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Dec 11, 2020 | Industry News
New technology developed at VTT enables the use of pectin-containing agricultural waste, such as citrus peel and sugar beet pulp, as raw material for bio-based PEF-plastics for replacing...
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Dec 2, 2020 | Industry News
DSM has announced that it will start a strategic partnership with Neste to enable the production of high-performance polymers. This enables DSM and its customers to reduce the carbon footprint of...
Total Corbion PLA has released its whitepaper outlining its position on the preferred end-of-life options for PLA bioplastics. The whitepaper also clarifies where PLA products and applications can...
Dec 1, 2020 | Industry News
Two UC San Diego bioenergy projects have been selected by the United States Department of Energy to get funds for their research. The DOE grant will support research to develop bio-based...
Nov 30, 2020 | Product News
Clariant won in two categories of this year’s ICIS Innovation Awards. Clariant’s multi-purpose additive Licocare® RBW Vita, derived from crude rice bran wax, won ‘Best Product’. Ammonia synthesis...
Nov 26, 2020 | Industry News
Braskem and Denmark-based Haldor Topsoe have announced that they achieved their first-ever demo-scale production of bio-based monoethylene glycol (MEG). MEG is a raw material for PET (polyethylene...
Nov 4, 2020 | Industry News
Researchers from JAIST and U-Tokyo have successfully developed the white-biotechnological conversion from cellulosic biomass into aromatic polymers having the highest thermodegradation of all the...
Nov 3, 2020 | Industry News
Products made from bio-based plastics must undergo the same testing procedures as conventional plastic products to access the market of the European Union (EU). Plastics intended to be certified as...
Oct 29, 2020 | Industry News
Nordmann assumes responsibility for sales and marketing of the Biofibre product range in a large number of European countries. Biofibre was founded in 2011 and produces Biofibre® granules. The...
Oct 27, 2020 | Industry News
ReSolute, the Flagship EU project focused on creating a new, sustainably-sourced, safer alternative to traditional, fossil-based solvents is launched. The project will build a flagship plant to...