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Carbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialization of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, today announced the strengthening of its leadership team with the appointment of Bénédicte Garbil as Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Sustainability. Bénédicte Garbil oversees three strategic areas: Public Affairs, Corporate Affairs, and Sustainability. In her Corporate Affairs role, she supervises Communication, R

Danimer Scientific, Inc. a leading next-generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced the commercialization of home compostable retail packaging for vegetables and fruit, which Danimer developed in partnership with biodegradable packaging and food service product manufacturer BIOLO and carrot producer Bolthouse Farms. Danimer’s signature PHA, Nodax, was used to create the bags for one-pound Earthbound Farm

Compass Minerals, a leading global provider of essential minerals, will release its fourth-quarter and fiscal 2023 results Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, after the markets close. The company’s president and CEO, Kevin Crutchfield, and CFO, Lorin Crenshaw, will discuss these results on a conference call on Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, at 9:30 a.m. ET. Access to the conference call will be available via webcast at investors.compassminerals.com or by dialing 1-888-550-5768. Callers must prov

LyondellBasell, a leader in the global chemistry industry, will announce its third-quarter 2023 financial results before the U.S. market opens on Friday, October 27, followed by a webcast and teleconference to discuss the results at 11:00 a.m. EDT. Teleconference and Webcast Details Friday, October 27, 2023 11:00 a.m. EDT Hosted by David Kinney, Head of Investor Relations Access the webcast 10 to 15 minutes prior to the start

Evonik is extending its portfolio of elastomeric materials for powder bed fusion 3D printing technologies. The specialty chemicals company is launching with INFINAM® TPA 4006 P a new powder grade that is especially optimized for all types of open source SLS 3D printing machines. Evonik will present its new flexible material during the Formnext trade show, Frankfurt am Main Germany, November 7-10, 2023 in hall 12.1 at booth C39. INFINAM® TPA 4006 P is a PA12 elastomer consist

GPT-4, the latest version of the artificial intelligence system from OpenAI, the developers of Chat-GPT, demonstrates considerable usefulness in tackling chemistry challenges, but still has significant weaknesses. “It has a notable understanding of chemistry, suggesting it can predict and propose experimental results in ways akin to human thought processes,” says chemist Kan Hatakeyama-Sato, at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Hatakeyama-Sato and his colleagues discuss their exp

Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL)'s story is one of resilience and success. 2014, the company faced a temporary closure, but a change in management ownership led to a spectacular turnaround. Under The Chatterjee Group's (TCG) stewardship, HPL has consolidated its financial position and diversified its operations into new territories and product lines, embracing trading, speciality chemicals, and fuel retailing. This remarkable journey has ensured the survival of over 1,300 processin

Leading engineered materials provider DOMO is presenting groundbreaking polyamide solutions at Fakuma 2023 (Hall B4, Stand 4216). DOMO’s globally renowned TECHNYL® brand celebrates 70 years of innovation in flame and temperature resistance, light-weighting, as well as sustainable polyamide solutions at the booth. As the owner of the premier sustainable engineered materials brand TECHNYL® 4EARTH®, DOMO will unveil new formulations at Fakuma in collaboration with int

As early as the 1980s, China was making a name for itself as the land of bicycles. Fast forward to today, and it is now a boom region for rental bikes, e-bikes and cycling accessories. Gone are the days in which bags, lights and other items had to impress merely thanks to their practical properties. Today, it’s all about marrying function with design – even when it comes to bicycle accessories. One example of this is the new bicycle taillight from Qingdao Magene Intelligence Techn

Valmet launches a new application, Valmet Oil Monitoring, to remotely monitor oil lubrication in fiber processing equipment. As various rotating machinery throughout the fiberline perform under extremely harsh and demanding environments, it is often difficult to manually retrieve oil samples. Maintaining an adequate surveillance of lubrication properties against harmful effects can prove very challenging. “Valmet’s oil monitoring system provides constant remote

At Fakuma 2023, Envalior is presenting material and technology solutions for key trends of the future such as electric and fuel-cell mobility, autonomous driving, lightweight design, alternative energy generation, and digitalization. To achieve these solutions, the company uses its highly versatile portfolio of tailor-made products, ranging from technical plastics such as polyamides 6 and 66 or polybutylene terephthalate to high-performance thermoplastics such as polyphenylene sulfide or high

Repsol has begun producing renewable hydrogen at its Petronor industrial center (Biscay, Spain). The 2.5 MW electrolyzer can generate 350 tons per year of renewable hydrogen for industrial use, mainly in the refinery, as a raw material for manufacturing products with a lower carbon footprint. Renewable hydrogen is also used in the logistics platform of the Abanto Zierbana Technology Park, located 1.5 kilometers (9.4 miles) from Muskiz, to power buses and heavy transport. To this end