At the beginning of May, the Chemistry of Advanced Materials council of the Top Sector Chemistry gave the green light for nine new projects in the Biobased Performance Materials (BPM) program. Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research, together with 25 partners, will be focusing on materials made from plant-based raw materials.
Nanomaterials commonly used in sunscreens and boat-bottom coatings are making sea urchin embryos more vulnerable to toxins, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
Evonik Industries, one of the world's leading suppliers of methacrylate chemistry products, doubled its production capacities for VISIOMER® MAAH (methacrylic anhydride) at its site in Worms, Germany, in 2015.
Elemica, a supply chain operating network provider for the process industries, has received an Enterprise Award from the Greater Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology (PACT).
WACKER POLYMERS is raising its prices for VINNAPAS® vinyl acetate homopolymer dispersions as well as VINNAPAS vinyl acetate-ethylene and VINNOL® ethylene-vinyl chloride-based copolymer dispersions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Officials with U.S. Zinc announced that the company has begun implementation of a project to expand production at its Changshu, China, zinc oxide plant.