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- Issue 02 | 2022
Masterbatches with soil improving pigments
Colouring plastics is a standard procedure throughout the industry, but what if instead of simply getting the desired colour of an application a colour masterbatch could have an added value on its ... - Issue 02 | 2022
Unique antistatic ingredient for bioplastics
There are different types of static charge control additives for polymers: these are permanent, internally added, and externally applied, depending on the level of performance and application. Croda ... - Issue 02 | 2022
New compostable mineral fillers & black masterbatches
Committed to sustainable innovation and circular economy - Issue 02 | 2022
Breakthrough for biobased HMDA
Material manufacturer Covestro (Leverkusen, Germany) and biotechnology pioneer Genomatica (San Diego, California, USA) announced an important industry milestone to advance sustainability resulting ... - Issue 02 | 2022
Let’s all adopt the right biohaviour now!
It is the slogan of the last digital marketing campaign of CABAMIX, launched in 2021. - Issue 02 | 2022
Making the leap into a new era
According to the industry association European Bioplastics (EUBP), Berlin Germany, global production capabilities for bioplastics will almost double in 2022 and are estimated to reach 2 % of global ... - Issue 02 | 2022
100 % biobased surfactants & polyethylene glycols (PEGs)
Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland) recently unveiled its new Vita 100 % biobased surfactants and polyethylene glycols (PEGs) to help directly address climate change by helping remove fossil carbon from ... - Issue 05 | 2021
100 years of colours – 10 years bio – 100 % climate neutral
Deifel, the masterbatch specialist based in Schweinfurt, Germany, is celebrating a double anniversary in 2021, not only does the company turn 100 it has also been involved in masterbatches for ... - Issue 04 | 2021
Green additivation
Expanding material suitability, evolving process interests, and extending sustainability benefits - Issue 04 | 2021
Biomimetics hold the key to the future of multiuse plastics
How the human immune system can inspire innovation - Issue 03 | 2020
Bio Mineral Composites
The new BioMineralComposites created by Albrecht Dinkelaker, Polymer- and Product Developement in Zell im Wiesental, Germany are made with compostable and waterproof polymer/wax blends marketed by ... - Issue 03 | 2020
Natural resin meets bio-polyester
Impact resistant biobased polyesters modified with native resin systems - Issue 03 | 2020
Pest repellent masterbatches now EU BPR approved
It may not occur to you immediately, but many biobased plastics are vulnerable to pest attacks and can result in huge damage and losses to the application (cf. bM 04/2016). - Issue 03 | 2020
Enhancing biopolymer performance
Polycaprolactone technology offers tailored degradation - Issue 03 | 2020
PBS masterbatches
Functional, compostable, sustainable - helping to reinvent bioplastics - Issue 03 | 2020
Masterbatches of novel additives for bioplastics
Biopolymers – together with polymers from CO2 and recycled materials – are one of the future pillars of a sustainable chemical and plastics industry. Replacing fossil raw materials such as crude oil, ... - Issue 03 | 2020
New “NATURALS” colour masterbatches launched
At PCD, the Packaging of Perfume, Cosmetics and Design show, last January in Paris, France, PolyOne (headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, USA) launched OnColor™ Naturals, the latest addition to its ... - Issue 03 | 2020
Renewable processing aids for bioplastics
Especially in bioplastics, the origin of processing aids - although used in small concentrations - is more and more considered by the processors and compounders to be ideally also a sustainable and ... - Issue 03 | 2020
Colour and Additive Solutions for Bioplastics
While the total market for bioplastics is still relatively small compared to the overall plastic market but for anyone working with bioplastics in any form, there are a wide range of options when it ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Bio-Masterbatches with ecofriendly, mineral pigments
Bio-masterbatches from Albrecht Dinkelaker, Polymer- und Produktentwicklung (Zell im Wiesental, Germany) are made with the compostable, waterproof carrier material Caprowax P™. They are suitable for ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Biobased wax additives
Clariant adds high-performing solutions based on non-food competing biomass to its broad portfolio of waxes for bio- and conventional plastics applications. - Issue 03 | 2018
Renewable, sustainable mineral
Multiplast Systems, Inc. (Solon, Ohio) recently introduced a range of masterbatches made with RenewCal™, a renewable biogenic, highly purified oolitic aragonite (calcium carbonate). This unique ... - Issue 03 | 2018
Biobased masterbatches for PLA, PBS and biobased blends
Sukano AG (Schindellegi, Switzerland) is proud to have embarked on the bioplastics journey over a decade ago (cf. p. 51). By leveraging their expertise, focus and dedication in conventional polyester ... - Issue 04 | 2016
Sneaky peaky creatures depriving bioplastics
Biopolymers are derived from a living source. The first of two different types of biopolymer types is synthesized directly by an organism (examples are DNA, RNA, proteins, and polysaccharides). The ...