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Asahi Kasei will start producing acrylonitrile from biomass-derived propylene at its Tongsuh Petrochemical subsidiary in South Korea. Asahi says Tongsuh is the first acrylonitrile maker in Asia to be certified to make biobased propylene using the mass-balance method of feeding biomass-derived raw materials into a petrochemical plant and assigning them to certain products. Acrylonitrile is used to make acrylic fiber and other polymers.
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