ELM STREET VENTURES OF NEW HAVEN, CT HAS PROVIDED FINANCING FOR THE FORMATION OF P2 SCIENCE, INC., A SURFACTANT COMPANY, UTILISING TECHNOLOGY LICENSED FROM YALE UNIVERSITY.
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Malaysian Palm Oil Board organised an outstanding conference including detailed discussions of oleochemicals.
The first ICIS Asian Surfactants Conference, co-produced with Neil A. Burns LLC provided a high level forum for the exchange of ideas information for senior executives.
Biomaterials Company, Blue Marble presents at the ACS, CM&E Lunch
Neil A Burns LLC is co-producing surfactant conferences with ICIS Conferences, a subsidiary of Reed Business Information of the UK.
The CESIO Surfactant Conference in Vienna covered key developments in surfactants and particularly the emergence of biomass as a valid renewable piece of the surfactant value chain.
I was honored to chair the first ICIS World Surfactant Conference, which took place last week after about 7 months of planning between myself and the ICIS conference team. Based on the feedback I got from many people, whose counsel and opinion I value, the event was a success.
North American surfactant manufacturing looks set to receive a boost from natural gas derived ethylene based feedstocks, especially ethylene oxide.
Highlights of the ACS CM&E lunch on green chemicals, March 2011
A new article describes potentially revolutionary use of biomass in surfactants
We are about 25% of the way up between last year’s trough and the next peak for the chemical industry. This and other excellent analysis from the chief economist of the ACC
Neil A Burns LLC continues to invest in the specialty chemicals sector and provide advisory services to a limited client set in the oleochemicals and surfactants industries.
Base Oil markets are set to undergo big changes as new capacity comes onstream in Group 3 and Group 2 oils.
There’s a lot happening in cleantech now – impacting energy and chemicals. First, on Thursday December 9th, Con Edison, the CM&E Group of the American Chemical Society and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers are sponsoring the 5th annual Energy and Resources Conference. I am privileged to hold a board seat on the ACS CM&E group and was happy to play a small role in helping plan the conference.
Private equity funds continue to invest in chemical distributors due to economies of scale and other quantitative drivers.
The next revolution in surfactants may come from bio-renewable feedstocks. A number of emerging companies are developing bio-refinery technology to help replace petrochemical and oleochemical raw materials.