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11 July 20226 July 2022

INTERVIEW: Avangard Innovative CEO discusses challenges, opportunities of chemical recycling feedstock

Several companies have committed to incorporating post-consumer recycled (PCR) content into their packaging over the next 5-10 years, some with recycled content up to 100%

27 June 202220 June 2022

INTERVIEW: High energy prices to boost sustainability megatrend – Covestro CFO

Like all chemicals producers in Europe, the company is experiencing higher energy and raw materials costs, but in Q1 it was able to pass on over 90% of these costs and sees demand momentum carrying into Q2

18 January 202213 January 2022

The Year Ahead in Resin Pricing

More US resin capacity coming online, new opportunities for recycling, and the ripple effects of the wild ride of 2021 will affect resin prices in the year ahead, experts say

10 February 20219 September 2021

Mehr Transparenz für Recyclingkunststoffe

Der Recycling Supply Tracker von ICIS verschafft Kunden einen schnellen und umfassenden Überblick und informiert zu potenziellen Lieferanten

21 October 202019 October 2020

Braskem sets plastic sales record for Brazil in September

The increased sales mark a recovery from the sharp declines in plastic demand that hit the country in April and May

2 September 20209 September 2021

Mixed market reaction to EU plastics charge

New charge of €800/tonne for all non-recycled packaging waste will be paid by EU nations from 1 January 2021

15 April 20208 April 2020

INSIGHT: Europe glycerine spot prices post triple-digit rises on fears of further biodiesel output cuts

There is almost no material being seen in the crude glycerine market at the beginning of April

10 January 20204 January 2020

OUTLOOK ’20: Europe fatty acids, fatty alcohols demand diverges on end-market performance

The European fatty acids and fatty alcohols markets face diverging outlooks for 2020

13 November 201911 November 2019

Europe looking more to palm oil for fatty acids as tallow supplies shrink

ICIS reports that a growing shortage in Europe of fatty acids usually produced from tallow has the market looking to source palm oil as feedstock instead

12 November 201911 November 2019

Increased global biodiesel production to lengthen glycerine markets in 2020

An increase in global biodiesel production is likely to further lengthen the world's glycerine supply glut in 2020 as higher biodiesel mandates increase the supply of crude glycerine by-product

29 October 201924 October 2019

SABIC to keep looking at acquisitions, circularity to become core – exec

Saudi energy major Aramco plans to become the majority owner of SABIC by acquiring a 70% stake for $69bn

24 October 201819 October 2018

Stora Enso’s lignin wins ‘Best Product Innovation’ at the ICIS Innovation Awards

Judges recognised the impressive potential of Stora Enso’s versatile and renewable bio-based solution

29 November 201727 November 2017

New survey by Genomatica and ICIS: renewable chemicals will be in common use in five years

Survey covered topics including overall strategy and actions with regards to sustainable chemicals

28 November 201722 November 2017

Renewable Chemicals Accelerate Advance into Mainstream Chemical Industry

Fourth survey reveals increased importance, action and optimism; Genomatica, Novozymes and BASF rated as the leaders in sustainable technology

15 November 201612 November 2016

Polyolesters for Bio-based Lubricants and Lubricant Additives Market for Automotive Lubricants

Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2015 - 2023

6 September 20162 September 2016

Cargill expanding in cosmetics and personal care

New global general manager, Tony Jaillot will lead the business focused on plant-based, sustainably-sourced ingredients

17 July 20159 September 2021

S Arabia’s SABIC starts up CO2 utilisation plant in end-’15

SABIC is planning to start operations at the world’s largest carbon dioxide utilisation plant at its chemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia by the end of the year, a company official said - Plant construction is now complete and commissioning work is underway

1 June 201529 May 2015

Market outlook: Report on building a bio-based future

New Wageningen study about bio-based economy in the north of the Netherlands suggesting huge potential for the region

18 May 201515 May 2015

Bio-based surfactants roundup

GlycoSurf develops a novel chemical synthesis for producing rhamnolipids

16 March 201514 March 2015

Bio-based chemicals: Automotive materials go green

Specifying sustainably derived materials – such as new types of rubber and plastic – can help the car industry shrink its carbon footprint

5 December 20144 December 2014

The radical re-sourcing of tires, nylon, parachutes and balloons

Who’s in the global chase for a process to make one of the world’s Big 7 industrial chemicals via a renewable process — and how did Global Bioenergies just jump into the lead? The Digest investigates.

23 September 20149 September 2021

ACC: Development of biobased polyols for green polyurethanes has great potential

Commercialisation of a wider range of cost-competitive biobased polyols to drive expansion of sustainable PU segment

12 September 201411 September 2014

Chemical producers’ sustainability strategies on the rise

New survey by Genomatica and ICIS to show big players as the leaders in sustainable technology

10 September 20149 September 2014

Sustainability takes firmer hold in mainstream chemical industry

Most extensive survey to date, with almost 1,000 respondents, documents progress on multiple fronts; BASF, DuPont, Dow, Bayer and Genomatica seen as the leaders in sustainable technology

26 May 201425 May 2014

Berlin BIO-TIC Workshop: Use of IB in Bio-Surfactants

Preceding the Third ICIS European Surfactants Conference as a satellite event

11 December 201311 December 2013

ICIS Innovation Award Winners, Renmatix and Virent, Announce Collaboration on Bio-based Packaging

New Routes in Sustainable Chemistry Aim to Deliver Broader Supplies of Affordable Bioplastics

22 January 2013

Sustainability enters mainstream of chemical industry practices and planning, according to ICIS and Genomatica survey

71% have sustainability strategy in place or in process, and renewable materials have become increasingly important

8 January 2013

Top Molecules: The DOE’s 12 Top Biobased List – what’s worked out?

136,000 downloads later – let’s look at why this DOE paper on renewable chemicals from 2004 is such an enduring hit, and which of its 12 target molecules are looking like winners

14 July 2009

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