Adipic acid, a fundamental component in the manufacture of chemical fibers, nylon 66, engineering plastics, and various pharmaceutical, food, and chemical products, is commonly synthesized through a ...

According to data monitored by SunSirs, the adipic acid market weakened in early June. The average market price was 8,866 RMB/ton on June 1 and 8,166 RMB/ton on June 9, representing a decline of 7.89% ...

BASF SE BASFY announced the cessation of production for adipic acid, cyclododecanone (CDon) and cyclopentanone (CPon) at its Ludwigshafen site. The production facilities for CDon and CPon are ...

Verdezyne has opened a pilot plant in Carlsbad, Calif., that makes adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 6,6, from plant raw materials. CEO E. William Radany says the firm’s yeast-based fermentation ...

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) and PTT Global Chemical PLC (PTTGC; Bangkok, Thailand) have established a first-of-a-kind series of manufacturing ...

Green chemistry pioneer Verdezyne, a privately held industrial biotechnology company that produces renewable chemicals and fuels from non-petroleum sources, has opened its first pilot plant to produce ...

A Chinese industrial gas company recently took a noteworthy step toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions from chemical plants in China by capturing and reusing waste gas from the production of nylon.

Nylon is a representative plastic material used throughout our daily lives, from clothing to automobiles. However, most of ...

Toray Industries, Inc., announced that it has developed the world’s first 100% bio-based adipic acid, a raw material for nylon 66 (polyamide 66), from sugars derived from inedible biomass. This ...

Several biobased chemical makers plan to scale up production of nylon precursors made via fermentation. They are responding to demand from consumer product companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas ...

A Korean research team has developed a technology that enables the production of key raw materials for nylon—widely used in clothing and automotive pa ...