NAM Creates Custom and Border Coalition
The National Association of Manufacturers (Washington) says it has formed the Customs and Border Coalition to help monitor and shape trade and border security policy. The coalition will be composed of individual businesses... Reckitt Benckiser Directs Carbon Reduction Program at its Customers
Reckitt Benckiser (Slough, U.K.), which sells a broad range of branded healthcare, personal care, and cleaning products across the world, says it has begun a campaign aimed at encouraging its customers to reduce the environmental footprint associated with the... |
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Environment
California Finalizes Recommendations for ‘Green Chemistry’ Program
California has released final policy recommendations for its landmark “green chemistry” program, which aims to reduce the use of toxic substances in products and manufacturing processes. The program would significantly change policies for chemical...
Regulatory
First Independent Audits Completed Under Non-GMO Food Project
North America’s first independent, third-party standard and verification program designed to avoid the use of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in food production systems...
R&D
Honeywell-USDC in Displays Pact
Honeywell Electronic Materials (Tempe, AZ) and U.S. Display Consortium (USDC; San Jose) will together invest a total of $500,000 to develop new materials for flexible... |
Innovation
Researchers Develop Low Cost Nickel Fuel Cell Catalyst
Researchers led by Lin Zhuang, professor of chemistry at Wuhan University (Wuhan, China), say they have developed a nickel-based catalyst for creating anodes in fuel cells. The anode is coated with nickel particles and also features chromium that is tolerant...
Sustainability
SusChem Has Received €625 million in Funding
The Sustainable Chemistry European Technology Platform (SusChem) has received €625 million of funding thus far, according to an analysis of its impact on initial Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) calls. The analysis... |
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