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FOX 32 Chicago | April 09, 2020

While a lot of businesses are closing and laying off workers, it’s full speed ahead at Seeler Industries in Joliet. The mom and pop company manufactures a chemical that’s at the forefront in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. “We’re just trying to make the best of a very difficult situation,” said Steve Seeler, Owner. The family-owned chemical manufacturing plant is the nation’s leading supplier of Peracetic Acid, or what you might call the COVID-19 Kill...

Chemical Engineering | March 01, 2020

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Chemical Watch | March 02, 2020

Several projected timelines have been extended under the US EPA’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) programme, according to the first update on its activities issued this year. Released last week, the schedule of activity for the independent hazard assessment programme shifted back various dates for chemical reviews, including for arsenic, methylmercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and perfluorodecanoate (PFDA), among others. Both ethyl tertiary butyl ether (ETBE) and tert-but...

Chemical Technology

Lucite International | October 28, 2020

Lucite International (LI) and Agilyx Corporation, a pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics, announced today plans to pursue a commercial-scale trial for the recycling of PMMA, commonly known as acrylic, at Agilyx's Tigard, Oregon facility. Following the success of an initial smaller-scale trial using Agilyx's molecular recycling technology, LI, with the support of parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), will further advance its collaboration with Agilyx to ...