Two France-based specialty chemicals companies recently separately announced a research and development collaborations towards green materials and processing.Rhodia formed a multi-year partnership with the University of Pennsylvania and the French National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de Recherche Scientifique, or CNRS) to develop new, sustainable technologies in the field of soft condensed matter such as liquids, colloids, polymers, foams and gels. The partnership also formally launched a new international research collaboration called COMPASS.
