This Baton Rouge startup is taking aim at the chemical industry’s ‘propylene gap’

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Baton Rouge startup Renovigo Chemicals is developing a new way to make acrylonitrile, a key ingredient in carbon fiber, plastics and synthetic rubber. The process could reduce the chemical industry’s reliance on propylene, a petroleum-derived feedstock whose supply can be volatile. Today, about 90% of acrylonitrile is made from propylene, CEO Jeremiah Piper says. He

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