Michelin ResiCare, part of Michelin Group, and Axens, a clean energy firm part of IFP Group, announced they have entered exclusive discussions toward a strategic partnership around an innovative production technology for 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF), a key molecule for green chemistry.…
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Michelin, IFPEN and Axens inaugurate demo unit for bioethanol-based butadiene in France
French tyre maker Michelin, research agency IFPEN and clean technology firm Axens have inaugurated what they say is the first industrial-scale demonstrator of a plant producing bio-based butadiene in France, at Michelin’s site in Bassens near Bordeaux. The demo unit…
Axens to license ExxonMobil’s MTBE process for isobutylene output
ExxonMobil Catalysts and Licensing and Axens (Rueil-Malmaison, France) have signed an exclusive licensing alliance agreement allowing Axens to include ExxonMobil’s MTBE (Methyl tert-Butyl Ether) Decomposition Technology for high purity isobutylene in its portfolio. Used in the production of high-reactivity polyisobutylene…