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- Issue 05 | 2012
Bio-based tie layer
Yparex B.V. (Enschede, The Netherlands) recently announced that it is the first supplier in the packaging industry to develop and commercialize an adhesive tie layer for multilayer packaging films ... - Issue 05 | 2012
Growth in PLA bioplastics - Production capacity of over 800,000 tonnes per annum expected by 2020
The nova-Institute (Hürth, Germany) recently published the first results of a multi-client market survey covering the international bioplastics market. - Issue 05 | 2012
Rayon fiber reinforced bio-PA - high bio-content and a good reinforcement potential
Evonik Industries (Essen, Germany) has developed and launched on the market a novel combination of bio-based high-performance polyamides and bio-based high-performance fibers. - Issue 05 | 2012
From meat waste to bioplastics
The 36 month ANIMPOL project (‘Biotechnological conversion of carbon-containing wastes for eco-efficient production of high added value products’) funded by the EU was launched in 2010. - Issue 05 | 2012
PBS production - The energy-saving, resource-efficient production of PBS using the 2-reactor process
Uhde Inventa-Fischer, based in Berlin, Germany and Domat/Ems, Switzerland, can look back on over 50 years of history serving the polymer industry. During this time more than 400 plants for the ... - Issue 03 | 2012
New additive for biopolymers
The HallStar Company (Chicago , Illinois, USA) introduced HALLGREEN R-8010, a new and recently patented, bio-based polymeric succinate that improves the flexibility and pliability of biopolymers ... - Issue 03 | 2012
New transparent alloy
Plexiglas Rnew alloys a new technology for the durables and semi- durables market space - Issue 02 | 2012
Good for AD
Versatile bioplastic product enabling increased use of Anaerobic Digestion - Issue 01 | 2012
Four-unit process technology for PLA manufacturing
Polylactide (PLA) is one of the most important biodegradable and biocompatible polyesters derived from annually renewable resources. The most efficient method for preparation of PLA is ring-opening ... - Issue 01 | 2012
Transparent plastic-like packing material from birch fibril pulp
VTT Technical Research Centre, Espoo, Finland and Aalto University, Espoo/Helsinki, Finlandm have developed a method which for the first time enables manufacturing of a wood-based and plastic-like ... - Issue 01 | 2012
New biobased plastic for technical applications
As the issue of climate change was discussed as one of the main agendas in the G8 summit and in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the subject is now attracting attention ... - Issue 05 | 2011
High-Heat, Impact-Resistant PLA
New technology from Teknor Apex, Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA, eliminates a property tradeoff that has prevented polylactic acid (PLA) from serving as a ‘green’ alternative to polystyrene (PS) and ... - Issue 05 | 2011
New PLA Resin
The application of PLA has been limited due to its disadvantageous properties such as brittleness, low heat resistance and impact strength, and slow crystallization rate. - Issue 04 | 2011
Advanced Research in Bionanocomposites
The demand for biobased materials is driven by concerns for the environment and the need for sustainable development. Carbon backbones from plant-derived molecules have considerable potential as ... - Issue 04 | 2011
Too Cool for School
Nanofibrillar cellulose and their industrial promising future in combination with bioplastics. - Issue 04 | 2011
Novel Bio-Composites for Structural Applications
Bio-composites manufactured from natural materials such as fibres and bio-derived polymers offer a sustainable alternative to traditional ones, but at present they are still not available for their ... - Issue 03 | 2011
Smart Packaging: Smart Industry
You are doing your weekly grocery shopping. Last item on the list: sausages. - Issue 03 | 2011
New Compounds Open More Uses for PLA
Teknor Apex Company from Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA have reported in early May of this year that new technology developed by the company has eliminated a property tradeoff that until now has ... - Issue 02 | 2011
Improved PHA Production in Tobacco
Research Furthers Potential for Biobased Plastics and Chemicals in Non-Food Bioenergy Crops - Issue 01 | 2006
Metallised cellulose-based film
Innovia Films has introduced NatureFlex NM, a unique cellulose-based film, manufactured from renewable wood pulp and metallised in-house. As recently announced by Innovia Films it is the first ... - Issue 01 | 2007
“Let’s Be One with Mother Nature”
EcoPolTM is an aliphatic polyester copolymer which Econeer Co., Ltd from USA / South Korea developed by using ethylene glycol, dimethyl isophthalate, adipic acid as main ingredients with the goal of ... - Issue 01 | 2007
Novel biodegradable material
...for textile systems, composites, thin-walled containers and wrappings - Issue 01 | 2007
Bioplastic Polyamide 11 for automotive fuel line applications
Global warming and other environmental concerns drive advances in the automotive industry to minimize the environmental impact of today’s cars. - Issue 03 | 2007
Bio-Ethanol based Polyethylene
Braskem is a leading Brazilian company manufacturing thermoplastic resins in Latin America. At the company’s Technology and Innovation Center Braskem has developed the first internationally certified ... - Issue 03 | 2007
PHBV from Tianan-Biologic
Tianan Biologic Material Co. Ltd is located in Ningbo, one of the major cities in China’s economically dynamic Zhejiang Province. - Issue 04 | 2007
Lactide Monomers for the production of PLA
So far the focus for bioplastics developments has been in particular on the environmental and social elements. To make PLA sustainable on the long-term it is now crucial that the economic ... - Issue 01 | 2008
Polyethylene and Bio-Polyethylene
Polyethylene is a plastic material that has been known for more than 100 years.