SEOUL, Dec 26 (Reuters) - LG Chem Ltd, South Korea's largest chemical company, said on Tuesday it will spend 300 billion won ($278.32 million) on expanding its acrylic acid and superabsorbent polymer ...

Some of the largest chemical companies in the world—Arkema, BASF, Cargill, Dow, and LG Chemical among them—have attempted to make acrylic acid via a biobased route. It stands to reason that they would ...

A team led by University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers has invented a groundbreaking new catalyst technology that converts renewable materials like trees and corn to the key chemicals, acrylic ...

Companies large and small are showing renewed interest in biobased acrylic acid as technological advances and growing consumer concern about sustainability make the product more economically viable.