{"id":2223,"date":"2024-10-23T07:01:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=2223"},"modified":"2024-10-23T07:01:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:01:44","slug":"romanias-chimcomplex-works-with-uk-research-firm-to-produce-co2-based-polyols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=2223","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s Chimcomplex works with UK research firm to produce CO2-based polyols"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chimcomplex (BVB: CRC), Romania\u2019s largest chemical group, and UK-based deep tech company Econic Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential production of CO2-based polyols. This collaboration aims to enhance sustainability and improve material performance across various industries while introducing Econic\u2019s sustainable polyol technology to the European market.<\/p>\n<p>Econic Technologies has developed a proprietary catalyst and process that allows manufacturers to replace up to 30% of fossil-based materials in polyols with captured CO2.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This technology is available for licensing, enabling the production of high-performance polyols used in applications such as foams, laminates, coatings, and elastomers. These materials have diverse uses in sectors including furniture, mattresses, automotive, construction, footwear, apparel, and other industrial applications.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative contributes to reducing the carbon footprint of European industries by offering polyols made with captured CO2 instead of fossil fuels, significantly cutting CO2 emissions.<\/p>\n<p>Chimcomplex, a strategic company for the Romanian economy, is the largest chemical manufacturer in Eastern Europe. The company specialises in polyols, chloro alkali, amines, and oxo-alcohols, operating two industrial platforms in One\u0219ti and R\u00e2mnicu V\u00e2lcea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>With a history spanning 70 years, Chimcomplex continues to develop high-quality products and processes for a more sustainable future.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, the company reported a turnover of approximately EUR 283 million and is headquartered in Bucharest, Romania.<\/p>\n<p><em>iulian@romania-insider.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>(Photo source: the company)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chimcomplex (BVB: CRC), Romania\u2019s largest chemical group, and UK-based deep tech company Econic Technologies have signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the potential production of CO2-based polyols. This collaboration aims to enhance sustainability and improve material performance across various industries while introducing Econic\u2019s sustainable polyol technology to the European market. Econic Technologies has developed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}