NatureWorks (Minnetonka, MN) has named Cromex (São Paulo) as its distributor for Ingeo biobased polymers in Brazil, NatureWorks has announced. Cromex will distribute NatureWorks' biobased polymers to its customer base of thermoformers, film extruders...
The European Investment Bank (EIB; Luxembourg) has granted a €200-million ($256.7 million) loan to Repsol's (Madrid) R&D and innovation program, EIB and Repsol have announced. EIB will be financing various activities under the company’s...
The government of Canada will invest in technology to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in oil sands by converting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions into commercial products, the National Research Council Canada (NRC; Ottawa) says. The three-year Algal Carbon...
Industrial group UPM- Kymmene (Helsinki) has registered a court request with the Helsinki District Court to invalidate Neste Oil's (Espoo, Finland) biodiesel patent, alleging it does not differ from previously patented innovations, UPM tells CW. UPM...
The European Commission has launched a call for proposals, offering €31.5 million ($40.4 million) for the best 45 eco-innovation projects. Businesses across Europe have until 5 September to submit their proposals for bringing novel environmental...
The European Commission has approved aid granted by the French government to Picardie Innovation en Végétal Enseignement Rechercher et Techologie (Pivert; Compiègne, France) and Institut d’Excellence en Énergies...
BASF says it has boosted its presence in the enzyme technology space, via three separate transactions. The company has identified the enzymes business as a key growth area to prioritize. "The acquired technologies are a prerequisite to develop and...
Merck KGaA (Darmstadt, Germany) is leading a consortium sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bonn) to develop cobalt-based, dye-sensitized solar cells (DSSC) for use in photovoltaic and other indoor and outdoor applications, the...
The central theme of the latest BASF research conference, held recently in Ludwigshafen, was “Chemistry powers energy: Renewable generation, safe storage, and efficient transport and use,” relying on “chemistry as an enabler.”...
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