{"id":15405,"date":"2011-10-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20111021-02n"},"modified":"2011-10-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-20T22:00:00","slug":"japan-chemical-firms-speed-up-renewable-rd-through-joint-venturess","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/japan-chemical-firms-speed-up-renewable-rd-through-joint-venturess\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan chemical firms speed up renewable R&D through joint venturess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Japanese chemical companies such as Mitsubishi Chemical Company (MCC), Mitsui & Co., Toray Industries and Kuraray among others, are searching upstream in their quest for alternative petrochemical feedstocks and sustainable chemistry through development collaborations with several US renewable chemical firms.<\/b><\/p>\n

Japan mainly imports its petroleum-based raw materials, so is dependent on the price of oil. Renewable chemicals could give its firms a chance to re-establish their position in the industry, says Shigeru Handa, general manager of the sustainable resource business development department at MCC’s petrochemicals research and development (R&D) division. <\/p>\n

… Full text: www.icis.com\/Articles\/2011\/10\/24\/9501898\/Japan-chemical-firms-speed-up-renewable-RD-through-joint.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Keywords: chemical feedstock, carbon chains, chemical market, renewable chemicals, sugarcane, bio-butanol<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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