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Kuraray's EVAL ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymer blocks oxygen 10,000x better than LDPE — the barrier layer in ketchup bottles and food packaging. A 3-micron EVAL film extends shelf life from days to months.

Robertet extracts natural aromatics via supercritical CO2 — 73 bar, 31°C — dissolving volatile oils without heat damage. From Grasse lavender to Madagascan vanilla: natural chemistry at its purest.

CF Industries' Donaldsonville complex (Louisiana) is North America's largest ammonia plant — natural gas steam reforming at 40 bar to produce 5Mt/year of NH3. Haber-Bosch chemistry on a Gulf Coast scale.