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1. Algenesis Labs Partners With Safic-Alcan To Bring Soleic® Sustainable Materials To Europe 10/16/2025

   Algenesis Labs, a leader in plant-based, fully biodegradable polyurethanes (PU) designed to lower carbon footprint and prevent microplastic pollution, has announced a strategic partnership with Safic-Alcan, a top global distributor of specialty chemicals.

2. Nouryon Expands Polymer Specialties Leadership With Metal Alkyls Capacity Increase, New MMAO Production Capability And Organic Peroxides Innovation Center In China 10/15/2025

   Global specialty chemicals leader Nouryon today announced important investments in China to support the country’s increasing demand for high-performance polymers and grow alongside its customers in one of the world’s fastest growing polymer markets.

3. Texas New Materials To Build 200,000-Metric-Ton-Per-Year Polyacrylamide Plant In Big Spring, Texas, With NNA Polymers As Channel To Market 10/15/2025

   Texas New Materials Inc., a Texas-based manufacturer of specialty polymers, announced plans to build a 200,000-metric-ton-per-year polyacrylamide production facility in Big Spring, Texas, with NNA Polymers as the channel to market. Startup is expected by late 2026.

4. StormFisher Hydrogen Acquires Recyclage Carbone Varennes To Launch North America's First Large-Scale Low-Carbon Methanol Plant In Varennes 10/15/2025

   StormFisher Hydrogen, a Canadian leader in low-carbon energy solutions, announced today the acquisition of Recyclage Carbone Varennes (RCV) following a court–approved process.

5. CO_₂ As A Raw Material: New Process Makes Climate Gas Usable For The Chemical Industry 10/14/2025

   Researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis (LIKAT), Ruhr University Bochum and Evonik Oxeno have developed a novel catalyst system that enables the use of the climate gas carbon dioxide (CO₂) as a raw material for the chemical industry.

6. Catalyst From Kiel Turns Greenhouse Gas Into Energy Carrier 10/14/2025

   The energy transition requires not only new sources but also efficient ways to store and transport energy.

7. Scientists' Electrochemical Process Enables Biodiesel Producers To Transform Waste Into Planet-Friendly Profit 10/13/2025

   An electrochemical process developed by scientists at a Loughborough University spin-out company enables biodiesel producers to turn waste into profit – while slashing emissions and energy use.

8. Chemobiological Platform Enables Renewable Conversion Of Sugars Into Core Aromatic Hydrocarbons Of Petroleum 10/13/2025

   With growing concerns over fossil fuel depletion and the environmental impacts of petrochemical production, scientists are actively exploring renewable strategies to produce essential industrial chemicals.

9. Microwaves For Energy-Efficient Chemical Reactions 10/11/2025

   Some industrial processes used to create useful chemicals require heat, but heating methods are often inefficient, partly because they heat a greater volume of space than they really need to.

10. Solar-Powered Method Lights The Way To A 'de-fossilised' Chemical Industry 10/10/2025

    Researchers have demonstrated a new and sustainable way to make the chemicals that are the basis of thousands of products – from plastics to cosmetics – we use every day.