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  • Breakthrough in sugar chemicals

    Another eureka moment in the world of green chemistry is Genomatica 's development of sugar-based 1,4 butanediol (BDO), a key feedstock in the manufacturing of hundreds of industrial chemicals for making plastics, rubber and fiber products. The privately-held company, which has the backing of several...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 09-16-2008

  • New green chems in July

    I thought July would be a lull time for companies to launch new green chemicals but I seem to have my own record-breaking number of products this month. Either that or I'm just lazier the previous months in scanning new product news. Congratulations to the top 7 chemicals that made the list! Why...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 08-01-2008

  • What smells worse than manure?

    The answer to that is crude oil extracted from pig manure, according to these resourceful and brave chemists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The NIST team said they were able to analyze the chemical components of pig manure-based crude oil, which was developed by engineer...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 06-13-2008

  • New green chemicals offerings - March Madness

    Plastics and wastes seem to be the focus of new green products and technologies launched last month and here are some of them: 1. Plastinum blendymer plastics - Plastinum Polymer Technologies commercialized its first compounds made from recycled mixed post-consumer plastics manufactured using the company's...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 04-01-2008

  • Chem feedstock turns green

    ICIS Chemical Business ( about ICB ) published an in-depth feature on March 10 about renewable, more environment-friendly alternative feedstock for chemicals production. The development of these new feedstock continues to gain momentum as crude oil price skyrockets and chemical regulations tighten. These...
    Posted to ICIS Blogs (Weblog) by Anonymous on 03-24-2008
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