CHICAGO — Archer Daniels Midland Co. and South Korea-based LG Chem, Ltd. on Sept. 25 announced a joint development agreement to create biobased acrylic acid, a key element needed in the manufacture of ...

Chemical and biotech firms are competing to meet one of the biggest challenges in biobased chemicals: an alternative to propylene-derived acrylic acid. The global market is worth billions of dollars, ...

Ever since France’s Arkema spun out of oil company Total in 2006, it has sought to enlarge its acrylics franchise. One of its earliest acquisitions was that of specialty acrylic polymer maker Coatex ...

LUDWIGSHAFEN, GERMANY- MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - COPENHAGEN, DENMARK, August 17, 2012 - BASF, Cargill and Novozymes have signed an agreement to develop technologies to produce acrylic acid from ...