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Zymergen | September 09, 2020

Science and material innovation company Zymergen today announced $300M in new investment to accelerate its delivery of revolutionary, high performance materials. The investment includes initial Series D funding led by Baillie Gifford, joined by Baron Capital Group and one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds, as well as additional growth financing from Perceptive Advisors. A number of current investors are also returning, and Zymergen expects to raise additional capital in Q4 as par...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Origin Materials, Inc. and Avantium | February 24, 2023

Origin Materials, Inc. and Avantium N.V. have announced a partnership to speed up the large-scale production of FDCA and PEF. Origin Materials is a global leader in carbon-negative materials, focused on driving the world's shift towards sustainable materials. At the same time, Avantium is a prominent technology company in renewable chemistry. The partnership aims to develop these materials in advanced chemicals and plastics. Through the partnership, Origin's patented car...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Origin Materials, Inc. | February 07, 2022

Origin Materials, Inc. the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and the Green Chemistry Division of the Minafin Group a global specialty chemical company, are entering into a strategic partnership to industrialize high-value specialty materials based on Origin’s carbon-negative materials. The partnership includes multiple collaboration areas and is an important milestone for br...

Norfolk Southern | September 30, 2020

Norfolk Southern (NYSE: NSC) recognizes 58 chemical customers who earned its 2019 Thoroughbred Chemical Safety Award for safely handling products regulated as hazardous materials. These companies safely shipped at least 1,000 carloads – a combined total of more than 284,000 carloads – over Norfolk Southern's rail network without a single incident in 2019. As common carriers, Norfolk Southern and other U.S. railroads have obligations to provide transportation for companies that ma...