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BUSINESS Business Roundup ShareShare onFacebookTwitterWechatLinked InRedditEmail C&EN, 2022, 100 (4), p 15January 31, 2022Cite this:C&EN 100, 4, 15AbstractExxonMobil and Sabic have started up their ethylene cracker joint venture in San Patricio County, Texas, after 2 years of construction. The complex can make 1.8 million metric tons of ethylene per year, as well as polyethylene and ethylene glycol. Sumitomo Chemical plans to expand capacity for liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) in Ehime, Japan, in 2023, increasing the firm’s total LCP capacity by 30%. The heat-resistant polymers are frequently used in electronics. Dow has agreed to purchase pyrolysis oil as a chemical feedstock from New Hope Energy, which operates a plant in Tyler, Texas, that makes the oil from postconsumer plastics. New Hope is expanding the plant. Nexeon has raised $80 million from investors that include the South Korean chemical company SKC. England-based Nexeon says it will use the funds to increase supply of its silicon anode battery materials. Nagase Specialty Materials will convert biobased 1,5-pentanediol from Pyran into acrylateView: PDF | Full Text HTML
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