UPM Biodchemicals GmbH: Acquires SunCoal Industries GmbH Link...
UPM Biochemicals has acquired SunCoal Industries GmbH, a German-based company that developed a unique technology portfolio to produce performance products from renewable raw materials. UPM will integrate SunCoal's technology into the production of UPM's BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF).
Chandra Asri: Collaborating with LX International to Develop Renewable Raw Materials Link...
Chandra Asri is collaborating with LX International for a potential investment in developing a Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) facility that can produce renewable feedstock in the form of Bio-Naptha. This raw material will be used to develop chemical and plastic products such as Bio-Polyethylene (PE), Bio-Polypropylene (PP), Bio-Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), and Bio-Solution Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SSBR) as an effort to support Chandra Asri towards sustainable production of polymer raw materials.
UPM Biodchemicals GmbH: Launches UPM BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers Link...
UPM has launched its BioMotion™ Renewable Functional Fillers (RFF) offering a sustainable alternative to fossil-based carbon black and precipitated silica.
The RFF range of products will be produced from sustainably sourced hardwood at UPM's biorefinery in Leuna, Germany (under construction). UPM is currently using test batches of RFF to work with the leading companies in the rubber-processing industry globally on the development, qualification, and pre-industrial production of final products for various industries. Mass production of RFF in Leuna will ramp up during 2023
Versalis: New Certified Product Range for Sustainability Link...
Versalis has obtained ISCC PLUS certification for monomers, intermediates, polymers and elastomers produced with sustainable raw materials, from bionaphtha and chemical recycling, at the Brindisi, Porto Marghera, Mantua, Ferrara and Ravenna plants. The bio attributed range is made from bionaphtha, whereas the bio circular range is made from recycled oil obtained from the chemical recycling of mixed plastic waste.
Versalis' certified products include monomers and intermediates such as ethylene, propylene, benzene, styrene, butadiene, and polymers such as polyethylene (LDPE, HDPE, LLDPE), styrenics (PS, EPS and ABS), and elastomers (SBR, BR, EPDM) that do not differ in their chemical composition and physical-mechanical performance from those made from fossil-based raw materials.
Sustainable Development: Researchers at Bath University Develop Bio-Polymer from Xylose Found in Wood Link...
Scientists from Bath's Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies have made a sustainable polymer using the second most abundant sugar in nature, xylose. Not only does the new nature-inspired material reduce reliance on crude oil products, but its properties can also be easily controlled to make the material flexible or crystalline. The polymer, from the polyether familly, has a variety of potential uses including a building block for polyurethane used in mattresses and shoe soles.
Wacker Chemie AG: Offering Silicone Sealants Based on Renewable Raw Materials Link...
Wacker has extended its product portfolio to include silicone sealants based on renewable raw materials. The Elastosil® eco brand now launched in Europe uses bio-based methanol in its production.
Apart from silicon, which is manufactured by reducing quartzite with coke, an important raw material for manufacturing the polymer used for silicone sealants is methanol. Wacker uses methanol derived from fossil raw materials and from biomass. If methanol from both plant and fossil based sources is used within an integrated production system, the portion of raw materials derived from biomass can be determined and explicitly allocated to individual sales products.
Trinseo S.A.: Forms Commercial Partnership with Tyre Recycling Solutions Link...
Trinseo has reached definitive agreements with Tire Recycling Solutions (TRS) on a commercial collaboration and equity investment in TRS. The transaction is expected to close later this quarter.
The two companies will collaborate on research and development to help tire manufacturers develop more sustainable tire formulations. TRS builds global solutions for the collection, processing and recycling of scrap tires through the development and implementation of innovative technologies and business processes. The TRS technology toolbox utilizes a unique water-jet milling process which can produce high performance powder for use as raw materials in a variety of industrial rubber products and high value applications and compounds. TRS derives its revenue from equipment sales, licenses and sale of high-performance rubber powder under its globally trademarked brand name TyreXol™