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ULTIMAKER | July 21, 2021

Braskem, the Americas' largest polyolefins producer and the world's leading producer of biopolymers, announced that their carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene filament for 3D printing and additive manufacturing is now available in the Ultimaker Marketplace. Braskem Polypropylene 3D Printing Filament Reinforced with Carbon Fiber - Main Characteristics: • 100% recycled carbon fiber content • High stiffness and strength - 6 times stron...

The Chemical Engineer | March 31, 2020

INEOS has completed construction of two new hand sanitiser production plants in the UK and Germany, meeting its target to start production within ten days. The chemicals firm announced seven days ago that it would build two plants each capable of producing 1m bottles of hand sanitiser per month, and has since confirmed it will build a third plant in France. There is a shortage of sanitiser, which helps prevent the spread of coronavirus. Ineos announced today that its new UK plant in Newton Aycli...

WHYY | January 29, 2020

Philadelphia and Pennsylvania sued the Environmental Protection Protection Agency Wednesday in a challenge to the agency’s rollback of an Obama-era chemical safety rule related to industrial facilities like the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery complex. The city and state joined 13 other states and the District of Columbia in a federal lawsuit that says the new rules violate the Clean Air Act. Patrick O’Neill, divisional deputy for environmental law for the city, said the EPA wa...

Yahoo Finance | February 27, 2020

The chemical industry, which reeled under the effects of the bitter tariff war between the United States and China last year, braces for another heavy hit from the coronavirus outbreak. Officially called COVID-19, the virus has so far claimed roughly 2,800 lives and infected more than 82,000 people in over 40 countries. Notably, the outbreak has been spreading fast outside China of late. The epidemic, which now appears to be hurtling into a full-blown pandemic, has raised concerns whether China&...