Procter & Gamble (P&G; Cincinnati, Ohio) has granted Cargill, Inc. (Minneapolis, Minn.) an exclusive license that allows Cargill to further develop and commercialize a technology developed by P&G that converts lactic acid into bio-based acrylic acid, so that it can…
Evonik Industries AG (Essen, Germany) and personal-care product manufacturer Beiersdorf AG (Hamburg, Germany) have reached an agreement on a research partnership. Its aim is to develop sustainable raw materials for care products, using carbon dioxide (CO2) as the starting material.…
NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) and Enerkem Inc. (Montréal, Québec, Canada) have entered into a joint development agreement to explore turning non-recyclable and non-compostable municipal waste into ethylene, a basic building block of plastics. Working together, the companies will…
BP plc (London, U.K.) has announced that bp Australia is taking part in a feasibility study related to an export-scale renewable hydrogen production facility in Western Australia. The extensive study will help BP and the energy sector better understand the possibilities of using hydrogen…
Inovyn, an Ineos company, has announced a “power to methanol” project in Antwerp, Belgium, which will produce methanol from captured CO2 combined with hydrogen that is generated from renewable electricity. Inovyn will contribute to a joint feasibility study as part…
Sulzer Chemtech Ltd. (Winterthur, Switzerland) has announced the creation of a new global Bio-based and Renewables application development team, which will lead innovation for the conversion of renewable feedstocks into oleo-chemicals, biofuels, bio-chemicals and bio-polymers. It will also support the…
Lucite International (LI), A group company of Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. (MCC; Tokyo), together with Agilyx Corp. (Tigard, Ore.), is working to progress circular solutions in Europe for Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA). PMMA is one of the very few plastics that can…
Ingevity Corp. (North Charleston, S.C.) and Ozinga Energy have announced a partnership to begin a field demonstration of adsorbed natural gas (ANG) bi-fuel pickup trucks. Developed by Adsorbed Natural Gas Products, Inc. and Ingevity, the ANG system is made possible…
Hong Kong is embarking on a semi-research project to facilitate territory-wide recycling of woody waste material. The Environmental Protection Department (EPD) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region has appointed Black & Veatch (BV; Overland Park, Kan.) to be…
Carbon capture technology from Aker Solutions ASA (Lysaker, Norway) has been approved for a full-scale demonstration project in Norway to remove carbon emissions at a cement plant. The technology was qualified by DNV GL, the technical advisor to the oil…