The global production capacity of biodegradable plastics will grow to 975,000 mt/year in 2017, up around 1% on the year, Nguyen Nhu Khue, managing director at Lotus Chemical Technology, said Friday in a paper presented at Specialty ...
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Spanish research institute Aimplas has developed a new method to produce polylactic acid (PLA), as part of the European project InnoREX. The institute has used an extruder as a reactor to produce PLA from lactide without using metallic ...
The Mumbai chapter of SDC EC recently organised its 5th National Students Competition – Young Talent Search 2015 at the Textiles Committee’s office in Mumbai. The theme for this year’s competition was ‘Innovations ...
Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas (SCC), a brewery in Vialonga near Lisbon, Portugal, has significantly reduced water usage by improving operating performance and reliability with help from GE’s (NYSE: GE) advanced membranes and ...
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BASF and its customers are innovating with plastics solutions in Asia Pacific to address the sustainability challenges of the region and the world. At Chinaplas 2014, BASF will demonstrate solutions that help local and international ...
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A plaque in memory of the former director of the Gomel Glass Works, an honorary citizen of the city Dmitri Zaliznyak opened in Gomel. The event is timed to the 80th anniversary of the "Gomelsteklo" , BelTA learned in the ideological work, ...
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Ethanol processed from corn and other plants could serve as the new sustainable raw material for a huge variety of products, including textiles, which are currently made from petrochemical products. Ethanol which is further processed ...
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Process engineers, plant and production professionals attending the 2013 Chem Show in New York City this December 10-12th can learn valuable consulting tips courtesy of the Association of Consulting Chemists and Chemical Engineers (ACC&CE), ...
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Agr International, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of several new employees to the staff of its American Glass Research division. The three new staff members will augment the capabilities of the current team and provide additional ...
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China, the largest textile producing country, is planning to develop textile raw materials, such as olefin and polyester, using coal in order to reduce its dependence on imported petroleum, according to South Korea- based recent report by ...
ExxonMobil Chemical's affiliate ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing has signed an agreement to license its tubular process technology to Sasol North America for a low density polyethylene (LDPE) plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, US. ...
Sasol North America plans to build a new low density polyethylene plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana, and will use ExxonMobil Chemical's tubular process technology for its operations, the companies said. The 420,000 my/year plant is ...
Iranian petrochemical research techniques (PRTC) recently announced that the Iran experts had mastered 40 kinds local skills of petrochemical products. Mr Gholamreza Jokar, the chief of Iran's petroleum and chemical technology company ...
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A new oxodegradable polymer, a kind of plastic that can decompose in a couple of months when exposed to sunlight, has been developed by the scientists from the Institute of Chemical Technology, Matunga in Mumbai, India. The polymer was ...
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French automaker Faurecia and Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology (ICT) have signed an agreement to jointly work on R&D engineering and prototypes for advanced industrial processes for composites in the automotive field. Under ...
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