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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?

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...

Image shows a paintbrush overlaid on four pots of paint

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Sustainable Routes to Polyurethane

Tecnon OrbiChem: Apr 13, 2022 9:35:30 AM

It could be considered one of the plastics world's most contradictory materials. Notoriously under-recycled due to technical difficulty, polyurethane...

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Innovation in Pyrolysis Picks up Pace in Q4 2021

Tecnon OrbiChem: Apr 1, 2022 8:16:40 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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Innovation in pyrolysis picks up pace in Q4 2021

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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Pyrolysis Projects on a Hot Investment Streak

Doris de Guzman: Oct 21, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Pyrolysis is the thermal degradation/decomposition process that occurs in the absence of oxygen, which results in the production of pyrolytic liquid...

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Funding Heats Up For Biotech Material Developers

Doris de Guzman: Sep 24, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Funding, investments and grants continue to soar for biotech materials developers, especially after several successful IPOs from companies such as...

Employees attending the Zymergen NASDAQ opening event to celebrate being publicly traded.

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Rising Commercialization of Specialty High-Temperature Bio-based Polymers

ResourceWise: Jun 3, 2021 12:00:00 AM

As of 22 April, California, USA-based biofacturing company Zymergen began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol “ZY” and...

Example of a forest for harvesting woody biomass for feedstock to develop chemicals.

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Pine-Based Chemicals Market Update

ResourceWise: Apr 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Kraton Corporation announced on 17 February a general price increase of 10% across its entire pine chemicals and alpha methyl styrene (AMS) resins...

Graph showing the cellulosic fibers market.

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Cellulosic Fibers – The Sequel

ResourceWise: Mar 15, 2021 12:00:00 AM

Following Tecnon OrbiChem’s report last year on Cellulosic Fibers based on the Nova-Institute Cellulosic Fibers conference, how has the outlook for...