The Futurol project to make bioethanol is launched

• Book ID: 104387783
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Weight: 60 KB
• Volume: 2008
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1351-4180
• DOI: 10.1016/s1351-4180(08)70493-8

✦ Synopsis

behind amid the changing market conditions. Such problems include the rising prices of oil and precious metals; mounting demand for petrochemicals in Asia, particularly China, and the Middle East; and environmental policies that are becoming more rigorous. Activities being carried out by companies such as JGC Catalyst and Chemicals, Kawaken Fine Chemicals, Süd-Chemie Catalyst Japan, and Haldor Topsoe A/S are discussed. A table shows the catalyst business in tonnes during 2006, 2007 and Jan-Mar 2008.