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- Issue 03 | 2022
Hemp-based composite for wind turbine blades
Hemp is the second-fastest-growing plant on earth. With over 40 % of Canada’s hemp production happening in Alberta, it’s a well-known and valuable cash crop to prairie farmers – and now even waste ... - Issue 03 | 2022
New amorphous PHA product line
Advanced amorphous PHA technology will provide plastics manufacturers and consumer products companies with marine, soil, and home biodegradable options - Issue 03 | 2022
Current and future raw materials for renewable polymers
When it comes to plastics production, we are still crude oil junkies. The European Commission projects that by 2050, some 20 % of the global crude oil production could be used to produce plastics, up ... - Issue 02 | 2022
Plastics as CO2 sinks
Building a carbon-negative plastics industry with low-CO2 compounds and masterbatches - Issue 02 | 2022
There are no silver bullets but this one has a pretty shine
Since I joined bioplastics MAGAZINE in a bigger capacity about two years ago I came across one material that just sounded too good to be true – the UBQ™ material. The premise of taking mixed ... - Issue 02 | 2022
When Zero-Waste meets 3D printing
GREENFILL3D – a Polish start-up (located in Łódź) operating on the edge of ecological, biodegradable materials, and 3D printing, announces the premiere of its unique filament based on wheat bran – ... - Issue 01 | 2022
10 Years ago Published in bioplastics MAGAZINE
In January 2022, Fred Eickmeyer, Managing director and plant breeder Eskusa, Parkstetten Germany says: - Issue 01 | 2022
New 3D printing powder for food industry
FABULOUS, an expert company in polymeric 3D printing materials, brings innovation to a market now focused on production. - Issue 01 | 2022
Sustainable materials in high-end luxury car
The VISION EQXX is the result of a mission Mercedes-Benz (Stuttgart, Germany) set themselves to break through technological barriers across the board and to lift energy efficiency to new heights. It ... - Issue 01 | 2022
Lightweight biobased cellulose reinforcement for automotive applications
The automotive industry continuously strives to improve the driving range of cars. Whether being per litre of petrol for a combustion engine or in kilowatt-hour (kWh) for electrically powered ... - Issue 01 | 2022
Bio-PA composites
Renewable 1,5 pentanediamine based polyamide composites for automotive applications - Issue 06 | 2021
Fill the gap, not the landfill
Governments and institutions have been scrambling to rectify the global environmental disaster caused by the accumulation of plastic waste. This plastic waste comes in macroscopic forms such as ... - Issue 06 | 2021
Custom-made PHA formulations
PHAradox makes the next step to custom PHA based development - Issue 03 | 2021
Microplastic: solving the problem without harming our planet
Acoustic and thermal characterization of a novel sustainable material incorporating recycled microplastic waste - Issue 03 | 2021
Smart wood foam
Edible shock- and heat-resistant wood foam could replace plastic packaging - Issue 03 | 2021
PLA for large format 3D printing
NatureWorks (Minnetonka, MN, USA) continues to grow its portfolio of Ingeo™️ biopolymers specially designed for additive manufacturing with the introduction of Ingeo 3D700 for use in large-format 3D ... - Issue 02 | 2021
Speeding up time to market…
For biobased products using fast and efficient high throughput experimentation - Issue 02 | 2021
New barrier film structure for compostable food packaging
SP Group (Singapore) and Nurel Biopolymers (Zaragoza, Spain) present a new multilayer film structure, with high oxygen barrier, sealing, and transparency properties whose main advantage is the ... - Issue 06 | 2020
A new packaging solution for aerosols
B reak free of the design and performance constraints of aluminium and steel. Next generation (partly biobased) plastics can provide the perfect solution for personal care and household products. - Issue 05 | 2020
PLA 3D-printing filament for lighting
Gantri (San Francisco, California USA) introduces Gantri Plant Polymers, the world’s first plant-derived polylactic acid (PLA) blends engineered specifically for premium lighting products. ... - Issue 05 | 2020
Pilot plant for bio-based packaging foam
Stora Enso (headquartered in Helsinki, Finland) will build a pilot facility for producing Cellufoam™ by Stora Enso, a lightweight, highly porous foam material from cellulose fibers, for protective ... - Issue 04 | 2020
Bioplastic from plant protein
World’s first commercial plant-protein bioplastic set to hit the market - Issue 04 | 2020
Partially biobased polycarbonate
German based Covestro is introducing a new polycarbonate film with more than 50 % of its carbon content sourced from plant-based biomass. Makrofol EC is the first partially biobased film in the ... - Issue 04 | 2020
Military grade biobased fire-resistant material
Cambium Biomaterials, California, USA, just became the first company to field test a novel biobased fire-resistance product in a fire-in-flight demonstration. Cambium and the US Naval Air Warfare ... - Issue 04 | 2020
New cellulosic, highly functional bioplastic
Does it help to solve environmental issues such as marine plastic waste?