Bio-based chemicals and materials have launched from labs to demo to scale in droves in the last seven years, now reaching a technical tipping point where they are mature enough to measure in terms of manufacturing capacity. Total global capacity for 17 major bio-based materials doubled from 1.9 mil...
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News Commentary | January 08, 2021
Braskem's partnership with the University of Illinois is the first step in transitioning the CO2‑to‑PE pathway out of academia and is Braskem's effort to become carbon‑neutral by 2050. Companies commercializing CO₂‑to‑polymer technologies are focused on CO2 to polyols, PCs, and PHAs, which need ... To read more, click here.
Analyst Insight | February 11, 2022
It is no longer a hypothetical nor a pipe dream — LanzaTech's CO2‑derived chemicals have begun to make their way onto the market in consumer products, with new fragrance products slated to reach stores in the next few months. The fragrances are produced by multinational beauty company Coty and ... Not part of subscription
News Commentary | February 25, 2022
The global demand for MMA (methyl methacrylate) exceeded 6.8 million tonnes in 2020. But MMA producers have been slow to adopt biobased feedstocks, as they've done with precursors for more common plastics like polyethylene and polypropylene. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation and its subsidiary ... Not part of subscription