Croda International Plc, a manufacturer of specialty chemical ingredients, held a ceremonial groundbreaking on a plant that will enable the production of 100-percent sustainable non-ionic surfactants.

Nebraska Public Power District  (NPPD), Nebraska’s largest electric utility, plans to replace an existing coal-fired boiler at its Sheldon Station plant in Hallam, NE, with one that uses clean-burning hydrogen fuel.

Elevance Renewable Sciences Inc. was named a 2015 New Energy Pioneer award winner by Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

A consortium of companies in the European process industry comprising the areas of biotechnology, renewable resources, chemistry, process engineering, and equipment supply, as well as research organizations, recently launched project PRODIAS (PROcessing Diluted Aqueous Systems).

Biobased chemicals company GFBiochemicals, Milan, Italy, is starting commercialization of its levulinic acid.

Green Biologics (GBL) announced the closing of an internal follow-on equity round of $42 million co-led by Swire Pacific Limited and Sofinnova Partners.

At the end of 2012, this sustainability blog was full of encouragement and optimism about the progress that the coatings industry would make in the following year.

Stora Enso announced that it is concentrating its new biomaterials business development in an Innovation Centre to be located in the Stockholm area of Sweden.

Ardleigh Minerals Inc. has earned the 2014 Weatherhead 100 Award as one of the fastest-growing companies in Northeast Ohio.

PPG Industries held a seminar on eco-friendly painting for automotive collision repair in Shenzhen, China, to positively respond to the city’s 2014 Air Quality Improvement Initiative.