Borealis, Borouge, Pelita Mekar Semesta, Reciki Solusi Indonesia, and Subnational Climate Fund Join Forces to Establish a Fully Integrated Circular Waste Management Ecosystem in Indonesia
This collaboration underscores the companies’ commitment to drive system change to boost circularity through collaboration and innovation to provide sustainable solutions that address global challenges
Alder BioInsights News Review: Biobased Products, February 2026
Industry players like Arkema, Cortec®, BioBond, and Braskem continue to prove that biobased polymers have reached industrial maturity, delivering high-performance, low-carbon solutions across the aerospace, defense, healthcare, and infrastructure sectors
Global Bio-based Polymer Market to Grow by 11% Annually Until 2030, Led by Europe and North AmericaBMW Group and PreZero drive circular economy for Europe’s automotive industry
From end-of-life vehicles to recycled materials: strategic cooperation launched +++ Companies committed to co-development of closed-loop material cycles for end-of-life vehicles +++ Collaboration combines expertise from end-of-life vehicle recycling and circular economy
Covestro introduces innovative CQ-Configurator for real-time sustainable polyurethane foam design
Covestro, a leading supplier of high-tech polymer materials, has launched the CQ-Configurator, a pioneering digital tool that enables polyurethane value chain partners to design more sustainable foam solutions based on Covestro environmental data
Låkril Technologies Achieves Major Milestone: Startup of First Continuous Pilot Plant for Bio-Based Acrylic Acid Production
Låkril’s proprietary catalyst and process technology converts low-cost lactic acid (from renewable sugars like corn, cane, beet, etc.) into a molecule-for-molecule drop-in acrylic acid with >90% selectivity
Asahi Kasei, Mitsui Chemicals, and Mitsubishi Chemical enter basic agreement to promote decarbonization of ethylene production in western Japan
The three companies have signed a basic agreement to establish a new joint operating entity for the two ethylene production facilities in western Japan, and to subsequently discontinue operations of the Asahi Kasei Mitsubishi Chemical Ethylene Corp
LanzaTech Awarded Contract by Spray Engineering Devices Ltd. (SED) to build second generation ethanol facility in India as part of “SED Smart Village” Initiative
The facility, projected to process up to 300 tons per day of bagasse, will be in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, and is a key component of the "SED Smart Village" concept
Perpetual Next USA to develop three biomethanol facilities in Southeastern U.S
With the introduction of new governmental policies, such as Europe’s FuelEU program, and voluntary industry initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions, global demand for biomethanol is anticipated to grow substantially by 2050
Several roadblocks identified on the way to a net-zero chemical industry Kemvera, formerly New Iridium, Advances Commercialization of Bio-Acetic Acid and Bio-Ethyl Acetate Manufacturing Process
Aligning with the company’s next phase of growth, Kemvera announces that it has been renamed from New Iridium to reflect its vision to scale bio-based chemical solutions using domestic agricultural feedstock
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