Abstract: Explaining complex chemistry to a C&EN reporter before the first coffee of the day isn't for the fainthearted. It's even harder after finishing a two-day interrogation into the robustness of the technology as part of AkzoNobel's innovation competition, in a time zone where it is still 1 AM back home. But it was all in a day's work for Alexander Grous, a 30-year-old chemical engineer and technical development manager for Dixie Chemical. Grous and his technology partner, Fergal Coleman, were last-minute entrants into AkzoNobel's Imagine Chemistry start-up competition, held this year in Gothenburg, Sweden. The effort by Grous and Coleman, a chemist at Green Lizard Technologies (GLT), paid off. Together, they scooped up one of four coveted first prizes: a joint development agreement with AkzoNobel. AkzoNobel selected 20 start-ups to take to the final, held from May 30 to June 1, having whittled down a list of about 150 qualifying
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Date: 2018-06-25
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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