02-10-2012

Brenntag GmbH is pleased to announce that it will include the product range of Colonial Chemical, Inc. into its cosmetic portfolio. This cooperation has already been agreed with the Benelux countries as well as UK & Ireland in 2011. Colonial Chemical, Inc. is focused on the development and ...

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02-09-2012

Roquette and Rhodia Acetow have signed a Joint Development Agreement (JDA) to develop new plant-based polymers. The JDA will enable both companies to leverage synergies bringing together respective competencies in the field of plant-based polymer chemistry. Jean Bernard Leleu, Deputy CEO and ...

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02-06-2012

Evocatal and RohnerChem combine their complementary services to offer customers a seamless solution for the development of high-performance biocatalytic processesand their rapid application in the synthesis of fine chemicals and API. The focus of this strategic partnership is to offer highly ...

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02-02-2012

Wacker, the Munich-based chemicals group, is deepening its ties with Siliconas Silam S.A., a silicones compounder in Spain. The two companies recently signed an agreement to that effect. Under its terms, Siliconas Silam may sell ready-to-use products made from Wacker silicone rubber base ...

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02-01-2012

Novozymes announced an exploratory research agreement with Sea6 Energy, an India-based company, to jointly develop a process for the production of biofuels from seaweed. The research alliance will use enzymes to convert seaweed-based carbohydrates to sugar, which can then be fermented to ...

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01-27-2012

Rhodia, member of the Solvay Group, and Avantium announced that they have entered into a partnership to jointly develop a range of new bio-based polyamides targeting a variety of applications. This partnership expands and completes the previously announced development agreement in the field ...

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01-26-2012

Royal DSM and POET, LLC announced a joint venture to commercially demonstrate and license cellulosic bio-ethanol, the next step in the development of biofuels, based on their proprietary and complementary technologies. POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, LLC, is scheduled to start production in the ...

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On-site fluorine production for flat panel display and silicon thin film photovoltaic industries to cut greenhouse gas emissions and increase productivity

01-19-2012

Solvay and Air Liquide announced they have entered into an agreement to form a worldwide fluorine gas business joint venture. It will build, own and operate modular on-site fluorine cleaning gas units for the flat panel display and silicon thin film photovoltaic industries and thus offer ...

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12-22-2011

A Rubber Excellence Partnership was announced by representatives of LANXESS, the German Institute of Rubber Technology DIK (Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e.V.) of Hanover, Germany, and Qingdao University of Science and Technology, China, at the LANXESS Green Rubber Day in ...

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12-12-2011

On December 8, 2011, the Cluster of Excellence “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis” (UniCat) and the chemical company BASF SE signed a cooperation agreement establishing a new joint lab dedicated to the development of new catalytic processes for raw material change. The move promotes the search ...

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