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Unifrax introduces new nano-structured alumina catalyst support technology for a greener catalytic conversion option: Eco-lytic

Green Car Congress

The solution is designed to help prolong a cleaner engine life and enable vehicle manufacturers to meet increasingly stringent environmental, social, and governance (ESG) standards and regulations, while providing considerable cost savings as the market transitions to electric vehicles (EVs).

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Verdezyne groundbreaking for first bio-based DDDA plant; replacing petroleum

Green Car Congress

The first product produced at VerdePalm will be dodecanedioic acid (DDDA)—a 12-carbon diacid that is a component of many consumer products currently made from petroleum. —Chad Waite, Chairman of the Verdezyne Board of Directors. The VerdePalm plant is expected to be completed in 12-18 months.

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Nth Cycle says its electroextraction tech significantly reduces transportation costs for Li-ion battery recycling

Charged EVs

My co-founder Chad Vecitis, who’s now our VP of R&D, was a full-time professor at Harvard and actually developed this technology over 10 years ago. O’Connor: That’s part of the innovation—using a carbon-based filter in our system, instead of using traditional filters you’d see in filter presses. O’Connor: That’s right.

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