One of the world’s leading sustainable plastics producers, Cereplast has signed a resin distribution agreement with Mastercolor AB, a marketer and distributor of compostable resins and masterbatches to the plastic processing industry in Scandinavia.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Aug 2011
Albemarle has been awarded a contract to manufacture and supply high-performance renewable base oils from Amyris' renewable farnesene to Novvi, a Brazilian company.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Aug 2011
A report on the polymer foam materials industry in China has been released by Research and Markets. The industry is growing faster and the output has reached 2.414 Mt in 2010 with an average annual growth rate of 18.1% starting from 2001 to 2010.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Aug 2011
The Bosch Group, a global supplier of technology and services, announced that Robert Bosch will construct a pilot production line to carry out basic research on production processes and materials for developing next-generation lithium-ion cells.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Aug 2011
Rice University scientists have devised a solid-state supercapacitor using carbon nanotube bundles.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Aug 2011
Ernesto Joselevich, who serves at the Weizmann Institute's Chemistry Faculty, and his team of researchers have developed an innovate method to grow comparatively longer and well aligned semiconductor nanowires.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
24 Aug 2011
iSmithers Rapra Publishing has announced the release of Practical Guide to High Performance Engineering Plastics.
Xenoy iQ* resin from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics strategic business unit – chosen by Ford for the pedestrian safety system of its 2011 C-MAX multipurpose vehicle (MPV) – has helped the automaker earn a five-star rating from the independent safety organization Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Program).
R3 Fusion, a cleantech company engaged in the development and commercial application of process intensification technology, has obtained an order from Li3 Energy, a developmental stage firm in the lithium mining and energy sector, to investigate the application of R3 Fusion’s in house evaporation technology to process lithium-containing chemicals and brines.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
Ashland Performance Materials, a global provider of epoxy vinyl ester resins and unsaturated polyester resins, announced the commercial availability of Aroset AGX-L adhesive in Europe.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
Genomatica, a technology leader in the chemical industry, has achieved another milestone with the successful production of butadiene, one of the basic chemicals from renewable feedstocks.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
Graham Kraehe, Chairman of BlueScope Steel, stated that the company’s board has agreed for a key restructuring of its Australian operations in order to enhance its profit and growth.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
Paladin Energy has declared that it has inked a series of term uranium sales deals with three US customers for the Langer Heinrich Stage 3 expansion’s output.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
American Vanadium announced that the initial production of two superior products, vanadium electrolyte and vanadium pentoxide (purple flake) has commenced after a pilot scale metallurgical testing process.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011
New Energy Technologies, a developer of innovative renewable energy technologies, announces that a working lab-scale prototype has been designed by researchers using the latest electricity-generating coatings.
By Dr. Cameron Chai
23 Aug 2011