Biobased polyether polyols with vegetable oil are developed through special catalysts, helping to create products with specific characteristics depending on biobased content.
Arkema recently announced that its waterborne PVDF range, Kynar Aquatec®, has received the "Solar Impulse Efficient Solution" label, recognizing the product for its outstanding durability benefits in cool roof coatings.
Artificial intelligence speeds the discovery of more sustainable, higher-performing polymers with the help of a new tool from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Companies that took advantage of the opportunity to learn, afforded by the supply chain crisis, have profited greatly and are more prepared than ever to tackle similar difficult times in the future.
In light of the supply chain crisis in 2021-2022, the specialty chemicals industry needs to examine the way it does business and make changes to ensure smooth and less vulnerable operations.
The high-performing resin from a renewable source can be applied by adhesive formulators or designers in furniture, edge banding, electronics, hot melt film, textile lamination, seam tape, footwear, and transportation.
$9.5 million is available for multidisciplinary work to enable the accelerated creation of safe, sustainable, and high-value polymers on a commercial scale.