Jane Denny

As Tecnon OrbiChem’s Content Marketer/Writer, Jane is responsible for creating, improving, and maintaining content for our blog, marketing campaigns and sales materials.

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Compelling Concepts to Kick Off a Sustainability Conversation

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: May 27, 2022 11:37:12 AM

Cellulosics are increasingly finding their way back into the global textiles and fibre markets as reliance on fossil-based feedstocks begins to wane...

Image shows the different routes to develop biobased monopropylene glycol

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Biobased Monopropylene Glycol: The Bumpy Road to a Decarbonized World

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Apr 27, 2022 6:28:15 AM

Monopropylene glycol (MPG) – often called simply propylene glycol – is essential to a wide range of products across a variety of industries and...

Image shows the chemical reactions for catalysing succinic acid from petrochemical-based feedstocks as opposed to a biobased route

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Biobased Succinic Acid: Is the Sustainable Route Becoming Economically Viable Once More?

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Apr 13, 2022 3:52:17 PM

A renewable technology hailed as revolutionary in the 2010s may emerge as a choice route to deliver key intermediate chemicals in the future. When...

Chemical manufacturing plant supplying chemical commodities for global trade.

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East European Trade Dive May Trigger Supply Boon to the Western World

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Mar 9, 2022 12:00:00 AM

As Ukraine continues to defend its sovereignty against the Russian invasion, a plethora of trade dynamics will emerge and trickle through global...

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An Investigation of Plasticizers in 21st Century Value Chains

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Mar 8, 2022 12:00:00 AM

When the world’s most successful company proclaims the removal of a contentious chemical from its portfolio, it’s wise to wonder if the world will...

Graph demonstrating viscose staple fiber production.

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Cellulosic Fibres - A World of Opportunity

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Feb 3, 2022 12:00:00 AM

Worldwide demand for fiber has strongly mirrored GDP for many decades. Having closely monitored markets since 1975, Tecnon OrbiChem predicts a...

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The Need for Continued Investment in Oil & Gas Industry

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Dec 30, 2021 12:00:00 AM

As we close another year, it’s good to be reminded of the unceasing relevance of the petrochemicals sector and the oil and gas supplies that underpin...

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500-Issue Milestone: Monitoring Polyester and Polyamides for Over 40 Years

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Dec 22, 2021 12:00:00 AM

It doesn't stretch back to the 1939 unveiling of ladies’ stockings at the World's Fair in New York, nor to the time when Mancunian chemists spun out...

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Innovation in pyrolysis picks up pace in Q4 2021

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Nov 24, 2021 12:00:00 AM

The potential for pyrolysis to tackle waste and increase circularity in plastics industries moved closer to reality yesterday (23 November). Shell...

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Renewable Materials and the Future of Plastics

Picture of Jane Denny Jane Denny: Nov 23, 2021 12:00:00 AM

As COP26 delegates dissected the detail on decarbonising our world, chemical innovators ushered in sustainable solutions of their own. Late 2021 saw...

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