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Specialty chemicals

Specialty chemicals

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🏭 The chicken or the egg

Jul 29, 2022

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9 min read

🏭 The chicken or the egg

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Aromatics

+6

🏭 The pineapple protector

Jul 22, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 The pineapple protector

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Adsorbents

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🏭 All kinds of MDI

Jul 18, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 All kinds of MDI

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+6

🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

Jul 15, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Killing viruses, and plastic

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+3

🏭 Special chip gases

Jul 6, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Special chip gases

More PDH in China and US-based semiconductor gases

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

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🏭 Water bags

Jun 13, 2022

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6 min read

🏭 Water bags

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+1

🏭 Bright clothes only

Jun 10, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Bright clothes only

Perstorp's sustainable polyols and BASF's clothing brightener

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Aromatics

+5

🏭 Making plastic clear

May 23, 2022

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8 min read

🏭 Making plastic clear

Miliken's polypropylene clarifier and Sumitomo exits the dye business

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+4

🏭 Vanilla without the bean

May 18, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Vanilla without the bean

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+5

🏭 Electric acetylene

May 9, 2022

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6 min read

🏭 Electric acetylene

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Aromatics

+3

🏭 Making beer clear

May 6, 2022

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7 min read

🏭 Making beer clear

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi

Specialty chemicals

+4

🏭 Green chlor-alkali?

May 2, 2022

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6 min read

🏭 Green chlor-alkali?

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

Darius Mortazavi
Darius Mortazavi
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