913.html March 14, 2012
by Hannu Vornamo, Secretary General, Helsinki Chemicals Forum The international community has been looking to enhance chemicals safety on a continuous basis for a long while now...http://www.chemweek.com/envirotech/sustainability/Helsinki-Chemicals-Forum-to-Focus-on-Internationalization-of-Reach_41981.html |
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