For over a decade, Vittoria Brambilla has been trying to improve crops’ quality, yields, and nutritional value. But the botany researcher at the University of Milan feared her studies might ...
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Sustainea, a joint venture between the Brazilian chemical maker Braskem and the Japanese trading firm Sojitz, plans to build a biobased ethylene glycol plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant will be ...
In 2004, the last US producer of sebacic acid closed its plant in Ohio, a victim of low-priced competition from China. US production of salicylic acid ended a few years later, ushered out by ...
Nippon Paint Holdings has agreed to purchase AOC, a manufacturer of coatings, adhesives, sealants, elastomers, colorants, and composites for $4.35 billion, including debt. AOC’s current owner, the ...