U.S. Sugar, Coskata to Consider Building World's Largest Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
U.S. Sugar (Clewiston, FL) says it has entered into an agreement with Coskata (Warrenville, IL) to explore...

SusChem Chalks Up Initiative for Sustainable Chemistry Education
SusChem, a joint initiative between Cefic and European Biotechnology Industry Association (EuropaBio; Brussels) and supported by the European Commission, has introduced a web portal promoting sustainable chemistry education. SusChem was created in 2004 with the aim of fostering research and innovation in...

Rhodia and Dow Corning Co-develop Materials for Greener Tires
Rhodia and Dow Corning say they have agreed to co-develop and commercialize novel silica and silane products principally for use in energy efficient tires. Financial terms were not disclosed.   Precipitated silica and silane can be used to...

New Look Industry Research Initiative to Foster Innovation
Cefic is today celebrating the 10th anniversary of the long range research initiative (LRI)-a program designed to provide answers to gaps in fundamental scientific data relating to chemicals and the environment and human health.   The next step for the program will be to increase its influence in a...

Altuglas Introduces Renewable PMMA Grade
Arkema subsidiary Altuglas says it is introducing a new polymethyl methacrylate...

Aventine Halts Nebraska Biorefinery Construction
Aventine Renewable Energy Holdings says it has suspended construction of its Aurora, NE biorefinery for approximately...

Amyris Opens Renewable Diesel Pilot Plant
Amyris Biotechnologies says it has opened its first pilot plant producing renewable diesel fuel from sugarcane at Emeryville, CA. The demonstration plant will generate...

Informex Turns to Green Chemistry
InformexUSA, the flagship annual U.S. chemicals expo due to take place next in San Francisco in January 2009, will for the first time tailor a significant part of the event toward green chemistry. The green chemistry arm of the expo, named the GreenExchange, will feature a “green pavilion”, a...

ADM to Invest $370 Million in Sugarcane-to-Ethanol Joint Venture
Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) says it has entered into an agreement with Grupo Cabrera (São José, Brazil) to form...

Bio-based Polypropylene Found to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Cereplast (Hawthorne, CA) says independent testing has confirmed that production of its hybrid bioplastic, Biopropylene, results in 42%...