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June 27, 2007

Braskem Claims World’s First ‘Green’ PE; Plans Commercial-Scale Plant

Nancy Seewald

Braskem says it has successfully produced trial quantities of what it calls the world’s first “green” high-density polyethylene (PE), made from sugar cane-based ethanol. The company will build a green PE plant in Brazil and invest $60...

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