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Huue | August 19, 2021

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc., which is building the leading horizontal platform for cell programming, today announced a new cell program in partnership with Huue, a biotech startup that's pioneering sustainable bio-based dyes for the fashion industry and beyond. Ginkgo, which recently announced a business combination with Soaring Eagle Acquisition Corp., serves customers across industries seeking to develop new and better products using biology. Huue will leverage Ginkgo's platform to optimize ...

American Chemistry Council | June 26, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed the US and world economies into the worst recession in decades, and the US chemical industry will see a sharp decline before rebounding next year, according to the an updated outlook from the American Chemistry Council (ACC). The trade association’s baseline prediction is for a 9.3% decline in US chemical production volume this year. Its pessimistic outlook, in which COVID-19 cases start spiking again, is for a 14.7% production decline, and i...

Raw Materials

PR Newswire | July 28, 2023

Enerkem, the first company in the world to produce bio-methanol from mixed waste at commercial scale, and Dimeta, a joint venture between two of the largest off-grid energy suppliers, have announced that they are initiating feasibility studies for the development of two large scale projects that will convert waste into renewable and recycled carbon dimethyl ether (DME). DME is a clean-burning fuel that can support decarbonisation of the off-grid energy sector, including heating,...

Chemical Management, Raw Materials

Prnewswire | March 31, 2023

Marathon Oil Corporation through its affiliated company Marathon E.G. Holding Limited, announced it has signed a Heads of Agreement with the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (E.G.) and Noble Energy E.G. Ltd, a Chevron company, to progress the next phases (Phases II and III) in the development of the Equatorial Guinea Regional Gas Mega Hub (GMH). "We are excited about this critical milestone in the ongoing development of Punta Europa as a world-class hub for the monetization of...