Blogs
Introducing P2 Science
Speaking of investing, our good friend Neil Burns and Connecticut, US-based Elm Street Ventures recently invested in newly formed company called P2 Science, which will focus on the development and manufacture of a new class of high performance carbohydrate-based...
Amyris partners with Wilmar in surfactants
This is an interesting development on the green surfactants sector with the news that Amyris is partnering with Singapore-based palm products (and oleochemicals) producer Wilmar. According to Amyris, it will establish a development, production and commercialization venture with Wilmar...
Elevance expands specialty chems output
Here are more recent announcements from Elevance. The blog might have already mentioned Elevance's announcement to collaborate with DSM on bio-based high performance specialty thermoplastics. Not much details were shared on what type of thermoplastics they're focusing on and in...
Elevance partners with Stepan
I received this news yesterday about Elevance teaming up with surfactant producer Stepan on the development and marketing of surfactants, antimicrobials and polyurethane polyols using Elevance's proprietary feedstock 9-decenoic esters and C18 dibasic ester. I wrote an article for ICIS...
Biobased Chemicals East: Day 1
Day one of the Biobased Chemicals East conference gave the green blog an opportunity to hear the side of end consumer companies looking to capitalize on the use of renewable-based chemicals such as wheat straw-based polypropylene in Ford Motor's...
P&G compacts US powder detergents
Procter & Gamble announced this week that it will compact its entire US and Canadian powder laundry detergents starting February 2011, which will help reduce waste, save energy and save water. The smaller packaging and compacted formulas will also reduced...
Green chemicals from June
Before I start working on my posts coming from the BIO Industrial Biotechnology conference, let me put out these new products launched last month... 1. Novozyme's new enzyme - Novozymes launched a new enzyme, Spirizyme Excel, that converts more starch...
Green surfactants on the rise
I've learned several new information about the development of new green surfactants from the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) meeting , which of course I'll share here.
Green surfactants on the rise
I've learned several new information about the development of new green surfactants from the American Oil Chemists Society (AOCS) meeting, which of course I'll share here. But first, an announcement from Cognis about their green surfactant alkyl polyglucoside (APG®) caught...
April green chemicals
Another late post for this month's new green chemicals. I'll try to do better next month but no guarantees! 1. Dow biobased plasticizers - Dow Chemical launched DOW ECOLIBRIUM™ Bio-Based Plasticizers, a new family of phthalate-free plasticizers for use in...
