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CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Dymapak | July 23, 2021

Dymapak, the world's leading manufacturer of innovative child-resistant packaging solutions for many applications and industries, has announced a new initiative and collaboration with the social enterprise Plastic Bank. Plastic Bank reduces ocean plastic by constructing ethical recycling ecosystems and reprocessing plastic-based materials for reintroduction into the global supply chain. In addition, it improves the lives of collectors in coastal communities. The...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

Lummus Technology, LLC; Chevron Lummus Global | December 23, 2021

Lummus Technology's Green Circle and Chevron Lummus Global announced the integration of multiple technologies from their portfolios for application in the circular economy. The partners will use a combination of the Lummus New Hope Energy plastic pyrolysis technology, CLG's ISOCONVERSION technology and Lummus' steam cracking technology to provide operators the ability to produce steam cracker products in large quantities from hydroprocessed mixed-waste plastic pyrolysis oil. <...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Evolve Lubricants, Inc. | February 23, 2022

Evolve Lubricants, Inc. maker of high-performance non-petroleum lubricants for passenger car motor oil and industrial applications, announced Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG tested Evolve's EvoSyn™ non-petroleum renewable and sustainable motor oil in July of 2021. Porsche AG has invited Evolve Lubricants, Inc.'s co-founder, President, & CEO Rick Lee to publish and present the results of the engine testing at the 9th International Engine Congress 2022 in Baden-Baden, Germany, Feb. 2...

Chemical Week | April 03, 2020

Following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, Nova Chemicals has implemented several safety measures within its sites, including major cuts in construction activities. “We’re keeping our site-critical workers safe with enhanced protocols, and we’ve reduced all our construction activities [by] 90%, to only those most essential, says Todd Karran, CEO. The chemical industry has been designated an essential critical infrastructure in the US and an esse...