News from Abroad COLLABORATION
Carbios to use TechnipFMC’s EPC expertise to build demo plant to convert PET waste to monomers French green chemistry firm, Carbios, will take on board TechnipFMC to build a demonstration plant for depolymerisation of waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastics to monomers. TechnipFMC’s operating centre in Lyon, France will assist Carbios to build a plant that demonstrates Carbios’ Enzymatic Recycling Process. The technology uses proprietary enzymes to recycle waste PET plastics into monomers ready for repolymerisation into PET with the same technical and physical properties as virgin PET. “This collaboration is an important step in the demonstration of the technology and potential future commercialisation,” the companies said. TechnipFMC will provide advisory, engineering, procurement and construction supervision services for this plant, which will be located close to Lyon. Construction will start later this
year with first operations expected to begin in 2021. “This collaboration recognises our technological know-how and leading-edge approach to commercialising new processes, as well as underlining our ambition to provide services in the field of sustainability and the circular economy,” said Mr. Alain Francois, Managing Director
of TechnipFMC’s Lyon office. Mr. Jean-Claude Lumaret, CEO of Carbios, added, “Carbios’ technology has proven to be a superior process that efficiently recycles all PET-based plastics. To ensure its implementation at large-scale, it is key for operators to gain insights into operational conditions. Our collaboration with TechnipFMC aims to address this need through a demonstration plant.”
Stahl becomes member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials Stahl, the Dutch leader in speciality chemistry for coatings, processing and treatments for many everyday materials, has joined the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB). As a member of the RSB, Stahl can access the expertise of RSB community members all over the world as well as contribute the company’s expertise to the continuous development of the RSB’s sustainability standard. Stahl’s membership of the RSB Chemical Weekly April 28, 2020
adds to the company’s commitment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as the basis for the responsible production and management of chemi-
cals and products. Covering a range of social and environmental issues, and well suited to support the most innovative technologies and approaches in chemicals and textiles, as well as other fields, the RSB Standard is widely acknowledged as being the most robust and credible of its kind. Composed of a variety of different standards, the RSB Standard has been designed and continuously developed to support certification in all circumstances, anywhere in the world. 113