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Project Dh22b Borouge-4 progress is being made

According to Borouge, the project is on schedule to be finished by 2025 as early work has already begun.

With the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractors starting work soon, the Dh22 billion Borouge-4 project in Ruwais, which was initiated early this year by Adnoc a...

ADNOC and Borealis will sell a 10% stake in their joint venture polymer giant Borouge to the public

On Wednesday, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and its long-time partner Borealis AG announced their plan to list 10% of Borouge plc, their petrochemicals joint venture, on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) in an initial public offering (IPO).

Subject to regulatory approvals...

Covestro Thailand’s Goal of Being Fully Circular

Covestro is a leading producer of high-tech polymer materials across the world. The Managing Director of the Thai unit of Covestro, Timo Slawinski, says that the world needs to play a better role in creating a circular economy.

Awareness regarding climate change has caused the global cl...

SCIENTISTS FROM OSAKA UNIVERSITY TO CREATE PLASTIC USING STARCH TO SOLVE MARINE POLLUTION

Highlights –

• Scientists from Osaka University to create plastic using starch to solve marine pollution.
• The team of scientists aims to solve marine plastic pollution.
• The team is led by polymer material chemistry professor Hiroshi Uya...

REGINA MARIA LABORATORIES PROCESSING OVER 10% OF TESTS FOR COVID-19 DIAGNOSIS IN ROMANIA

HIGHLIGHTS

• Most of the RT-PCR tests for COVID-19 diagnosis in Romania are being performed by REGINA MARIA Laboratories.
•  REGINA MARIA Laboratories has a testing capacity of 1,210 tests per day.

So far, most of the Reverse Transc...

MACROMOLECULE POLYMERS DEVELOPED BY IBM MIGHT BE THE HOPE FOR TREATING ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE

Highlights: 

• Antibiotic resistance is a condition that has been a medical worry
• A breakthrough is hoped for with the development of the MACROMOLECULE POLYMERS

Antibiotic resistance has been a medical worry for a long time. In a layman’s la...

Conductive Polymer Capacitor Market Analysis - Global Industry Size, Share, Trends and Forecast, 2019 - 2027

The new streams of application for conductive polymer capacitors through continuous developments are poised to drive the growth of global conductive polymer capacitor market over...

‘VIZAG GAS TRAGEDY': 10 DEAD, OVER 5,000 SICK AFTER GAS LEAK FROM LG POLYMERS PLANT

According to the reports, at least 10 people including two senior citizens and a girl age 8 years have lost their lives while over 5,000 people fell sick after the incident of gas leakage from a chemical plant took place in Visakhapatnam on Thursday morning. It is stated that the leakage happened...

CONTINENTAL TYRES ANNOUNCED NEW WINTER TYRES

Highlights:

• Continental Tyres have introduced its new winter tyres that will be launched in the market in the autumn.
• Continental Tyres promised that the performance of its TS 870 will be better than the TS 860.
• The tread patterns in the su...

TOKYO TECH SUCCEEDS IN FUSING DIFFERING POLYMERS

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Tokyo scientists succeed in fusing cross-linked polymers
• The fusion will now allow the precise tuning of the properties

Scientist at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have been able to successfully fuse cross-linked poly...

The search for the Origin of Life & Extraterrestrial Biology

Scientists computed a zoo of millions of alternate molecular genetic polymer structures, providing context for why biology encodes data on how to do it and providing potential leads for new drugs and a guide to looking for extraterrestrial biology.

Biology encodes data in DNA and RNA th...

Neste opens a new office

Neste, the world’s leading supplier of renewable diesel and renewable aviation fuel and skilled in delivering drop-in renewable and circular compound and chemical solutions, has opened a new office in Düsseldorf, to function the world hub for its Renewable Polymers and Chemicals busine...