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Simon Hilton

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The Chemical Industry

Chemical Industry Plans for ‘Forever Chemicals’ Clean Up

The chemical solutions being designed to destroy ‘invincible’ PFASs.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
5 min read
Raw Materials

Europe’s Rare Earth Element Self-Sufficiency Solutions

Can Europe recycle, manufacture, or trade its way to rare earth element self-sufficiency?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
Raw Materials

Europe’s Rare Earth Element Self-Sufficiency Challenge

Can the EU become dependency free for critical raw materials?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
3 min read
The Chemical Industry

A Cheaper Process for Using C02 as an Industrial Chemical Feedstock

The challenges of using CO2 as a raw material may now have been overcome by an up-scalable process using nanomaterials.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
3 min read
The Chemical Industry

Pump and Motor Efficiency: A Route to Chemical Industry Savings?

Examining how the mechanics of industrial chemistry are driving up costs and preventing net zero.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
3 min read
The Plastics Industry

How Chemical Recycling Looks to Blend with Mechanical

Technology and economics are helping chemical recyclers to find a role that cooperates with the already well-established mechanical plastic recyclers.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
5 min read
Raw Materials

Can CO2 Become the Ultimate Polymer Feedstock?

“I don’t expect that science and economics will support the concept of CO2 polymerization.” Are the experts wrong again?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

How EU Dependency on Chinese Rare Earths Threatens Green Revolution

Will geopolitics kill Europe’s Green Deal and its net zero commitments?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
5 min read
The Chemical Industry

The New Economic Value of Sustainable Plastic Feedstock

Has the balance of economics finally shifted in favour of chemical recycling?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

Will Lego’s Discovery De-Rail the Recycled Plastics Industry?

Lego has cancelled plans to use recycled PET feedstock for its bricks after finding that it doesn’t reduce carbon emissions.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
2 min read
The Chemical Industry

How the Chemical Industry is Moving Away from Fossil Fuels

A look at the slow and steady shift towards biopolymers and chemical recycling.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
6 min read
The Chemical Industry

The Ukraine War’s Impact on the Economy and Raw Material Prices

Examining the surprising global economic data since Russia’s invasion.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
6 min read
The Chemical Industry

The Elephant in the Room for the Chemical Industry

How to make everything with net zero carbon emissions?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

The Imminent Chinese Threat to Europe’s Chemical Industry

Is a wave of cheap Chinese chemicals set to destroy European chemical production?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

EU Chemical Ingredient Rules: Top Tips for Importers

Quick advice on how and how not to import products or chemical raw materials into the EU.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

EU Chemical Rules: The Four Most Significant Directives

What you need to know about EU industrial chemical and ingredient policy.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

How the Industrial Chemical Sector is Achieving Shock Resistance

Recent disruptions have forcing chemical companies into a rethink of how they source raw materials.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

Chemical Recycling: The Issues Delaying European Progress

While the future of numerous recycling projects remains uncertain, the environmental need for action grows.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
6 min read
The Chemical Industry

Governments are Rethinking Chemical Industry Policy

Global economic stagnation is making governments prioritize manufacturing and chemical industry output.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
Raw Materials

How AI Will Benefit Logistics and Raw Material Procurement

More than just another overhyped technology, artificial intelligence enables anyone to streamline supply chains.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
Raw Materials

A New Strategy for the U.S. Military Raw Material Supply Chain

How the Ukraine war has highlighted the importance of onshoring production and securing raw materials.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

How the Russia/Ukraine War is Still Impacting the Global Economy

The price of Russia’s war keeps growing and growing.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
4 min read
The Chemical Industry

The New Shape of Europe’s Chemical Industry is Outside of Europe

Chemical industry investments are heading to bigger profits, cleaner production, and more relaxed regulation overseas.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
3 min read
Raw Materials

Ethical and Sustainable Raw Materials: From Supply or Purchasing?

If the customer is always right, then doesn’t the responsibility of fair trade and building a circular economy fall on them?

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
3 min read
Raw Materials

Can Europe’s Chemical Industry Go Circular?

How the European chemical sector is using innovative technologies and sustainable raw materials to achieve net zero.

  • Simon Hilton
    Simon Hilton
3 min read
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