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In Germany, a German-Chinese research team has found a new synthetic route to produce biofuel from biomass. The chemists converted the substance 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) produced from biomass into 2,5-dimethylfuran (DMF), which could be suitable as a biofuel. Compared to previous methods, they achieved a higher yield and selectivity under milder reaction conditions. The work was part of the German-Chinese research cooperation “Novel Functional Materials for Sustainable Chemistry”, whic...

DSM provides Q1 2021 trading update Highlights Group sales +7% and Adjusted EBITDA +13% Nutrition: sales +7%, organic sales +7%, Adjusted EBITDA +9% Materials: sales +13%, volumes +21%, Adjusted EBITDA +27% Outlook 2021: Group Outlook updated to reflect stronger Materials recovery Key figures - continuing operations 19.1% 1 Adjusted EBITDA is an Alternative Performance Measure (APM) that reflects results from usual operations. Organic sales growth is the total impact of volume and price/mix. ...

Wind turbines on the open sea are enormous. Apr 30th, 2021 Friederike Meyer zu Tittingdorf Materials researchers at Saarland University and mechanical engineers at RWTH Aachen University working to further develop monopile production for offshore wind farms. Steelwind Nordenham With an output of around ten megawatts, todays wind turbines on the open sea have enormous dimensions. Their gigantic nacelles - with a generator, rotor and rotor blades spanning more than 100 meters - stand atop a steel...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Materials researchers at Saarland University and mechanical engineers at RWTH Aachen University working to further develop monopile production for offshore wind farms. view more  Credit: Steelwind Nordenham With an output of around ten megawatts, todays wind turbines on the open sea have enormous dimensions. Their gigantic nacelles - with a generator, rotor and rotor blades spanning more than 100 meters - stand atop a steel tower. This tower, in turn, rests in the sea o...

BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Covestro AG (CVVTF.PK, COVTY.PK), a German manufacturer of high-tech polymer materials, announced Wednesday a preliminary EBITDA for first quarter of 743 million euros and an

Covestro Raises FY EBITDA Outlook BERLIN (dpa-AFX) - Covestro AG (CVVTF.PK, COVTY.PK) said it raised its forecast for EBITDA, free operating cash flow and return on capital employed for fiscal year 2021 as a result of a better than previously expected business development. The company raised its annual EBITDA outlook to a range of 2.20 billion euros - 2.70 billion euros from the prior outlook of 1.70 billion euros - 2.20 billion euros, citing a better than expected margin development in the fir...

DGAP-Ad-hoc: Covestro AG / Key word(s): Change in Forecast/Preliminary Results Covestro AG: Raised earnings outlook for 2021 13-Apr-2021 / 19:36 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Covestro is raising its forecast for EBITDA, free operating cash flow (FOCF) and return on capital employed (ROCE) for fiscal year...

In Germany, Covestro completed the acquisition of the Resins & Functional Materials business from the Dutch company Royal DSM. The transaction substantially expands Covestro’s portfolio of sustainable coating resins, making the Group one of the world’s leading providers in this growth market. The integration of RFM will expand the Group’s revenues by around EUR 1 billion and will add more than 20 sites to its global production network. With the transaction, Covestro is expanding its busin...

Study Achieves Highest Opto-Electronic Spin Polarization at Room Temperature Written by AZoOpticsApr 9 2021 The use of information technology in which the spin of electrons is used for information processing in quantum computers might be possible in the future. For a long time, this has been the aim of researchers to use spin-based quantum information technology at ambient temperature. Experimental setup similar to the one the researchers have used. Image Credit: Thor Balkhed. Now, scientists f...

Synthesis of photocatalytic and antibacterial materials for removing medicines from wastewater The Theoretical and Computational Chemistry Laboratory (QTC) of the Jaume I University of Castellón (UJI), in collaboration with the Centre for the Development of Functional Materials (CDMF) of the Universidad Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar), has published an article entitled “Selective Synthesis of α-, β-, and γ-Ag2WO4 Polymorphs: Promising Platforms for Photocatalytic and Antibacterial Materia...