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1. Showa Denko Markets PNVA ‘GE191 Series’ For Use As Binder To Form Heat-Resisting Ceramic Layer In Separators For LIBs 10/16/2020

   Showa Denko (SDK) starts full-swing marketing of Poly-N-vinylacetamide (PNVA) optimized for use as a binder to form heat-resisting ceramic layer in separators to be used in lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), under the trade name of “GE191 Series.”

2. Nippon Shokubai Develops Production Process Of Novel Super-Fast-Drying Superabsorbent Polymer 10/16/2020

   Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd., (hereinafter "Nippon Shokubai"), headquartered in Osaka, Japan, has developed a novel superabsorbent polymer (SAP) with super-fast-drying absorption property, which could not be achieved in the past.

3. Artificial Cyanobacterial Biofilm Can Sustain Solar-Driven Ethylene Production For Over A Month 10/15/2020

   The great global challenges of our time, including climate change, energy security and scarcity of natural resources, promote a transition from the linear fossil-based economy to the sustainable bio-based circular economy

4. Linde And Shell Team Up To Commercialise Lower-Carbon Technology For Ethylene 10/15/2020

   Linde GmbH and Shell today announce an exclusive collaboration agreement on ethane-oxidative dehydrogenation (E-ODH) technology for ethylene production. The catalytic process is an alternative route to ethane steam cracking, offering the potential of economic advantages, acetic acid co-production and significantly lower overall carbon footprint through electrification of power input.

5. Itronics Developing Manganese Recovery Technology 10/15/2020

   Itronics Inc. (OTC: ITRO), an emerging "Cleantech Materials" growth Company that manufactures GOLD'n GRO Multi-Nutrient Fertilizers and produces Silver, today announced that it has successfully tested two proprietary processes that recover manganese.

6. Gevo Collaborates With TOTAL Cray Valley To Develop Renewable Isoamylene 10/14/2020

   Gevo, Inc. (NASDAQ: GEVO), announced today that it has signed a joint development agreement with TOTAL Cray Valley, part of TOTAL’s Polymers division to upgrade fusel oils from ethanol production into renewable Isoamylene. Isoamylene is predominately used in a diverse set of applications, including resins, pesticides, flavors and fragrances, pharmaceuticals, healthcare products, adhesives, antioxidants, and UV stabilizers.

7. Alfa Laval Wins SEK 130 Million Energy Efficiency Orders In China And Mexico 10/14/2020

   The orders comprise Alfa Laval Packinox heat exchangers which will be used in different heating and cooling applications in the refinery and petrochemical plant to enable energy-efficient processes.

8. Enapter Chooses Germany For Electrolyser Mass-Production Site 10/14/2020

   Enapter, the leader in breakthrough AEM electrolysis technology, has announced plans to build its first mass-production facility in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

9. Lummus Announces Agreement With New Hope Technologies To License Waste Plastics Conversion Technology 10/14/2020

   Lummus Technology and New Hope Technologies today announced that the companies have entered into a cooperation agreement for the marketing and further development of a leading plastic waste conversion technology based on thermal pyrolysis.

10. Air Liquide Strengthens Its Presence In Poland With A New Long-Term Contract With KGHM 10/13/2020

    Air Liquide and KGHM Polska Miedź, one of the largest producers of copper and silver in the world, have signed a new long-term contract for the supply of oxygen and nitrogen at the Głogów site in Poland.