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See allCescco2 to upcycle PVC with supercritical CO2
Making the PVC chain circular is coming within reach as Groningen-based start-up Cescco2 can move forward…
‘The TRL train in the Northern Netherlands can finally move ahead’
The Chemport Innovation Centre (CIC) was launched in Delfzijl, in the Northern Netherlands: a new facility…
“We now have a better grip on biology”
PHAs are special biopolymers. Strictly speaking, we may not call them bioplastics, because this material is…
Chemical industry in the north of the Netherlands leads in climate transition
Rising temperatures on earth are causing worldwide dehydration and flooding, forest fires, landslides and changes in…
Innovation through cooperation
"Sometimes I feel like a boy with a chemistry box here," says Johan Visser, site director…
‘Consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective’
‘We need to consider plastics from a fundamentally different perspective. Not as waste but as man-made…
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See allBioBTX secures over €80M to launch world’s first renewable aromatics plant
BioBTX has raised more than €80 million to build its first commercial plant to produce renewable…
Successful Sustainable Innovation Week in the Northern Netherlands
The Sustainable Innovation Week, organised by Greenwise Circular Plastics and Chemport Europe, concluded successfully after four…
BioBTX gets €2.8 JTF grant for green chemicals from biomass and plastic waste
Dutch BioBTX, Technical University Eindhoven and Groningen University have received a €2.8 million grant from the…
Sustainable Industry Challenge 2023 finals in Emmen
The chemical industry is on the lookout for innovations to become fully sustainable, using for example…
Verborg Group to build biorefinery in Farmsum
The Verborg Group is to build a biorefinery at Contitank's site in Farmsum in the Northern…
Recell opens demo plant for green cellulose
Recell has opened a green cellulose demo plant with a capacity of 50kt in Leek,Northern Netherlands.…