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Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies | January 11, 2022

Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies have announced a new agreement to promote the development of advanced plastic recycling. Under this agreement, Plastic Energy plans to build a second advanced recycling plant in Sevilla, Spain, in addition to their existing operational plant, which will transform end-of-life plastic waste into a recycled feedstock called TACOIL using Plastic Energy’s patented recycling technology. TotalEnergies will convert this raw material into virgin-quality polymers, wh...

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ExxonMobil | January 12, 2022

ExxonMobil is expanding its interests in biofuels that can help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, acquiring a 49.9% stake in Biojet AS, a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions biofuels and biofuel components. Biojet AS plans to develop up to five facilities to produce the biofuels and biofuel components. The company anticipates commercial production to begin in 2025 at a manufact...

Chemical Technology | February 10, 2020

Industrial gases supplier Air Liquide has signed three new long-term contracts with German chemical firm BASF for work in the Antwerp basin, Belgium. The signing of the new contracts builds on an existing partnership between the two firms. Air Liquide has been supplying gases to BASF’s Antwerp location for more than 50 years. It also operates five production plants at the basin. The new agreements include renewing the Airgas supply contract for 15 years. As agreed, Air Liquide will continu...

chemical watch | April 02, 2020

Chemical manufacturing and import associations in Taiwan have raised concerns over their members' ability to complete registration for the first batch of priority existing chemicals (Pecs) due to the impact of the coronavirus Covid-19. In 2019, Taiwan's EPA published a list of 106 Pecs subject to mandatory registration under the Toxic and Chemical Substances of Concern Control Act (TCSCCA). The requirement for companies to carry out strict ‘standard registration’ of the...