Archives for December 14, 2004

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Rhodia compares chemical routes in vanillin production

Nearly half of the world's vanillin supplies are sourced from China but since tighter production rules arrived there a few years ago there are now only two major Chinese producers left in the country, reports Lindsey Partos. With a recent Chinese...

DSM buys advanced resins business

Royal DSM has acquired NeoResins, the coating resins business of Avecia, for €515 million, underlining increasing industry and consumer demand for environmentally-friendly coating technologies.

New vanilla flavour solves chemical reliance

Danish biotech company Poalis, in a ground-breaking move, says it has developed a new vanilla flavour using yeast and sugar which will be drastically cheaper than its chemical counterpart, and be better for the environment, reports Chris Mercer.