With a consumer, both in the domestic and international markets, increasingly aware of the importance of sustainability, the footwear chain in Brazil has been mobilizing to not only encourage sustainable production processes, but also to certify them. In this context, the Brazilian...

Brazilian foreign trade company expects growth of 12% in imports of solar panels in 2021. Federal Government predicts that by 2027 hydroelectric plants will have a 51% drop in energy participation, while alternative sources of energy generation should jump to 28%. Although about 90% of...

Leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp is pioneering in the PVC market with the introduction of a general-purpose plasticizer partly based on renewable raw material using a traceable mass balance concept. Emoltene 100 Pro is a dipropylheptyl phthalate (DPHP) designed to support...

Epoxy modified with an amine-based hardener is applied in a demonstrator EV battery housing. The result is a thermally and mechanically robust structure that offers scalability in a variety of e-mobility applications. Evonik-led consortium EV battery housing with epoxy SMC cover. Photo...