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🏭 The chicken or the egg
Jul 29, 2022

🏭 The chicken or the egg

Origin's carbon-negative carbon black and Dow's gas sweeting plans

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
AromaticsAromatics
+6+6
🏭 The pineapple protector
Jul 22, 2022

🏭 The pineapple protector

BASF's UV stabilizer, it's unique application, and building a PET plant

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
AdsorbentsAdsorbents
+6+6
🏭 All kinds of MDI
Jul 18, 2022

🏭 All kinds of MDI

Huntsman's new MDI splitter and BASF's pyrolysis oil cleaners

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+6+6
🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic
Jul 15, 2022

🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

UV-C disinfection, Solvay's light stabilizer, Clariant's catalyst, and a biodegradable polymer

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+3+3
🏭 Special chip gases
Jul 06, 2022

🏭 Special chip gases

More PDH in China and US-based semiconductor gases

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+4+4
🏭 Water bags
Jun 13, 2022

🏭 Water bags

Dow's water sachet recycling in Africa and Evonik's enzymatic emollient

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+1+1
🏭 Bright clothes only
Jun 10, 2022

🏭 Bright clothes only

Perstorp's sustainable polyols and BASF's clothing brightener

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
AromaticsAromatics
+5+5
🏭 Making plastic clear
May 23, 2022

🏭 Making plastic clear

Miliken's polypropylene clarifier and Sumitomo exits the dye business

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+4+4
🏭 Vanilla without the bean
May 18, 2022

🏭 Vanilla without the bean

Solvay's fermentation-based vanillin and Total's drone project

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+5+5
🏭 Electric acetylene
May 09, 2022

🏭 Electric acetylene

Danimer's degradable polymer coating and Orion's conductive materials

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
AromaticsAromatics
+3+3
🏭 Making beer clear
May 06, 2022

🏭 Making beer clear

SK Capital's essential oil acquisition and Ashland's beer clarifier

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
Specialty chemicalsSpecialty chemicals
+4+4
🏭 Green chlor-alkali?
May 02, 2022

🏭 Green chlor-alkali?

Olin's green H2 interest and BASF & Sinopec's expansion plan

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
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