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OCTOBER 20, 2022

As part of the fluorinated solutions business group of Orbia, a publicly traded global corporation with total revenues of $8.7 Solvay Specialty Polymers USA , Solvay Battery-Grade PVDF Manufacturing Facility, $178,218,568. Furthermore, the material degrades over time and is costly to import to the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed a new polymer-curing process that could reduce the cost, time and energy needed, compared with the current manufacturing process. The resulting polymer and composite parts possess similar mechanical properties to those cured conventionally. —Robertson et al.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

provides the automotive industry with innovative state-of-the-art manufacturing solutions in engineered polymer-based components, systems and related services. Mutual Automotive has added a design & engineering centre to support customers with end-to-end solutions from part concept stage to mass production and system supplies.

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Polymer Manufacturer Water Parts 52

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

The team will build on ORNL’s success in developing low-cost carbon-fibers, composites, smart polymer materials, and non-destructive evaluation methods by leveraging expertise of partners on coating deposition and robotic inspection tools for smart repair of gas pipes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The clean technology company Danish Power Systems (DPS), with partners at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, reports the best operating stability for high-temperature polymer fuel cells (HTPEMFC) yet. μV h −1 for a reference membrane.

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Polymer Czech Republic Fuel Power 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2019

In a comprehensive joint study, Henkel and RLE International have examined and validated the potential of high-performance structural foam for lightweighting in automotive body and closure parts. With the optimized structural hybrid design, the buckling (displacement) of the door panel under load was effectively minimized.

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International Parts Hybrid Polymer 191

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AUGUST 9, 2019

The project partners believe that the SLA technology has a huge potential to enable the production of customized parts and products specifically designed for customer needs especially in automotive. All developed technologies will be demonstrated based on real automotive parts considering the requirements on industrial production processes.

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Light Parts Polymer Austria 186

Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 16, 2023

The Berkeley Lab has created a conductive polymer coating known as HOS-PFM that could be used for coating lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles (EVs). To draw potential purchasers, EVs and their internal parts should continue to be reasonably priced. This could increase the range and life of EV batteries.

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Polymer Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 98

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory is partnering with Cincinnati Incorporated , a manufacturer of high quality machine tools located in Harrison, Ohio, to develop a large-scale polymer additive manufacturing (3-D printing) system. The partnership agreement supports the Department’s Clean Energy Manufacturing Initiative.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2020

BASF will uptake most of the pyrolysis oil and process it into new chemical products by using a mass balance approach as part of its ChemCycling project. Until the end of 2022, two additional production lines will be added to the existing plant. One ton of PA6 produced with tire pyrolysis oil from Pyrum under a mass balance approach emits 1.3

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Oil Parts Companies Waste 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

A German consortium involving four companies and and two universities is developing dielectric elastomers (electroactive polymers) for the conversion of mechanical energy—in this case wave power—into electrical power. This grant is part of the “smart materials for innovative products” program.

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Polymer Power Powered Convert 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2011

The new Toyota Prius α hybrid vehicle features automotive interiors made of DuPont Sorona EP polymer, a high-performance, renewably sourced thermoplastic resin. Sorona EP polymers contain between 20% and 37% renewably sourced material (by weight) derived from plant sugar. and Howa Plastics Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

The project is part of the UK Government’s Faraday Battery Challenge, a £246-million (US$326-million) commitment to battery development for the electric vehicle market. Specifically, Zap&Go is creating polymer-inorganic composite electrolytes in the form of membranes. These electrolytes can operate in the 4.0V

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Li-ion Parts Engine Polymer 231

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2023

Developed as part of Factorial and Stellantis’ joint development agreement announced in November 2021, this cell results from the two companies’ continued collaboration to bring advanced solid-state battery technology to electric vehicles. Factorial’s battery features a polymer-based solid electrolyte and a lithium-metal anode.

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Lithium Ion Batteries Battery Polymer 468

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2015

Solvay Specialty Polymers introduced Veradel 3300 SL 30 polyethersulfone (PESU). The new Veradel grade is a tough, high-performance resin designed to meet growing global demand for advanced polymers that can improve automotive powertrain efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Researchers at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering, led by Miguel Modestino, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a novel ion-conducting polymer (ionomer) that increases the power and lowers the cost of fuel cells. —Katzenberg et al. —Miguel Modestino.

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Cost Of Polymer Fuel Power 427

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

(GNT), a company based in Toronto, to scale up production of a new lightweight wood-fiber–based composite material to create automotive parts using an innovative process. Cam covers made at GNT.

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Canada Ford Polymer Solar 403

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2014

Mazda Motor Corporation, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, has developed a new bio-based engineering plastic that can be used for exterior design parts for automobiles. Dyed parts made from the bio-based engineering plastic feature a finish of higher-quality than can be achieved with traditional painted plastic.

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Mazda Parts Engine Polymer 275

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2016

Using particulate methane monooxygenase (pMMO), the researchers created a biocatalytic polymer material that converts methane to methanol. The enzymes retain up to 100% activity in the polymer construct. Remarkably, the enzymes retain up to 100 percent activity in the polymer. a) Schematic of PEG-pMMO hydrogel fabrication.

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Polymer Convert Conversion Gas 150

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MARCH 22, 2022

A major challenge is to mitigate quality deficiencies of polymers arising from thermal and mechanical stress during the recycling process. Recycled plastics often contain impurities and polymer contaminants that accelerate polymer degradation, which change the material properties. Zhejiang REEF Technology Co.,

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Polymer Waste Convert Parts 195

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Electrode catalysts for polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEFCs) As part of the agreement, production equipment will be installed at the plant of Ya’an Guangming Paite Precious Metal Co., TANAKA Kikinzoku Kogyo aims to use this agreement to meet the growing domestic demand for fuel cell electrode catalysts in China.

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China Fuel Production Polymer 170

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2012

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced that the use of an alkaline surfactant polymer (ASP) flooding technique has successfully improved oil recovery at a 106-year old Illinois field by more than 300%. Polymer is added to protect the chemical slug from early dissipation by the driving water phase. Such surfactants, when.

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Polymer Illinois Oil 2000 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2011

million) investment as part of its Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge. The Carbon Trust’s Polymer Fuel Cell Challenge was launched in 2009 to deliver the critical reduction in fuel cell system costs that must be achieved to make mass market deployment a reality. Cha, CEO of ACAL Energy.

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Polymer Carbon Parts Fuel 199

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2012

With the new BASF polymer, however, Ford is able to skip that painting step, thereby reducing cost and environmental impacts during production of the 2013 Ford Fusion. If clear-coat paint had been used on these particular parts with the new Fusion, it would have required Ford’s supplier to ship parts from Kalamazoo, Mich.,

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Fusion Polymer 2013 Ford 218

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced commercialization of new HYDROCEROL chemical foaming agents (CFAs) that can help automakers cut the weight of many plastic interior car parts without adversely affecting appearance or performance. The Clariant scavenging technology absorbs moisture and acid during foaming.

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Parts Auto Polymer North America 220

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2023

The US is home to the largest ethanol industry production in the world and consists of ample technology, infrastructure, and supply availability for a project in the polymers’ value chain. —Mark Nikolich, Braskem America CEO Polypropylene is a thermoplastic polymer used in a wide variety of applications, including automotive parts.

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Production Polymer Brazil America 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Boasting a higher strength than metal, this CFRTP-UD tape can be applied to automobile frames and bodies, further enabling the recycling of end-of-vehicle-life parts into different, new automobile parts. AZP is a transparent polymer that overcomes the disadvantages of conventional optical plastic materials.

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Carbon Fiber Economy Batteries Battery 370

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2020

They replaced the all-copper conductor, middle, with a layer of lightweight polymer coated in ultrathin copper (top right), and embedded fire retardant in the polymer layer to quench flames (bottom right). The copper would not only do its usual job of distributing current, but also protect the polymer and its fire retardant.

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Lithium Ion Polymer Battery Batteries 397

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

From the atomic level to full-scale components, the research links variability in materials’ atomic configurations and microstructures with how actual parts perform. PPM, which launched in 2010, aims to identify how material variability affects performance margins for an engineering component or machine part.

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Parts Polymer New Mexico Mexico 225

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2022

The new staple nanofiber incorporates both polyester nanofiber and polyethylene polymers, which are combined in Teijin Frontier’s proprietary sea-island composite cross section. Different polymers are used for the “sea” and “island” parts to improve rubber reinforcement.

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Polymer Production Gas Convert 243

Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2012

As part of the alliance, DaniMer will utilize Myriant’s bio-succinic acid for the production of high-performance, bio-based polymers used to make a broad range of products. DaniMer Scientific and Myriant have formed a strategic alliance focused on delivering innovative, cost-effective bio-based materials to the marketplace.

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Polymer Davis Production Louisiana 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Hybrid vehicles enable the use of smaller fuel tanks, making a polymer solution more viable, but high-density polyethylene (HDPE) still requires multilayer structures with complex additional features to prevent permeation, and withstand the extended periods of internal pressure inherent to Plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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Engine Fuel PHEV Polymer 273

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2010

A team of researchers at MIT and Pennsylvania State University, which has been working on a new layer-by-layer (LbL) method for producing novel kinds of membranes, has developed a new solid-state polymer electrolyte for use in electrochemical devices such as fuel cells and batteries using that method. Argun et al. Nathan Ashcraft, Marie K.

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Polymer Fuel MIT Batteries 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

This will include both structural and cosmetic parts, and both polymer and metal pieces. The Cadillac CT4-V and CT5-V were GM’s first vehicles to benefit from additive manufacturing with parts including the shifter emblem, transmission components and HVAC ducts. 3D Printer at GM Additive Industrialization Center.

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Cadillac Global General Motors GM 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2009

EIG will supply 20Ah NCM Li-ion polymer cells to Miljøbil Grenland AS. is to supply 20Ah lithium-ion polymer cells to Miljøbil Grenland AS for the design validation and the subsequent engineering sign-off scheduled for early 2010. As part of that deal, Electrovaya became a shareholder of Miljøbil as a joint-venture partner.

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Lithium Ion Polymer Li-ion Motor 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The total investment is estimated to be around $850 million, and is expected to be funded in part by a grant awarded by the US Department of Energy of $178 million to Solvay to build a facility in Augusta, Georgia. Solvay, a global leader in PVDF, brings process technology and global market know-how to this venture.

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Supplies America Lithium Ion Market 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

Twelve has developed an efficient polymer-electrolyte membrane (PEM) CO 2 electrolyzer that uses proprietary CO 2 -reducing catalysts to split CO 2 with just water and renewable electricity as inputs, syngas (CO and hydrogen) as the output, and pure oxygen as the only byproduct.

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