Fatty Acids

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Afyren Begins Commercial Production

June 11, 2024

French biochemical start-up Afyren last week announced completion of several long production cycles to deliver the first ...

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OQ Chemicals Declares Force Majeure

March 5, 2024

OQ Chemicals yesterday declared force majeure for products manufactured at its Oberhausen, Germany, site – including s ...

Special Report: Base Stocks

Special Report: Base Stocks

February 16, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

Special Report: Base Stocks

Special Report: Base Stocks

February 14, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

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Indonesia Disputes EU Fatty Acid Duties

February 13, 2024

Indonesia requested World Trade Organization dispute consultations with the European Union over its imposition of anti-d ...

Special Report: Base Stocks

Special Report: Base Stocks

February 13, 2024

Discover how extended producer responsibility in India might affect rerefining in the country, how the automotive indust ...

Crafting Biobased Fatty Acids from Food Waste

Crafting Biobased Fatty Acids from Food Waste

February 1, 2024

A Dutch startup may have discovered a new, more sustainable way to manufacture fatty acids using food waste as a feedsto ...

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

Earnings Climb at Yushiro, KH Neochem

November 17, 2023

Profits and sales for the quarter ended Sept. 30 surged for Japanese metalworking fluids and industrial fluids manufactu ...

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Ingevity to Close Crude Tall Oil Fatty Acid Plant

November 8, 2023

Ingevity announced last week that it will close by mid-2024 its Deridder, Louisiana, processing plant, which produces cr ...

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Tsuno Makes Esters from Used Cooking Oil

July 28, 2023

Tsuno Group, a Japanese chemical company, announced the launch of fatty acid esters made from used cooking oil. The lub ...

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Oleon to Double Size of Belgium Unit

February 28, 2023

Belgian oleochemical producer Oleon will double the capacity of its isostearic acid and dimer production unit in Ertveld ...

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Croda Selling Unit to Cargill

December 28, 2021

Agricultural products company Cargill Inc. has agreed to buy most of Croda International Plc’s Performance Technologie ...

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DL Chemical to Acquire Kraton

September 29, 2021

South Korean-based DL Chemical Co. Ltd. will acquire Houston-based Kraton Corp. for $2.5 billion in cash under a definit ...

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Tall Oil Demand Said to be Rising

September 1, 2021

Rising electric vehicle sales and global carbon-neutrality initiatives are helping drive demand for use of tall oil fatt ...

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Biofuels Hog Tall Oil Supply

December 9, 2020

A recent study forecasts an 8% supply deficit for crude tall oil for all applications by 2030 because of high demand for ...

Russian Firm Expands Fatty Acids Plant

Russian Firm Expands Fatty Acids Plant

August 23, 2020

Russian specialty chemical producer Vyazemsky Plant for Synthetic Products expanded its capacity to manufacture fatty ac ...

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Ingevity CEO Resigns, Interim CEO Named

February 26, 2020

Ingevity Corp. announced Feb. 20 that its board of directors and D. Michael Wilson agreed he would resign as president, ...