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Orion S.A. investing $13.6M in circular carbon black
September 15th, 2023
Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals producer, is investing $13.6 million (€12.8 million) – including several million in funding from the German government and European Union – to further develop and demonstrate a climate-neutral process for producing carbon black from alternative carbon sources, the company said today. The technology is designed to improve Orion’s yield […]
World’s first T-shirt dyed using black algae
March 1st, 2023
Living Ink has created a black dye using algae, allowing Vollebak to create the first T-shirt dyed with algae. Photo: Vollebak / Sun Lee Carbon black, a pigment derived from petroleum, is commonly used to create black for everything from clothing and phones to cars and ink. It comes from tracts of land called tar […]