Fermentation revolution?

Trash becomes treasure as bio-waste yields valuable acetone and isopropanol

07-Feb-2024 - In a major stride towards sustainable industrial fermentation, a team of researchers at Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) in The Netherlands, has unveiled pioneering advancements in the purification of isopropanol and acetone from the fermentation of waste gases. The study, published in ...

Syensqo invests in Bioeutectics, a start-up producing green solvents

The investment will contribute to bring more sustainable products and processes to market

29-Jan-2024 - Syensqo Ventures, the group’s venture capital fund, participated in the $2.1 million financing round for Bioeutectics, alongside Fen Ventures ,Atento Capital and SOSV (IndieBio). Founded in 2019, Bioeutectics provides natural and high-performance solvents that make industrial products and ...

KRAHN Chemie acquires stake in Italian specialty chemicals manufacturer and distributor

12-Jan-2024 - KRAHN Chemie, part of the globally active Otto Krahn Group, has acquired shares of Italian SPECIALITIES s.r.l., a distributor of specialty chemicals for the homecare, personal care, industrial and institutional cleaning market. SPECIALITIES s.r.l. is a distributor of specialty chemicals for the ...

New shareholder structure at Bodo Möller Chemie

Korinna Möller-Boxberger and Frank Haug lead cross-generational family enterprise

11-Jan-2024 - Korinna Möller-Boxberger and Frank Haug have assumed sole ownership of Bodo Möller Chemie since Viola Möller’s departure on December 7, 2023, with Frank Haug now the majority shareholder. The company thus remains a cross-generational family enterprise which is future-proofing its operations. In ...

Fluorinated Ski Wax Ban

Skis with Functional Surfaces as an Alternative

10-Jan-2024 - The winter sports industry is searching for a substitute for the banned fluorinated ski wax. Scientists at the Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. (LZH) have developed an environmentally friendly alternative that does not compromise performance: skis with an innovative microstructure. Whether in ...

analytica 2024: On the path to the zero-carbon lab

More sustainability in the laboratory

13-Dec-2023 - From analytics in mini format with reduced solvent requirements to energy-efficient laboratory technology: at analytica, the Green Lab becomes reality. Exhibitors from all over the world will be presenting their innovations and sustainability concepts in Munich from April 9 to 12, 2024. “With ...

Hair care product chemicals can linger in the air in surprising amounts

01-Dec-2023 - The average morning routine for many Americans includes inhaling several milligrams of chemicals that may be harmful to their health, Purdue University researchers have found. In anewly-published paperinEnvironmental Science & Technology, a journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS), ...

Award for innovation in the detection of PFAS compounds

Thuringian startup and Fraunhofer Institute receive Lothar Späth Award

30-Nov-2023 - The use of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) has not only been controversial for a long time, but is also facing a possible EU-wide ban. The associated challenges for manufacturers, who will have to rely on extensive testing of chemicals in the future, are complex. In a ...

New approach to the sensible utilisation of carbon dioxide from car exhaust gases

"A method has been discovered that uses impure CO2 streams and enables a breakthrough in the synthesis of valuable chemicals and pharmaceuticals"

29-Nov-2023 - Utilizing impure CO2 from car exhaust, the team of Prof. Dr. Shoubik Das, Chair of Organic Chemistry I at the University of Bayreuth, presents in a paper, which was published in Nature Communications, a cost-effective synthetic route for γ-lactams. γ-Lactam is an organic chemical compound, which ...

BASF’s Process Catalysts research team receives 2023 Edison Patent Award for novel adsorbent

Awarded BASF U.S. patent covers a novel method for reducing impurities in petrochemicals

20-Nov-2023 - A team of BASF catalysis researchers were recognized by the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, USA, with the 2023 Edison Patent Award. They received the award in the environmental category for their patent addressing adsorbents and methods of making and using adsorbents. The patented ...