Collaboration on bio-based acrylonitrile for carbon fibre applications
The new agreement with Trillium Renewable Chemicals will enable Solvay’s development of sustainable, bio-carbon fibre for use in various applications.
Solvay and Trillium Renewable Chemicals have signed a letter of intent to develop the supply...
Project to ‘reinvent’ chemical separation methods
SynHISel is a multi-university research programme which aims to reinvent chemical separation methods and significantly cut total global energy consumption.
Several UK universities are partnering in the £9 million project to develop new chemical processing...
Chemical firm set to double in size through sustainable innovation
A Manchester firm is set to double in size after developing innovative new chemicals that will help make household cleaning products more sustainable.
Libra Speciality Chemicals, headquartered in Irlam and part of the Sheffield-based GRI...
Univar Solutions sets out next-generation sustainability goals
SMART sustainable thinking and an ambitious digitalisation roadmap have given Univar Solutions the edge over its competitors. In fact, both lie at the core of the global giant’s business model.
Even within the last couple...
HRS agrees ‘anaerobic digestion dangerously overlooked’
By Matt Hale, International Sales & Marketing Director, HRS Heat Exchangers
Last month (August 2021) the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its sixth assessment report on climate change which painted an alarming picture...
Adler and Allan bolsters sustainability offering
15 September 2021, Environmental risk reduction specialist, Adler and Allan has launched several new services and strategies to reflect its mission to help clients reduce environmental risk and impact.
Alongside these initiatives it has appointed...
ON HALFWAY TO NET ZERO
Dr Torill Bigg, Chief Carbon Reduction Engineer, Tunley Engineering.
What steps have been taken and what comes next in the fight against climate change?
There has been a lot of discussion recently on the exciting news...
Wooden pallets – at the heart of sustainable business
To mark EPAL’s 30th anniversary year, Felicity Smith, national secretary for EPAL UK & Ireland, tells us how the pallet - a 60-year-old invention - will form the backbone of the green recovery.
The wooden...
CIA collaborates with ITN Productions Industry News for “The Chemical Industry – Our Route...
Launching October 2021 – The Chemical Industries Association (CIA) and ITN Productions Industry News will be co-creators of a news-style programme, raising awareness and understanding of how the chemical and pharmaceutical industries are committed to...
Industry and academia join forces at new £20m industrial decarbonisation centre
The University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable and Circular Technologies (CSCT) will be a leading partner in a £20M state-of-the-art research and innovation centre at the forefront of the UK’s ambitions to cut industrial greenhouse gas...