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Chemical Management

Capra Biosciences | June 07, 2022

Capra Biosciences officially announced it has raised $1.8 million in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round to advance their continuous-flow bioreactor technology, which changes the economics of making sustainable petrochemical replacements using biology. Capra will use the funding to build their production-scale reactor and extend its capabilities to include the production of lubricants. Located in the Prince William Science Accelerator, the company works at the intersection of...

Chemical Management

Tramontina | August 01, 2022

Shortly after announcing its partnership with Voice of the Oceans to combat plastic pollution in our seas, leading housewares manufacturer Tramontina USA today revealed its next actionable sustainability initiative: a transition from all non-recycled single-use poly bags used in packaging to bags with a minimum of 90% recycled content, reducing the packaging CO2 emissions by nearly 60%. A result of Tramontina's ongoing partnership with environmental consulting firm Searious Business, the imp...

Chemical Technology

Viridis Chemical | September 13, 2021

Viridis Chemical, LLC a manufacturer of renewable chemicals, announces the completion of the Phase I capital improvement to produce USP grade bio-based ethanol and the commencement of the Phase II capital improvement to produce bio-based ethyl acetate at its plant in Columbus, Nebraska. As previously disclosed, Viridis Chemical partnered with HELM U.S. Corporation in an exclusive Global Marketing Partnership regarding the products produced at the Columbus, Nebraska, plant and Koch...

Science and Research

StePac; BASF | December 15, 2022

BASF SE and StePac Ltd. have joined forces to create the next generation of sustainable packaging specifically for the fresh produce sector. Supplying StePac with its Ultramid® Ccycled™, a chemically recycled polyamide 6, BASF will provide its partner greater flexibility to advance contact-sensitive packaging formats to a higher sustainable standard within the circular economy. StePac, specialized in developing advanced functional packaging solutions, is pioneering the u...