Demeter Bio unveils PFAS-free coating
London-based Demeter Bio has developed a non-toxic coating designed to replace PFAS chemicals in textiles and packaging. The technology, called Fibrepel, aims to replicate the water and stain-repellent properties of…
Avantium completes FDCA plant purification unit
Avantium has completed commissioning of the purification unit at its FDCA flagship plant in Delfzijl, the Netherlands. The plant is the world's first commercial-scale facility for producing FDCA, a key…
NatCap webinar to explore nature risk in the chemicals sector
NatCap will host a webinar next month examining how chemical companies are addressing nature-related risks. The event brings together sustainability leaders from BASF and Clariant. Sebastian Leape, chief executive of…
Plant-cell firm BioHarvest secures $30 M fragrance contract
BioHarvest Sciences has signed an exclusive agreement to manufacture a rare fragrance compound for an undisclosed customer in the United Arab Emirates. They are using advanced plant-cell technology to reproduce…
nova-Institute to host chemical industry defossilisation summit
The Renewable Materials Conference will take place from 22 to 24 September in Siegburg, near Cologne, Germany, and online. Hosted by nova-Institute, this year's event carries the theme "Defossilisation through…
New tech turns ethanol waste into bio-acetone
Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits and Braskem have announced a new technology platform that lets corn ethanol producers generate bio-acetone alongside their ethanol output. The system combines an engineered yeast…
Covestro coordinates EU project for continuous bio-based aniline
Covestro has launched Bio4PURConti, an EU-funded project aiming to build the world's first continuous production process for bio-based aniline. Covestro is coordinating the initiative as project lead. Aniline is a…
Claros raises $55M to scale up PFAS destruction technology
Claros Technologies has closed a $55 million Series B financing round. The funding will accelerate global rollout of the company's PFAS destruction technology. Claros focuses on destroying PFAS, the so-called…
Catalyxx to build renewable chemicals plant in Portugal
Catalyxx has chosen Sines, Portugal, as the site for its first commercial-scale plant. The facility, called Catalyxx Ibérica, will convert bioethanol into butanol, hexanol and octanol. These are low-carbon alternatives…