Under an autumnal sky, the first machines are busy at work on the french Osiris chemical platform in Péage-de-Roussillon.

A subsidiary of the French tire maker Michelin and the French research firm IFP Energies Nouvelles say they have developed a process for making 5- hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) from fructose after a ...

ResiCare, a subsidiary of the French tire producer the Michelin, and IFP Energies nouvelles produced the first samples from a biobased process for making 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF) from fructose ...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, Frace—Kraton Corp. has joined the Cerisea project, a Michelin-led initiative to establish an industrial-scale production facility for 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (5-HMF). Produced from ...

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France—Michelin will invest over $60 million to construct an initial industrial demonstration unit for a bio-sourced, non-toxic molecule, known as a "sleeping giant." 5-HMF, also ...