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Zawya | June 14, 2020

The chemical industry in the Arabian Gulf must plan and prepare for the post-COVID period, turning adversity into advantage, and capitalize on the lessons learned to retain and enhance its global competitiveness, according to the Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA). In a newly released white paper entitled ‘COVID and Chemicals’ GPCA provides exclusive insights into the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on supply and demand, petrochemical prices, the dual shock from ...

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UGI Corporation | January 06, 2022

UGI Corporation announced today that it has entered into a 15-year agreement with California-based technology developer, Vertimass, to utilize their catalytic technology to produce renewable fuels from renewable-ethanol in the U.S. and Europe. The agreement centers on the development of production facilities using Vertimass’ catalytic technology to convert renewable ethanol into renewable-propane and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). The technology enables flexible production...

Cardiff University | July 14, 2020

Cardiff University scientists have devised a new way of making reactions up to 70 times faster by using state-of-the-art equipment to spin chemicals around. They found that efficient mixing within a chemical reaction could be achieved by spinning chemicals and catalysts around in a small tube, causing the reactions to happen much quicker. The new findings could have a profound influence on the way that chemicals are made in a wide variety of industries, from drug development to ag...

Digital Commerce 360 | February 17, 2020

We experimented in the second half of 2019 with selected pilot customers in the U.S.,” says CheMondis managing director Sebastian Brenner. We are planning to look at a potential roll-out in the second half of 2020—the U.S. is a significant market for chemical products. Details on which U.S. chemical manufacturers, distributors and other buyers and sellers CheMondis is working with weren’t released, but globally CheMondis is making progress building up marketplace buyers and sel...