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🏭 Plastic engine parts
LockSimple

Feb 10, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Plastic engine parts

LyondellBasell's solvent-based recycling acquisition, Kuraray's new specialty polymer plant, and motor oil.

🏭 Capture CO2 or make less
LockSimple

Feb 8, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Capture CO2 or make less

Rohm's PMMA might be CO2-free, Covestro started up a new chlor-alkali plant, and MEG.

🏭 January 2023: Round-Up

Feb 6, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 January 2023: Round-Up

Everything that happened in January, plus some discussion.

🏭 Plastic waste to solvent
LockSimple

Feb 3, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Plastic waste to solvent

Orbia's lithium salt plans, upcycling plastic waste to solvents, ping pong balls.

🏭 Water electrolysis, but with toluene
LockSimple

Feb 1, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Water electrolysis, but with toluene

Exxon's blue H2 plans, Eneos' electrochemical MCH, and acrylic acid.

🏭 Sarnia is getting started

Jan 30, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Sarnia is getting started

Origin finished building it's first site, Cabot is making more carbon black, and disposable globes.

🏭 Photocatalysts are magic

Jan 27, 2023

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10 min read

🏭 Photocatalysts are magic

Syzygy's photocatalyst demo, Holiferm's biosurfactant plans, and bisphenol A.

🏭 Throw some plasma on it
LockSimple

Jan 25, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Throw some plasma on it

Evonik's plasma-induced CO2 reduction and Citroniq's ethanol-based polypropylene

🏭 Sulfuric acid is important too

Jan 23, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Sulfuric acid is important too

PureCycle's European plant and sulfuric acid in the Czech Republic

🏭 Nitrogen or water electrolysis
LockSimple

Jan 20, 2023

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8 min read

🏭 Nitrogen or water electrolysis

SABIC's rights to nitrogen electrolysis and ADNOC's CO2 sequestration plans

🏭 Ethanol to propylene
LockSimple

Jan 18, 2023

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7 min read

🏭 Ethanol to propylene

Braskem's bio-based polypropylene and Solvay's rice husks for tires

🏭 Flare gas to methanol

Jan 16, 2023

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9 min read

🏭 Flare gas to methanol

M2X's flare gas to methanol plans and Borealis' molecular recycling acquisition

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