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JD Supra | March 13, 2020

President Trump has made it official: He intends to nominate Nancy B. Beck, a chemical industry insider and a scientist who built a record at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of scaling back safeguards against toxic substances, to lead one of the nation’s top and lately troubled consumer safety watchdogs. The ascent of Beck to head the Consumer Product Safety Commission has been anticipated and is unsurprising. It still angered consumer groups and Democrats, who pointed to her reco...

Prnewswire | May 21, 2020

Demand for some of the major polymers and petrochemicals have taken a hit with numerous countries under lockdown. Specialty chemicals used by automobile and construction industries will continue to witness a huge demand drop.

Chemical Management

Businesswire | May 15, 2023

Origin Materials, Inc. the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, and Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited, the world’s largest producer of virgin and recycled PET resins, today announced a strategic partnership to accelerate the mass production of bio-based materials. Origin Materials and Indorama Ventures signed a strategic memorandum of understanding to explore initiatives related to the rapid commercialization of low-carbon, bio-based materials. I...

Chemical Management

Carbios | March 02, 2023

On March 1, 2023, Carbios, a company at the forefront of developing and implementing biological technologies to transform the plastic and textile life cycle, has doubled its issued patent count since its last review in late 2020. Protection of Carbios’ processes As of now, Carbios and its subsidiary Carbiolice have a total of 336 patents across 53 patent families globally. In 2022, Carbios was granted several new patents protecting PET-degrading...