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Jul. 19, 2019
News & Opinions
BASF Hosts Climate Summit of the Chemical Industry
Representatives from 20 international chemical companies, including scientific experts and chief technology officers, attended a collaborative innovation workshop yesterday at BASF in Ludwigshafen at the joint invitation of BASF CEO Martin ...
Apr. 10, 2019
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Chemical Industry is Looking for a Better Way to Use Resources
Availability and supply of essential resources for chemical production are getting increasingly challenging. At the same time, mankind has developed a throwaway mentality that is producing billions of tons of waste — waste that ...
Feb. 20, 2018
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Air Products to Buy CO2 Producer ACP Europe
US industrial gases producer Air Products has signed a definitive agreement to acquire ACP Europe (ACP), the European continent’s largest independent carbon dioxide (CO2) producer.
Dec. 11, 2017
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German Chemicals Confident but Cautious
As the end of 2017 nears, Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industry is in a positive mood, thanks in particular to a buoyant performance by its main customers in Europe, but also to continued strong trade with Asia. ...
Oct. 04, 2017
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Asahi Develops CO2 Route to Diphenyl Carbonate
Japan’s Asahi Kasei has developed a new and safer route to produce diphenyl carbonate (DPC), using carbon dioxide (CO2) as a feedstock instead of phosgene, which is highly toxic. DPC is a feedstock used to make polycarbonate (PC). ...
Aug. 30, 2017
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BASF and BSE to Convert Excess Current to Methanol
BASF and bse Engineering have signed an exclusive agreement under which the German chemical major will provide customized catalysts for a new energy storage process, ultimately producing methanol. ...
Mar. 21, 2017
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Solvay Buys RECs from US Solar Farm
Belgian chemicals company Solvay has agreed to buy all the renewable energy certificates (RECs) from the largest solar farm to be built in South Carolina, USA, for the next 15 years.
Mar. 03, 2017
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EU Council Stakes out ETS Position
The EU Council of Ministers has agreed its general approach to the review of the emissions trading system (ETS) as one of the planned steps toward fulfilment of Europe’s commitment to the Paris Agreement on climate change. The EU has ...
Feb. 28, 2017
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Air Liquide Buys ENN Clean Energy UK
As a step toward expanding its presence in the clean energy sector, French industrial gases giant Air Liquide has completed its acquisition of ENN Clean Energy UK, a subsidiary of China’s largest privately-owned energy company ENN ...
Jan. 12, 2017
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Avantium Buys Liquid Light CO2 Technology
Dutch renewables group Avantium has acquired the assets of Liquid Light, a US company using waste CO2 to produce chemical, for an undisclosed sum. The deal, which effectively completes Avantium’s portfolio of CO2-based chemicals and ...

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