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  1. Cabot Corporation To Acquire Mexico Carbon Manufacturing S.A. de C.V. From Bridgestone Corporation 8/4/2025

    Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Mexico Carbon Manufacturing S.A. de C.V. (MXCB) from Bridgestone Corporation.

  2. Algenesis Labs Announces Breakthrough In Sustainable Polyurethane Chemistry: The World's First 100% Biogenic Carbon, Phosgene-Free, Isocyanate (Bio-Iso™) 8/4/2025

    Algenesis Labs, a leader in sustainable materials science, today announced the commissioning of our Bio-Iso™ pilot plant, where we now make the world's first 100% biogenic carbon isocyanate that is made from plants—a disruptive innovation in polyurethane chemistry.

  3. Engineered Enzyme To Precisely Build Complex Molecules 7/30/2025

    Catalysts are among the most important tools for achieving more sustainable green chemistry. They accelerate chemical reactions, making them more efficient and easier to control.

  4. WSU Researcher Receives Grant To Turn Waste Methane Into Valuable Products 7/30/2025

    Washington State University researcher Qiaowan Chang has been awarded a $110,000 grant from the American Chemical Society (ACS) to develop a more efficient method for converting waste methane into useful chemicals.

  5. Solidec Raises Oversubscribed $2M Pre-Seed Round To Reinvent Chemical Manufacturing 7/30/2025

    Solidec, a pioneer in clean chemical manufacturing, today announced it has raised $2+ million in pre-seed funding led by New Climate Ventures (NCV), with participation from Plug and Play Ventures, Ecosphere Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Safar Partners, Echo River Capital, and Semilla Climate Capital, among others.

  6. Clariant Catalysts And Shanghai Electric Launch Alliance To Advance China's Energy Transition 7/29/2025

    Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that it has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai Boiler Works, a full subsidiary of Shanghai Electric, specializing in energy conversion and the development of new energy applications, to jointly foster innovation in sustainable energy solutions.

  7. Saint-Gobain Reinforces Its Construction Chemicals Platform With Three Bolt-On Acquisitions In North America, Italy And Peru 7/29/2025

    Interstar Materials is a leading North American manufacturer of high-performance pigments for all segments of concrete including ready-mix and precast concrete. Established in 1987, it operates two facilities in Canada (Quebec and Alberta) and one in the United States (Illinois).

  8. ENEOS Develops High-Performance Ligand For Nickel-Catalyzed Coupling Reactions 7/29/2025

    ENEOS Corporation (hereinafter “ENEOS”) has developed “alkylphosphine with a triisobutylene (TIB) backbone (TIB phosphine ligand),” a high-performance ligand for nickel-catalyzed coupling reactions, in collaboration with Prof. Kouki Matsubara, Faculty of Science, Fukuoka University.

  9. New System Dramatically Speeds The Search For Polymer Materials 7/28/2025

    Scientists often seek new materials derived from polymers. Rather than starting a polymer search from scratch, they save time and money by blending existing polymers to achieve desired properties.

  10. A More Climate-Friendly Way To Produce Nitrogen Fertilizer 7/28/2025

    Humanity has an insatiable appetite for ammonia: this substance is used to make fertilizer, which in turn is used in most modern agriculture. Until now, the Haber-Bosch process has been the method of choice for extracting nitrogen from the seemingly inexhaustible atmosphere and binding it in the form of ammonia