A team of researchers at NYU have presented a new chemical reactor type that synthesizes a precursor for nylon production through electrosynthesis, rather than a thermal based reaction. The need for ...

In T-shirts, stockings, shirts, and ropes – or as a component of parachutes and car tyres – polyamides are used everywhere as synthetic fibres. At the end of the 1930s, the name Nylon was coined for ...

Several biobased chemical makers plan to scale up production of nylon precursors made via fermentation. They are responding to demand from consumer product companies that want to reduce greenhouse gas ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the intersection of climatetech and entrepreneurship. Nylon – more than 8.7 million tons are produced each year.

GPA, the association of French automotive plastic parts suppliers, has warned of an impending global crisis due to the shortage of key nylon materials. In a Friday statement, the GPA said the ongoing ...