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BIC Magazine | March 04, 2020

PTT Global Chemical, a subsidiary of PTT Group, is allocating $5 billion for its next investment in Ohio. Chief Executive Kongkrapan Intarajang said the company is on track to make a final decision on the U.S. project by mid-2020. The process is moving as planned, including approval from U.S. authorities, environmental assessments and the choice of a construction company, the CEO said. Since mid-2019, the company’s contractors have been engaged in site preparation, engineering and d...

Chemical Insights, Underwriters Laboratories, | July 24, 2020

Chemical Insights, an Institute of Underwriters Laboratories, announced today its research on the human health risks associated with 3D printer emissions has received a Top Project of the Year Award in the elite Environment + Energy Leader Awards program. The program’s expert judges consider this study a prime example of the important work being done today in the fields of energy and environmental management. 3D printers have been gaining popularity, but they also pose a hum...

Chemical Watch | March 12, 2020

The US EPA is considering imposing ‘unilateral orders’ to end the review process for a small subset of TSCA new chemicals notifications that have languished for months, according to recent remarks from the agency’s Alexandra Dunn. Speaking to delegates at ChemCon the Americas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania last week on the EPA’s efforts to reduce a stubborn backlog of pre-manufacture notices (PMNs) that have gone well beyond the required 90-day review period, the EPA&rsquo...

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Bioworks, Sumitomo Chemical Company Limited | June 08, 2021

Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. announced today the signing of a collaboration agreement with Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., one of Japan's leading chemical companies. Ginkgo is building the industry's best horizontal platform for cell programming to serve customers from various sectors looking to develop better products. Sumitomo Chemical intends to use Ginkgo's long-standing expertise in organism engineering to significantly improve the efficiency and sustainability of an essential bio-based c...