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Apparel and footwear industry group agrees to 2015 phaseout of PFOA chemistry
Zero Discharge of Hazardous Chemicals (ZDHC), a group of leading apparel and footwear brands and retailers, has agreed to timelines for a phaseout of perfluorooctanoic acid, or C8, chemistry by January 2015, the group announced today....

Sojitz signs MOU to study gas chemical project in Papua New Guinea
Sojitz (Tokyo) and the government of Papua New Guinea have signed a memorandum of understanding to carry out a feasibility study into a gas chemical manufacturing project using natural gas produced in Papua New Guinea, Sojitz announced today. The company says...

Australia's Cardia Bioplastics and Univ. of Sydney researchers develop renewable PPC polymers
Cardia Bioplastics (Mulgrave, Australia) and biomolecular engineers at the University of Sydney are developing more cost-effective polypropylene carbonate (PPC) polymers, Cardia has announced. A team led by Fariba Dehghani, associate professor in the...

Canada's Lignol Energy becomes majority owner of Australia's largest biorefinery; production to restart by year-end
Lignol Energy Corp. (LEC; Vancouver) has become majority shareholder in Territory Biofuels (TBF; Darwin, Australia) after it acquired an additional 2.67 million shares in the company for 1 million Australian dollars ($964,000) via a private placement...

Schulman to cut jobs in Europe, sell Australia business
A. Schulman today announced a restructuring in its Europe, Mideast, and Africa business, under which the company will reduce headcount in that region because of economic difficulties in Europe. The reductions are expected to cut costs by about $4...

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