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Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland), a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that its MegaMax catalyst was selected for a China’s biomass gasification-to-green methanol project.

A comprehensive analysis of 24 scenarios across 15 reports identifies biomass, CCU and recycling as the cornerstone of the chemical industry’s feedstock in 2050.

LanzaTech (Skokie, IL, USA) has signed a Master License Agreement with SEKISUI CHEMICAL (Tokyo, Japan) to deploy, at commercial scale, a jointly developed platform that converts syngas derived from municipal solid waste (MSW) and industrial solid waste into ethanol.

All about innovation, applications, markets, and end-of-life of PLA was the foundation of a successful 8th PLA World Congress on May 28 and 29.

Partnership between Tereos (Moussy-le-Vieux, France)and Futerro (Escanaffles, Belgium) boosts green chemistry in a first in Europe.

In its efforts to advance chemical recycling, Neste (Espoo, Finland) has successfully conducted its first processing trial run with a new challenging raw material, liquefied discarded tires.

Borealis (Vienna, Austria) announced a EUR 4.5 million investment in the cracker furnaces of its olefins unit in Porvoo, Finland.

Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Cincinnati, OH, USA) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman (Kingsport, TN, USA), recently announced a partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis.

Committed to supporting the circular economy and fighting climate change, Brazilian petrochemical companies Braskem (São Paulo) and Indorama Ventures IOD – Oxiteno (São Paulo) announced a partnership to supply bio-attributed ethylene from renewable sources.

The prestigious two-day conference about everything PHA will start tomorrow, 10th of October in Atlanta, Georgia.

Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil) and SCG Chemicals (Bangkok, Capital of Thailand) have signed a joint venture agreement to create Braskem Siam Company Limited.

TotalEnergies, Aramco and SABIC have for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa successfully converted oil derived from plastic waste into ISCC+ certified circular polymers. The plastic pyrolysis oil, also called plastic waste derived oil (PDO), was processed at the SATORP refinery jointly owned by Aramco and TotalEnergies, in Jubail, Saudi Arabia.

Monument Chemical (Indianapolis, IN, USA) is the first US company to license Econic’s (Macclesfield, UK) process for manufacturing polycarbonate ether (PCE) polyols made from CO2 as a sustainable source of renewable carbon.

The Renewable Carbon Initiative (RCI) published new insights into a hotly debated topic and urges for careful and evidence-based debates.

Neste has made the final investment decision to commence construction of upgrading facilities for liquefied plastic waste at its Porvoo refinery in Finland.

Companies in Japan are increasingly stepping up their efforts to reduce GHG emissions throughout their product supply chains, including raw material-derived greenhouse gases, known as Scope 3 emissions, in order to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, as advocated by the Japanese government.

Dow's (Midland, MI, USA) agreement with New Energy Blue (Lancaster, PA, USA), staffed by experts with deep experience in bio-conversion ventures, is the first agreement in North America to generate plastic source materials from corn stover (stalks and leaves).

Neste (Espoo, Finland), the world’s leading producer of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel, and renewable feedstock solutions for various polymers and chemicals industry uses, is aiming to establish an algae pilot production facility in Spain to further strengthen the growth of its global raw material pool.

TotalEnergies (Courbevoie, France), a global multi-energy company and Indaver (Antwerp, Belgium), a leader in sustainable waste management and advanced recycling in Europe, announced a commercial agreement for the supply of petrochemical feedstock generated from recycling of mixed polyolefins waste.

Materials manufacturer Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) and SOL Kohlensäure (Burgbrohl, Germany) have concluded a framework agreement for a supply partnership for biogenic carbon dioxide (CO2).

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo, Japan), announced last week that it has developed the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), from sugars derived from inedible biomass.

Neste (Espoo, Finland), the world's leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel produced from waste and residue raw materials, has agreed to acquire 100 % of Walco Foods (Waterford, Ireland), an Irish trader of animal fats.

Neste (Espoo, Finland) and Netherlands-based (Den Haag) start-up Circularise have announced a partnership to bring Circularise’s traceability software into circular polymers and chemicals supply chains.

Technip Energies (Nanterre, France) announces that OCIKUMHO, a joint venture between OCIM (Kuching, Malaysia) and Kumho P&B Chemicals (Seoul, South Korea) has signed a license agreement for a 100,000 tonnes/a EPICEROL® plant for the production of epichlorohydrin (ECH) from glycerine.

Photoreduction of CO2 into transportable fuel like formic acid (HCOOH) is a great way of dealing with CO2's rising levels in the atmosphere. To aid in this mission, a research team from Tokyo Tech chose an easily available iron-based mineral and loaded it onto an alumina support to develop a catalyst that can efficiently convert CO2 into HCOOH with ~90 % selectivity!

Dow (Midland, MI, USA) has announced the launch of ENGAGE™ REN, an innovative and more sustainable brand extension to the ENGAGE™ range of high-performing polyolefin elastomers (POEs).

Lummus Technology (Houston, TX, USA), a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced a partnership with Braskem (São Paulo, Brazil), the largest biopolymer producer in the world, to license green ethylene technology.

Proceeding on the target of commercializing chemical recycling of waste plastic, Neste (Espoo, Finland) is conducting a feasibility study to examine investing in capacity for processing liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland.

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo, Japan) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Nagoya, Japan) have begun a joint-consideration to manufacture and sale ethylene, propylene, and their derivatives using bioethanol as a raw material, with an aim to commence operation in 2025.

Yield10 Bioscience (Woburn, Massachusetts, USA), an agricultural bioscience company, recently announced their advances in the development of Camelina as a platform for the production of PHA bioplastic directly in the seed.