Riëd Structural Adhesives

ScienceDaily | July 02, 2020

New research by Carnegie's Olivier Gagné and collaborator Frank Hawthorne of the University of Manitoba categorizes the causes of structural asymmetry, some surprising, which underpin useful properties of crystals, including ferroelectricity, photoluminescence, and photovoltaic ability. Their findings are published this week as a lead article in the International Union of Crystallography Journal. "Understanding how different bond arrangements convey various useful ...

Chemical Technology

Eastman | January 17, 2022

This morning, French President Emmanuel Macron and Eastman Board Chair and CEO Mark Costa will jointly announce Eastman's plan to invest up to $1 billion in a material-to-material molecular recycling facility in France. This facility would use Eastman's polyester renewal technology to recycle up to 160,000 metric tonnes annually of hard-to-recycle plastic waste that is currently being incinerated. The investment would recycle enough plastic waste annually to fill Stade de ...

Chemical Technology

Azelis | January 17, 2022

Azelis a leading global innovation service provider in the specialty chemicals and food ingredients industry, announces the acquisition of a majority stake in Catalite Co., Ltd. a well-established distributor of specialty chemicals in the Personal Care and Home Care market segments, as well as industrial formulators, intermediates and coatings, in Thailand. The acquisition reinforces the Group’s footprint in the Life Sciences market, and complements its Industrial Chemicals ...

Chemical Technology, Raw Materials

Businesswire | June 05, 2023

Global chemical company OQ Chemicals has launched Oxbalance TCD Alcohol DM, a sustainable alternative to conventional TCD Alcohol DM (Tricyclodecane Dimethanol). The ISCC PLUS-certified product is made from more than 70% biobased and biocircular feedstocks. OQ Chemicals recently increased its production capacity for TCD Alcohol DM in 2022 and is now expanding the application range for this product with the biobased variant. Due to its special properties, Oxbalance TCD Alcohol DM is suitabl...