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ICIS | March 17, 2020

US chemical companies can apply measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus (Corvid-19), but it is essential that they are able to maintain operations, the American Chemistry Council (ACC) said. “Many ACC member companies have instituted telework policies to reduce the number of employees travelling to work and interacting with co-workers," the US-based industry group said in a Tuesday letter to US President Donald Trump and state governors. “However, the opera...

Chemical Technology | January 27, 2020

High flaring has started at ExxonMobil Chemical’s Fife ethylene plant (FEP) in Mossmorran, Scotland, as the facility resumes operations following its recent closure. ExxonMobil warned the public to expect increased flaring as part of the restart process. Two boilers at the plant were subject to a breakdown in August and were accompanied by explosions. The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) said it is continuing its deployment of air quality monitoring in various locations surr...

Chemical Management

Globally recognized | November 23, 2022

Globally recognized research and development leader Chris Heckle has been appointed as the first director of the Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory. Argonne established the MMIC with the goal of bringing advanced materials and chemical manufacturing technologies including energy storage and others essential for the clean energy transition to market faster, by cultivating and sustaining partnerships between...

Products and Technologies

Danimer Scientific &Chevron Phillips Chemical | September 23, 2021

Danimer Scientific, Inc., a leading next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced it is collaborating with Chevron Phillips Chemical (“CPChem”) to explore a loop slurry reactor design for the manufacture of Rinnovo . Rinnovo is a type of polyhydroxyalkanoate (“PHA”) synthesized from lactones produced using Danimer’s proprietary Novo22 catalyst technology that can be used in the product...