So the green blogger received a call yesterday from a Japanese chemical firm inquiring about bio-based paraxylene (PX). The caller said their Chinese clients have become more interested in renewable-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET).
Of course, this is a very interesting news for me and I’m hoping to get first dibs on further developments from this company. By the way, for more on bio-PX developments, you can read my story published on March 12 at ICIS Chemical Business.
… Full Text: www.icis.com/blogs/green-chemicals/2012/07/more-japanese-firms-in-green-c.html
Tags: plant-based chemicals, bio-isobutanol-based PX, bio-based PET, 1,5 pentanediamine, bio-succinic acid, amino acid lysine
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ICIS Green Chemicals, 2012-07-10.
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