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Versalis S.p.A.

19 July 202219 July 2022

Versalis presents 2022-2025 business plan to trade unions

Versalis met recently in Rome with representatives of national and local trade unions to present its business plan for the next four years

6 April 202231 March 2022

Versalis and Novamont strengthen green chemistry partnership

Joint aim is to enhance the company’s technology and production assets in order to fully develop its products, also by focusing on growth in the previously referenced markets

4 March 20222 March 2022

Versalis: the production of bioethanol up and running at Crescentino

Versalis, Eni's chemical company, announces that it has begun the production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic biomass at Crescentino (Vercelli).

17 February 202211 February 2022

LANXESS and Matrìca team up to produce sustainable preservatives from renewable raw materials

Matrìca plant at Porto Torres will supply LANXESS with bio-based raw materials from vegetable oils which LANXESS will use to broaden its Preventol range

LANXESS und Matrìca kooperieren bei Herstellung von Konservierungsmitteln aus nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

Matrìca will LANXESS mit biobasierten Rohstoffen aus pflanzlichen Ölen beliefern, damit LANXESS sein bewährtes Preventol-Sortiment um eine neue Serie von industriellen Konservierungsmitteln erweitern kann

2 February 202226 January 2022

Update in metathesis technology commercialisation

Metathesis opened up opportunities to produce many new molecules including those that were developed by Elevance using plant oils

3 January 20221 January 2022

Adriano Alfani talks to Il Bioeconomista

An exclusive interview with the CEO of Versalis

15 November 202110 November 2021

Versalis: Porto Torres (Sardinia) develops the raw material for Sunpower, a herbicide produced from renewable sources

A solution made from vegetable oils that eliminates weeds by working in tandem with sun radiation has been released

26 October 202122 October 2021

Accelerating electrification with the “Cracker of the Future” Consortium

Today the “Cracker of the Future” consortium announces two new members and accelerating the development of a game changing technology for the electrification of the steam cracking process. This enables a revolutionary decrease in greenhouse gas emissions

Repsol + Versalis: Beteiligung am Konsortium “Cracker of the Future”

Das “Cracker of the Future” Konsortium freut sich über zwei neue Mitglieder und kann seine wegweisende Entwicklung zur Verstromung des Steamcrackerverfahrens derart steigern, dass eine revolutionäre Einsparung von Klimagas-Emissionen möglich wird

2 September 202131 August 2021

Just out: new report on bio-based chemicals, polymers and materials

Developing bio-based chemicals, polymers and products in a sustainable manner allows for substantial new business opportunities

12 August 20219 September 2021

Giving up on climate change? EU says no way – invests €118M in decarbonizing projects

World Athletics president Sebastien Coe saying “You don’t have to be a devotee of climate change or a denier to know the world is getting hotter. It probably will mean a global discussion around the calendar and how we stage events.”

11 February 20219 September 2021

Circle of plastics

A completely circular plastic, thanks to Versalis' Hoop project which applies innovative chemical recycling techniques to waste

19 January 202113 April 2022

Chemical Recycling Poised to Take Off

Investments in chemical-recycling facilities abound as the industry moves closer to the Circular Economy model, accompanied by plenty of new rollouts of packaging made from chemical recycling

7 December 202015 December 2020

Versalis: agreement with AlphaBio Control for the production of bio-based herbicides and biocides

The commercialization of the two product lines will be launched in Italy in the early months of 2021

13 July 20209 September 2021

Eni, Versalis and COREPLA working together to recover mixed plastics

Agreements signed to combine their respective expertise in plasmix recycling by gasification and pyrolysis of mixed plastic packaging, which is currently difficult to recycle and destined for energy recovery

19 February 202010 November 2020

Versalis to launch Hoopᵀᴹ, chemical recycling towards infinitely recyclable plastic

First plant with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes per year at the Mantova site

Versalis launches chemical recycling project in Mantova, Italy

Versalis has launched a project for the development of a new technology to chemically recycle plastic waste, the Italian chemicals major said on Monday

17 February 202012 February 2020

Versalis will soon have Crescentino plants up and running

Restart of the most innovative plant in the biomass chemistry sector will be up and running by the first half of 2020

31 January 20209 November 2020

Styrenics Circular Solutions Members to Initiate Evaluation of Pyrowave Plastic-to-plastic Chemical Recycling Technology

SCS members INEOS Styrolution, Total, Trinseo and Versalis (Eni) to evaluate in detail Pyrowave's depolymerisation technology

25 September 201922 September 2019

Versalis confirms the resumption of the former Mossi Ghisolfi’s biorefinery in Crescentino

Versalis confirms that maintenance operations and investments to adapt the Crescentino site to regulatory requirements have already been defined

18 September 201915 September 2019

Biotech to Biochem: The Digest’s 2019 Multi-Slide Guide to Versalis’ Chemistry from Renewables

The Licensing Green Chemistry Manager from Versalis, gave this illuminating overview of their recent acquisitions of M&G bio activities at ABLC 2019 in Washington, D.C

29 January 201924 January 2019

The Alliance Launches Today

Global corporations join newly launched Alliance to End Plastic Waste

2 May 201828 April 2018

Towards Zero Plastics to the Oceans

Leading plastics producers in Europe and around the world are working together to find solutions to protect the environment

23 February 201816 February 2018

Bridgestone and Versalis Partnering to Expand Guayule Research Efforts

Co-development focused on developing comprehensive technology package to commercialize guayule

4 December 201729 November 2017

Mossi Ghisolfi is for sale: Versalis, Total and Chinese industrial groups are interested

According to different rumors in Italy, Versalis and various European and Asian industrial groups would be interested in acquiring the Italian chemical company

18 August 201717 August 2017

Genomatica goes big with Bio-BG

Why GENO BG is BIG news

22 February 201720 February 2017

Versalis–Genomatica biobutadiene awarded in Hannover

1,3 bio-BDE technology representing a significant milestone for the rubber industry

9 December 20167 December 2016

Christophe Schilling talks to Il Bioeconomista

An exclusive interview with the CEO of Genomatica

26 February 201616 February 2016

Versalis and Genomatica produce bio-rubber with bio-butadiene from sugars

Breakthrough accomplishments continue progress toward commercial plants

24 February 201623 February 2016

Commercial Biorefineries in Europe

Conventional biofuels plants and pulp and paper mills not considered

Partner Collaborations Advance Second-Generation Elevance Biorefinery Technology

The ethenolysis process advancement represents an important milestone for the development of a second-generation metathesis technology

28 October 201526 October 2015

Claudio De Scalzi, Ceo of Eni, said to look for a partner for chemical division Versalis

Aconfirmation of the will of the Italian oil giant to back away from chemistry

17 August 201514 August 2015

Sardinian thistles play key role in bioplastics

"We don't take land away from agriculture, instead we try to give value to land that agriculture has lost"

Biologisch abbaubar: Biokunststoff aus Sardinien

"Wir nehmen der Landwirtschaft keine Fläche weg, wir versuchen dem Land den Wert zu geben, den es in der Landwirtschaft verloren hat."

29 June 201526 June 2015

LEGO commits $150M to search for sustainable alternative plastics

$150 million, 100+ employees, a new sustainable materials center, and a commitment to move off fossil fuels dependency by 2030

22 June 201519 June 2015

Genomatica Advances the Commercial Readiness of Biomass Feedstocks for Chemicals

Boosts potential for bioprocess plants worldwide; details published in DOE report

3 June 20153 June 2015

Bio-based supply chains “high on EC agenda”

Creating new bio-based supply chains was the topic of a European Commission workshop

11 May 20158 May 2015

Bioplastic packaging market is expected to witness significant growth over the next six years

To say this is a new report published by Grand View Research, Inc.

16 April 201515 April 2015

Novamont integrated biorefinery at the 2015 Plant Based Summit

Stefano Facco to demonstrate how it is possible to develop a bioeconomy model based on local low-impact agricultural value chains

8 April 20152 April 2015

Biofuels Digest’s 2015 5-Minute Guide

The company portrait of Genomatica

13 March 201512 March 2015

Stefano Facco (Novamont): locally based and careful biorefineries have the future

Company to open next year a new plant for producing 1,4 BDO from sugar by fermentation

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.

1 December 201428 November 2014

Eni and Versalis: Porto Marghera bets on green

€200 million to transform the Porto Marghera petrochemical plant into an integrated green chemical hub

14 October 201413 October 2014

Matrìca’s flagship plants go international on European Stakeholders’ Open Day

"It’s now time for the bioeconomy to enter into European, national and regional strategic policy agendas”-

11 August 20148 August 2014

Route 6,6: Is bio-based the new highway to the old nylon?

If you get hip to this nylon tip, and take a California trip, you’ll get a kick from Genomatica’s new route to 6,6

7 August 20146 August 2014

Genomatica confirms nylon intermediates as third set of bio-based processes under development

Builds on extensive intellectual property and early results

18 June 201417 June 2014

Matrìca: Porto Torres inaugurates new green chemistry complex

Versalis, Novamont joint venture plant to convert vegetable oils into monomers and intermediates

14 February 201413 February 2014

ADM invests $25M in Rennovia: the complete story

20% lower capital, 30% lower raw materials, 15% lower utilities, 30% lower manufacturing – vs petroleum

13 February 201412 February 2014

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