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Chemical Technology

KBR | August 03, 2021

KBR and Petron Scientech Inc. (PSI) announced today that they have signed an alliance agreement to license differentiated, energy-efficient, and sustainable technologies for renewable chemicals production. Under this agreement, KBR will be the exclusive licensor for PSI's Ethylene Oxide / Ethylene Glycol (K-MEG℠), Alcohol Dehydration (K-SEET℠) and Maleic Anhydride (Max-Leic℠) technologies, which are used to convert ethanol into ethylene and further derivative chemicals used in...

American Chemical Society | July 08, 2020

For PNNL chemist and Air Force veteran Kabrena Rodda, living by an honor code is second nature. Her time at the Air Force Academy as both a cadet and later an instructor, instilled in her the value—and possibility—of a community that joins to uphold a standard of ideals, honesty, and responsibility. This background made Rodda well positioned to join with the American Chemical Society and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to establish an honor cod...

Chemical Management

Origin Materials, Inc. | June 08, 2022

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has awarded Origin Materials, Inc. the world’s leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, in partnership with Professor Mark Mascal of the University of California, Davis its prestigious Green Chemistry Challenge Award in the category of Specific Environmental Benefit – Climate Change. Origin Materials and UC Davis together were one of just five 2022 Green Chemistry...

Chemical Management

PureCycle Technologies | July 30, 2021

PureCycle Technologies, Inc. has agreed to establish its first U.S. cluster plant to make ultra-pure recycled polypropylene (rPP) from waste polypropylene with The Augusta Economic Development Authority (PP). The 200-acre site at Augusta Corporate Park will produce over 80 manufacturing jobs, with an initial $440 million investment largely funding three lines with a capacity of 130mm pounds during Phase 1 of the project. Augusta-Richmond County was chosen because of its feed and product delivery...