The glass industry’s needs are extremely diverse, and manufacturers demand stability and precision in their…
Starch is essential for imparting strength to corrugated cardboard boxes, but millions of tons of…
Bio foam control Last month, Novozymes A/S (Bagsvaerd, Denmark; www.novozymes.com) introduced Fermax, an enzyme protease…
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL; Richland, Wash.; www.pnnl.gov) has developed a hydrothermal liquification (HTL) process…
Demand for carbon fiber (CF), which can be used to make strong, lightweight composite materials…
A group of organizations, lead by the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI; San Antonio, Tex.; www.swri.org)…
A new process for making long glass fiber polypropylene (LGF-PP) concentrates (glass-fiber-containing plastic pellets) allows…
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT; Germany; www.kit.edu) is cooperating with research institutions and industry…
Scandium International Mining Corp. (Sparks, Nev.; www.scandiummining.com) is about to become the first company to…
Last month, the first compact plant to produce synthetic fuels from solar energy and CO2…