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A world first: Ceresana Analyzes the Global Market for Xylene 0

Demand for xylenes is increasing, above all in Asia. Major consumers are the producers of PET plastics.

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GreenCentre Canada and Xerox Research Centre of Canada Collaborate to Advance Green Chemistry Technologies 0

KINGSTON, ONTARIO — (Marketwired) — 10/02/14 — GreenCentre Canada Inc. ("GreenCentre"), a national centre of excellence for identifying and developing green technologies, is pleased to announce a unique collaboration with Xerox Research Centre of Canada ("XRCC"), Canada–s leading materials research centre. As a result of the collaboration, GreenCentre will be able to leverage XRCC–s expertise and state-of-the-art engineering facility and chemical pilot plant. The colla

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Louisiana–s Ascension Parish to See Nearly $2 Billion in Petrochemical Kick-Offs in 2015, an Industrial Info News Alert 0

SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwired) — 10/02/14 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — On top of being home to the self-proclaimed Jambalaya Capital of the World, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, is a hotspot of project activity. Industrial Info is tracking 35 projects, worth nearly $2.2 billion, that are slated for kick-off next year. A few are oil and gas and projects.Within this article: Progress report on project kick-offs next year in Ascension County, Louisiana, incl

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First in Series of LyondellBasell Ethylene Capacity Expansions Brought Online in Texas, an Industrial Info News Alert 0

SUGAR LAND, TX — (Marketwired) — 10/02/14 — Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) — LyondellBasell Industries (NYSE:LYB) (Rotterdam, South Holland) has brought roughly 850 million pounds per year of additional capacity online in its QE1 unit, located at its site in La Porte, Texas. The company completed work on a debottlenecking and two new furnace additions in June 2014, but delayed bringing the new capacity online until the last week of September.Within the article:

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Ceresana Analyses the Global Market for Solvents 0

No matter if paints or adhesives, pharmaceutical drugs or cosmetics: solvents are immensely important in the manufacturing of many industrial goods. Ceresana publishes the most comprehensive report on the global market for solvents. According to this study, already published in its third edition, solvents valuing about US$25 billion were sold in 2013. Market analysts expect revenues to rise by another 4% p.a. Until 2021.

Disputed But Common

The largest consumers of solvents are manufacturers o

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Stevia First Corp. Obtains Pivotal Financing From Institutional Investors for $1.47 Million in Net Proceeds 0

Additional Working Capital to Propel Rapid Commercialization Towards Near Term Positive Cash Flow

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Ensyn & Memorial Hospital Commission RFO(TM) Heating Operations 0

NORTH CONWAY, NEW HAMPSHIRE — (Marketwired) — 09/30/14 — Dr. Robert Graham, Chairman & CEO of Ensyn Corporation (Ensyn), and Scott McKinnon, CEO of Memorial Hospital (Memorial) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week at Memorial Hospital in North Conway, New Hampshire to celebrate the commissioning of Memorial–s heating system conversion from traditional petroleum fuels to Ensyn–s renewable liquid fuel known as RFO.Ensyn is supplying Memorial under a five-year, renewable contract th

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Algae Biomass Summit Launches White House Petition to Encourage EPA to Approve CO2 Recycling as Emissions Reduction Strategy 0

WASHINGTON, DC — (Marketwired) — 09/30/14 — The Algae Biomass Organization (ABO) today announced that it has initiated a "We the People" petition to the White House and called for those who support common sense, market-driven, job-creating and emissions-reducing technologies to sign the petition, located here: .This is another step in ABO–s continued efforts to secure Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval of carbon capture and utilization (CCU) technologies to meet the em

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Apprion Implements ION Commissioning Application With Proven Scheduling ROI at TPC Group, Houston Operations 0

TPC Group, Houston Partners With Leading Supplier of Industrial Application Systems to Implement ION Commissioning Application and Pervasive Wireless Infrastructure Within Newest TPC Unit

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Important Petrochemical: Ceresana Analyzes Entire Chinese Propylene Value Chain 0

With its market study "Propylene Value Chain China", Ceresana is setting new standards. For the very first time this novelty product provides complete transparency regarding current and future development of the entire propylene value chain. Attention is also given to various downstream products at various points of the value chain until final end applications.

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