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Evonik launches new LED UV-curable silicone products made from recycled raw materials to create more sustainable label release liners
● Innovative single-component separation solutions meet the industry’s demand for sustainable products ● TEGO® RC 2000 LCF is produced based on recycled silicone raw materials and can be cured using t…
Sumitomo Chemical will exit Japan’s nylon raw material cyclohexanone production business
Sumitomo Chemical has decided to close the cyclohexanone production unit at its Ehime plant in Japan and exit the business. The production unit is scheduled to shut down at the end of March 2024. Cycl…
Trelleborg opens first manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions begins production at its first manufacturing facility in Vietnam, an 8,000 square meter state-of-the-art facility in Long Thanh. It uses the latest compression and injecti…
Shandong Wansheng plans to significantly reduce the scale of its 100,000-ton high-end epoxy resin and additives project
On December 1, Wansheng Co., Ltd. issued an announcement from Zhejiang Wansheng Co., Ltd. on the adjustment of some fundraising projects and the postponement of fundraising projects. Project name: Int…
Another bio-based materials company was registered!
Yuanli Technology announced that it plans to separately invest 100 million yuan in its own funds to establish a wholly-owned subsidiary, Xing’an Meng Yuanli Biotechnology Co., Ltd. The business scope …
Southwest Research Institute’s methanol synthesis catalyst passed 110% load performance assessment
Southwestern Chemical Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd. (referred to as Southwest Institute) recently received the methanol synthesis catalyst performance assessment report from Guoneng Yulin Ch…
Plite is newly authorized for invention patent: “A low-odor and low-emission PC/ABS and its preparation method”
Plit has newly obtained an invention patent authorization. The patent is called “A low-odor and low-emission PC/ABS and its preparation method”. The patent application number is CN202111597527.3, and …
Over 10 billion investment, full environmental impact assessment of 1 million tons of ethylene in Yangzi-Yangba released
On December 4, the Jiangsu Environmental Protection Public Network released the full environmental impact assessment of the light hydrocarbon comprehensive utilization project of Nanjing Yangzi Yangba…
The carbon footprint of BASF’s BDO and polyTHF products is well below the global market average
From early 2024, BASF will offer its 1,4-butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF®) as “low PCF” products. BASF calculated the product carbon footprint (PCF) of these two chemicals. The resul…
BASF’s isocyanate-based additive extends the service life of asphalt pavements
An isocyanate-based additive from BASF has been used to improve the durability of asphalt pavements. Dag Wiebelhaus, BASF’s global head of monomer product innovation, described the company’…
