Breakthrough for an Alternative to Crude Oil & Palm Oil

OLIPI Receives €1.8 Million Seed Funding for Further Development of CO2-Neutral Climate Oil

01-Feb-2024 - The conclusion of the Seed funding round marks a significant success for the Hamburg-based deep-tech startup COLIPI GmbH as it embarks on the year 2024. Investors include the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH), Nidobirds Ventures GmbH, and Stefan De Loecker. ...

How to make palm oil without destroying forests

09-Mar-2015 - The versatility of palm oil has led to its use in not just food products but also in everyday goods from lipstick to laundry detergent. But its utility has resulted in the destruction of Southeast Asian rain forests that are the primary source of the oil. An article in Chemical & Engineering News ...

An alternative raw material for polyamide 12

Evonik is operating a pilot plant for bio-based amino lauric acid

31-Jul-2013 - In early 2013, Evonik Industries began operating a pilot plant for amino lauric acid (ALS) in Slovenska Lupca, Slovakia. The effort represents Evonik’s next step forward in the production of sustainable high-performance plastics. The biobased amino-lauric acid is an alternative to petroleum-based ...

Ceresana publishes up-to-date market study regarding the global fertilizer market

10-May-2013 - Crop yields can be increased considerably by utilizing fertilizers. Agricultural output has to rise in order to feed the increasing world population and as a consequence, consumption of mineral fertilizers rises. That this market is worth a detailed analysis becomes obvious simply by the fact ...

Huntsman wins top prize at IChemE awards

06-Nov-2008 - Huntsman Pigments Division clinched the top prize at the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) 2008 Innovation and Excellence Awards in Birmingham, UK. The Huntsman team won the Entec medal for creating Deltio – a free-flowing chemical form of Titanium dioxide (TiO2). Deltio is an effective ...

Nature Conservancy study raises major questions on biofuels

More carbon lost than gained when converting land for biofuels crops

11-Feb-2008 - A new Nature Conservancy study finds that converting land for biofuel crops results in major carbon emissions, actually worsening the problem of global warming instead of mitigating it. The first-of-its-kind study will be published in Science. "This research examines the conversion of land for ...

Uhde to build first combined biodiesel and fatty alcohol complex in Thailand

08-Dec-2006 - Thai Oleochemicals Company and Thai Fatty Alcohols Company have jointly commissioned Uhde to build a turnkey plant complex for the combined production of biodiesel (methyl ester) and fatty alcohols at Map Ta Phut, an industrial location some 150km south-east of Bangkok. The contract is for a ...

New Lurgi Contracts: Biodiesel Plants for 70 million euro

11-Aug-2005 - Lurgi AG, a subsidiary of GEA Group, has secured three contracts for the construction of biodiesel plants in Australia, the USA and Spain. The aggregate contract value amounts to around 70 million euro. The two plants in Australia and the US will be among the largest biodiesel facilities ...

Engelhard acquires Süd-Chemies´s Fats and Oils Catalyst business

24-Oct-2001 - Engelhard Corporation (NYSE: EC) and Süd-Chemie AG, Munich announced the sale of Süd-Chemie´s fats and oils catalyst business to Engelhard. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The acquisition broadens Engelhard's catalyst technology offering to oleochemical markets. These ...