Venture plans US bioethylene glycol

Sustainea, a joint venture between the Brazilian chemical maker Braskem and the Japanese trading firm Sojitz, plans to build a biobased ethylene glycol plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant will be located near a Primient facility that will sell corn dextrose feedstock to the facility . Ethylene glycol is a raw material for polyethylene terephthalate polymer. The plant will cost $400 million and is scheduled to commence operations in 2028. Sustainea ultimately plans to build three biobased ethylene glycol plants.

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C&EN Global Enterprise
Published
2024-11-11
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https://doi.org/10.1021/cen-10235-buscon11
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Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
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Venture plans US bioethylene glycol

Alex Tullo
C&EN Global Enterprise
Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
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Venture plans US bioethylene glycol

Alex Tullo
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Abstract

Sustainea, a joint venture between the Brazilian chemical maker Braskem and the Japanese trading firm Sojitz, plans to build a biobased ethylene glycol plant in Lafayette, Indiana. The plant will be located near a Primient facility that will sell corn dextrose feedstock to the facility . Ethylene glycol is a raw material for polyethylene terephthalate polymer. The plant will cost $400 million and is scheduled to commence operations in 2028. Sustainea ultimately plans to build three biobased ethylene glycol plants.

C&EN Global EnterpriseVol. 102(35)
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Biomedical Ethics and Regulation
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