Mitsui Partners with Kaisei in Project To Commercialize Bio-Polypropvlene

摘要

Tokyo-Mitsui Chemicals and Kaisei are collaborating in a three-year,project,commissioned by Japan's Ministry of the Environment,to commercialize Mitsui's bio-polypropylene(bio-PP).Mitsui recently announced plans to commercialize a new method for the production of bio-PP using various bio-mass,mainly non-edible plants,which is fermented to produce isopropanol(PCN,17 June 2019,p 2).The isopropa-nol is then dehydrated to obtain propylene in a”first-of-its-kind”isopropanol method,Mitsui noted.”Compared to other biomass production approaches studied by other companies thus far,this one could prove to be a more cost-effective way to manufacture bio-PP,”said Mitsui.