BASF, Ludwigshafen, Germany, and American technology provider Renmatix Inc. of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, will jointly scale up the Renmatix Plantrose process for the production of industrial sugars based on lignocellulosic biomass. The ...
African-Americans disproportionately affected by generator-related CO poisonings Carbon monoxide (CO) is an invisible killer, and portable gas generators emit a lot of CO. Portable generators were involved in the majority of carbon ...
Tags: Service, certification, Policy
BASF, the world's leading chemical company, will build a compounding plant for engineering plastics Ultramid® (polyamide) and Ultradur® (polybutylene terephthalate, PBT) compounds in Yesan, Chung Nam Province, Korea. The new plant ...
Tags: BASF, build a compounding plant, polyamide, polybutylene terephthalate
Specialty chemicals company Archroma has opened its first sustainable effluent treatment (SET) facility at its textile chemical site in Jamshoro, Pakistan. With an investment of PKR371m (US$3.5m), the facility is Archroma's biggest-ever ...
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Following the successful launch this year of KCC Beauty, the latest brand from KCC and Basildon Chemicals, the first SCS Formulate for the new brand was equally successful. The merging of the two silicone brands brings new textures and ...
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The Cornelius Cosmetics 'Pamper, Performance, Products' sections at SCS Formulate highlighted the latest launches by world leading manufacturers. These manufacturers included BASF, Guangzhou Tinci, Huber Engineered Materials, Jeen, ...
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US chlor-alkali facilities operated at 85% of capacity in November, data from the Chlorine Institute showed Tuesday. The operating rates were up six percentage points from October's 79%. The trade association said US chlor-alkali ...
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Helene Herman, director of global marketing for New York-based Lee Spring, which has a distribution center and sales offices in China, was one of more than 100 business and trade group representatives at a conference on the importance of ...
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Necessity is the mother of invention, which is as true for package development professionals as for garage tinkerers. We spoke recently with Aron James Clarkson, designer-inventor and CEO of StarOne Group, who says he's in business to ...
China's electricity consumption grew 7.5 percent year on year to 4.83 trillion kilowatt hours (kwh) between January and November, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC). Use by primary industry totaled 93.5 billion kwhs, up 0.1 ...
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ACID (Anti Copying in Design) has announced the launch of ACID Marketplace - a safer online IP platform, through which buyers can view the latest designs created by ACID members, who are supported by an enhanced ACID Design Databank and ...
Sports apparel brand Nike Inc., Beaverton, Ore., has opened a water-free dyeing facility at its Taiwan-based contract manufacturer Far Eastern New Century Corp. (FENC). The new facility utilizes the Netherlands-based DyeCoo Textile Systems ...
Japan's ethylene production in November edged up 3.4% from October to 598,700 mt, and jumped 10.8% year on year, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said late Wednesday. The ministry also announced that Japan's exports of ethylene ...
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A mechanic can be recognized by his/her hands. However, the scenario has changed a lot in recent years. These days, mechanics gloves are worn by them to carry out the work. Wearing theselatex gloves prevents their hands from scrapes, cards, ...
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The Sustainable Apparel Coalition (SAC), a trade association comprised of brands, retailers, manufacturers, government and non-governmental organizations and academic experts, and representing more than a third of the global apparel and ...
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