According to Houston-based IISRP’s 2024 production data, the Chinese petrochemicals major reached an active capacity of 1,915 kilotonnes (kt)* – up from 1,878kt in 2023 and 1,618kt in 2022. Every ...
This guide from Essentra explores EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer), a synthetic rubber widely used in industries such as automotive and construction. We compare it with silicone, another ...
The annual Materials Market Report, which tallies the global assortments of fiber production, found that virgin, fossil-based synthetic fibers increased from 67 million tons in 2022 to 75 million ...
The synthetic biology and precision fermentation ... quantities necessary for other companies to use its rubber to make their own products. Around half the world’s rubber is synthetic (i.e ...
Chemists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed a straightforward method to convert common chemicals like carboxylic acids, alcohols, and alkanes directly into valuable alkenes ...