Roth Capital Partners’ SPAC Acquires Plastics Recycler PureCycle Technologies

Roth CH Acquisition I Co. announced that it has acquired polypropylene (PP) recycling firm PureCycle Technologies in a deal that values PureCycle’s post-transaction equity at about $1.2 billion. Under the deal, a new holding company named PureCycle Technologies Inc. will be created and listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol ‘PCT.’ The deal includes … Read more

LG Chem Partners with Neste of Finland for Production of Eco-Friendly Resins

LG Chem has signed a strategic partnership with Neste, a leading biodiesel producer based in Finland, to accelerate the production of eco-friendly resins from biomaterials. Neste is a leading company in the biodiesel field with its own proprietary process technology. 80% of this global company’s operating profit is generated from biofuels and eco-friendly products. Through … Read more

Synthetic Biology Startup Zymergen Raises $300 Million in Funding

Zymergen, a developer of biomanufacturing technologies that could reshape any number of industries, said it has raised $300 million in funding. The investment, announced on Tuesday, was led by Baillie Gifford & Co., the U.K.-based funds giant, with participation from Baron Capital Inc. and a sovereign wealth fund that declined to be identified, said Josh … Read more

Ineos Announces Range of Bio-attributed Olefins and Polyolefins

INEOS Olefins & Polymers Europe has announced a range of Bio-Attributed Olefins and Polyolefins, based on renewable bio based raw materials that do not compete with food production.  Products will be supplied from the INEOS Koln site, Germany, later this year. The company stated that bio-attribution measures the extent to which fossil fuel-derived feedstocks have … Read more