Welcome to the ICIS CEO Opinion e-newsletter: Sustainable chemistry is a hot topic, especially given US president Obama’s firm backing for industrial biotechnology... **If you would like to view this email as a web page. Please click below** http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/chemicals/chnce/HTML/CHNCE_20090803.html **Add us to your safe senders list** http://epidm.edgesuite.net/RBI/whitelist/whitelist.html Story of the Week =================================== Obama's green message boosts biopolymer profile ----------------------------------------------------------------- Sustainable chemistry is a hot topic, especially given US president Obama’s firm backing for industrial biotechnology. This month ICIS Chemical Business editor Anna Jagger talks to Marc Verbruggen, CEO of US-based biopolymer producer NatureWorks about its strategy and the drive to green materials. http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9235368&nf=true Industrial biotech sector facing slowdown challenges ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9233706&nf=true NatureWorks, Avantium to work on bio-based polymers ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9231540&nf=true US Cargill takes full NatureWorks ownership, dissolves Teijin jv ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9229321&nf=true US biotech firms expect funding boost from Obama ----------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9224386&nf=true Advertorial =================================== ICIS reveals innovation shortlist Thirteen companies have been shortlisted in the four categories in this year’s ICIS Innovation Awards, sponsored overall by Dow Corning http://www.dowcorning.com and by CRA Internationalhttp://www.crai.com for the Best Product category. See full details here http://www.icis.com/awards For more information on NatureWorks =================================== Natureworks web site http://www.natureworksllc.com/ NatureWorks technology explained http://www.natureworksllc.com/media/files/from%20corn%20to%20plastic/corn%20to%20plastics%20poster_02%2013%2006_final.pdf Frequently asked questions about NatureWorks and its technology http://natureworks.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/natureworks.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=4xTk3cii&p_accessibility=0 News about NatureWorks http://www.natureworksllc.com/news-and-events/press-releases.aspx Life cycle assessments of NatureWorks' biopolymer http://www.natureworksllc.com/our-values-and-views/life-cycle-assessment.aspx Current news from ICIS =================================== Polyester boom in China pushing up PTA, PX prices http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9236056&nf=true Dow reports $435m Q2 net loss, sequential sales volume gain http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9236339&nf=true BASF shares slump 4% on weak Q2, no recovery seen for H2 http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9236076&nf=true Al-Waha to achieve commercial PP output at Al-Jubail in Q4 http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9235412&nf=true Related features from ICIS Chemical Business =================================== Chemical producers seek sustainable chemicals reveals survey http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9227286&nf=true Bioplastic market expands despite recession http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9226987&nf=true White biotechnology starting to fulfill its potential http://www.icis.com/Articles/article.aspx?liarticleid=9226988&nf=true ICIS Custom Publishing ==================================== Read the findings of the latest ICIS reader research on sustainable chemistry http://www.icis.com/Assets/GetAsset.aspx?ItemId=23199 ICIS Podcasts ==================================== This week's edition takes a look at water, including desalination, purification, agricultural applications, industrial water treatment and much more. Features editor Clay Boswell talks about several new technical innovations and editor Feliza Mirasol examines the strong growth of the water membrane industry. http://www.icis.com/tv/tv,id_9235384.htm Joe Kamalick’s Washington Letter 27 July Joe Kamalick asks whether proposals before Congress for carbon capture and sequestration are just a pipe dream, or is the US digging itself into a hole? http://www.icis.com/tv/tv,id_9234785.htm Chemical News Central: 27 July 2009 Simon Robinson runs through top business news from ICIS, including early quarter two results, Poland’s privatisation plans, and the suspended death sentence for Tonghai Chen, a past chairman of Sinopec http://www.icis.com/tv/tv,id_9234783.htm ICIS Conferences ================================== The 2009 China Base Oils Conference 10 September 2009 - 11 September 2009 http://www.icis.com/chinabaseoils2009 The 3rd ICIS Heren Gas Conference 14 September 2009 - 15 September 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/herengasconference The 2nd Chemical Purchasing Summit 17 September 2009 - 18 September 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/chemicalpurchasing09 The 6th ICIS Middle Eastern Base Oils & Lubricants conference 13-14 October 2009 http://www.icisconference.com/mebaseoils09 The 7th ICIS World Oleochemicals Conference 20 October 2009 - 21 October 20099 http://www.icisconference.com/oleochemicals2009 http://www.icis.com/Events/List.aspx?Type=Conference&Keywords=&StartDate=&EndDate= ICIS offers =================================== Take out a trial or save on a subscription Click on the link below the product or service you are interested in for more information. 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