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Synthomer Partnership to Develop Bio-Based Alternatives to Fossil-Based Monomers

March 9, 2026

Synthomer recently announced a new partnership with Godavari Biorefineries Limited (GBL) to develop bio‑based alternatives to existing fossil‑based monomers.

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Hidden Harbor Capital Partners Invests in Teckrez, LLC

December 29, 2023

Hidden Harbor announced its investment in Teckrez, a provider of high-quality tackifier resin and acrylic monomer solutions.

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BASF Broadens its Monomers Portfolio by Launching Bio-based 2-Octyl Acrylate

October 9, 2023

This will be the first commercial-scale production of bio-based 2-octyl acrylate, with high performance and ease of use in a broad range of applications.

Sirrus Synthesizes New Bio-Based Monomer

Sirrus has successfully synthesized its ChemilianTM 1,1 di-substituted alkenes using Lygos’ “bio-DEM”.

May 13, 2016

This marks the first known synthesis and purification of this class of monomers using bio-based malonate esters at laboratory scale.

Dow Announces Debottlenecking Project

December 14, 2015

The Dow Chemical Co. recently announced plans to complete a debottlenecking project at its Freeport, Texas, facility.

Top 5 News that Sticks

Epoxy-Functional Monomers Expansion is Top News

This weekly roundup highlights the news stories that garnered the most attention during the previous week.

Susan Sutton

December 16, 2013

CVC Thermoset Specialties’ announcement that it would expand capacity for its epoxy-functional monomers line drew the most interest last week.

CVC Thermoset Specialties to Expand Capacity

December 5, 2013

CVC Thermoset Specialties, a business group of Emerald Performance Materials, recently announced it will increase capacity of its line of ERISYS™ epoxy-functional monomers.

Ask Dr. Dave: March 2013

Can you offer some advice regarding the sourcing of monomers for acrylic adhesives formulations?

Dave Dunn Ph.D.

March 1, 2013

We are formulating acrylic adhesives (both reactive acrylics and anaerobics), but are having problems with the sourcing of monomers. Some suppliers can’t seem to give us monomers that produce shelf-stable products, even though they purport to have added extra free-radical stabilizers. Can you offer some advice?

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