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Society of Chemical Industry | October 07, 2022

Budding entrepreneurs with scientific business ideas that could benefit society could turn them into reality by entering the 2023 SCI Bright SCIdea Challenge. This international competition provides training and mentoring for budding entrepreneurs and gives them the opportunity to win funding to help launch their business. Now it its 5th year, this successful competition has helped launch new businesses as well as support starts-up in their early stages. Previous winners include Sphera, who have...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT, PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGIES

ExxonMobil | December 15, 2022

ExxonMobil today announced successful startup of one of the largest advanced recycling facilities in North America. The facility at the company’s integrated manufacturing complex in Baytown, Texas, uses proprietary technology to break down hard-to-recycle plastics and transform them into raw materials for new products. It is capable of processing more than 80 million pounds of plastic waste per year, supporting a circular economy for post-use plastics and helping divert plastic waste curre...

Prnewswire | September 29, 2020

Today, Transform Materials does just that – transforming the petrochemical industry by converting this abundant resource into two important chemical building-blocks. Rather than use crude oil to make the building blocks for essential products like plastics and pharmaceuticals, Transform Materials' energy-efficient process instead uses the methane in natural gas, converting it into high-value hydrogen and acetylene using microwave plasma technology. Transform's patented conversion p...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Italmatch Chemicals | June 29, 2022

Italmatch Chemicals, a leading global specialty chemical group focused on the production and marketing of performance additives for the processing and treatment of water, oil & gas, industrial lubricants and plastics, has acquired Aubin Group from BGF, investor of equity capital in the UK and Ireland. Headquartered in Scotland, Aubin is a key strategic developer and supplier of innovative chemical solutions for the oil and gas industry and the renewable energy sector with office and warehous...