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Innovation
June 26, 2018
As early-stage companies make progress toward key milestones, performance chemical company Chemours is poised to continue its growth since spinning off from DuPont in 2015. The company, which specializes in titanium, fluoroproducts and chemical solutions, broke ground in December on a 312,000-square-foot facility located at University of Delaware’s STAR Campus in Newark. “Since the groundbreaking […] -
Innovation
June 26, 2018
ThruPore Technologies, a catalyst company based in New Castle, is taking big steps forward. In February, the company announced that it had closed on the first $540,000 in a round of seed funding. Since then, CEO Dr. Franchessa Sayler says the company has raised an additional $35,000 and is on its way to surpassing the […] -
Innovation
June 26, 2018
“Big picture-wise, the resources are coming together,” says Bryan Tracy, CEO of White Dog Labs. His firm and others are innovating in the industry, and he says more companies are starting to come up and do remarkable things: “The ecosystem is building.” For White Dog Labs, a biotech company based in New Castle, 2017 was […] -
Innovation
June 26, 2018
In many ways, chemistry as a discipline seeks to understand the interaction between things and how those interactions can produce change. It’s a fitting reflection of the chemical industry in Delaware, which also finds itself in a period of change. The First State has been a major nerve center of chemical innovation since the du […] -
Innovation
June 26, 2018
The Science, Technology and Research Institute of Delaware (STRIDE) is a growing consultancy focusing on innovation as well as research and development in the chemical space. With a roster that includes many former DuPont scientists, STRIDE works with companies large and small to help make discoveries and solve problems. Last year, STRIDE moved into laboratory […] -
Innovation
June 25, 2018
The Delaware Innovation Space, a nonprofit incubator located in Wilmington, provides lab space, tools and support to startup companies in the scientific arena to help them grow and reach their goals. Created by the State of Delaware, DuPont and the University of Delaware, the facility is located on the historic Experimental Station and bills itself […] -
Innovation
June 25, 2018
Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) screens. Intraocular lenses. Emerging medicines and much, much more. New Castle-based Adesis specializes in producing difficult-to-make chemicals, which allows companies around the world to create new devices and develop medicines for incurable diseases. President Andrew Cottone says Adesis scientists are inventing solutions every day, and is excited by the growth and […] -
Innovation
June 25, 2018
Change is never easy in business. From taking on new business models to reintroducing a company to customers, evolution and transformation are not for the faint of heart. But that’s just what Ashland has done in recent years. And customers and shareholders say the company is on the right track, says Brian McGrath, Ashland’s vice […] -
Innovation
June 25, 2018
The name that has become synonymous with the chemical industry in Delaware is getting a new identity in 2019, with officials pledging to focus on growth areas in the year ahead. In February, DowDuPont announced that its specialty products division would continue under the DuPont name when it separates into an independent company prior to […]
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