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- Issue 05 | 2019
PLA-fibres in medical applications
Biodegradable materials, such as polyglycolic acid (PGA) and polylactic acid (PLA), are used commercially in medicine for sutures, osteosynthesis systems and drug delivery systems. The degradation of ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Cellulose based fibers fully biodegradable in water, soil and compost
The Lenzing Group (Lenzing, Austria) received confirmation of the full biodegradability of its fibers in fresh water by the independent research laboratory Organic Waste Systems (OWS) (Ghent, ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Alternative materials for mussel socks
Mussel cultivation involves a number of different steps. In The Netherlands mussel seed is collected on ropes hanging in the Waddenzee. The seed is harvested from these ropes and collected. ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Monofilament melt spinning of biopolymer-blends
Several efforts have been made to produce biobased multifilament yarn for textile applications. While these have generated considerable interest, monofilament applications of biopolymers have not yet ... - Issue 05 | 2019
A new generation of compostable monofilament for a wide range of applications
SeaBird, based in Brittany, France, is a company that engages in the research, development and production of bioplastic materials. Since its founding in 2011, the company has focused on reducing the ... - Issue 05 | 2019
Biobased additives for biopolymer-textiles
It is well-known that the properties of plastics are not inherent in the polymer itself, but that these are obtained through the use of functional additives. Nucleating agents, plasticizers, ... - Issue 05 | 2018
Bioplastic fibres and textiles in outdoor sports
The Outdoor Sports industry is aware of customer sensitivity for environmental concerns as well as global driving forces toward sustainable products. In this context, most Outdoor Sports brands are ... - Issue 05 | 2018
Technical PLA yarns and ropes
Senbis Polymer Innovations (Emmen, the Netherlands), formerly known as API, is an independent R&D service provider to the plastic industry, which also develops specific applications on their own ... - Issue 05 | 2018
PHB-fibers for textiles
Introducing a novel, biodegradable polyester fiber for the textile industry - Issue 05 | 2018
PHBV fibers
Tianan Biopolymer (Beilun, Ningbo, China) has been devoted to developing PHBV fibre applications since 2010. And in 2013, The company invested to found a new company: Bioserica Fiber is the new ... - Issue 05 | 2018
PBS-based Fibres for Renewable Textiles
Introduction On the market since the early 1990s, polybutylene succinate (PBS) has been used in many compostable applications such as packaging or agriculture products. However, the use of PBS for ... - Issue 05 | 2017
The FIBFAB project
New biodegradable fibres from renewable sources for fabrics with advanced properties - Issue 05 | 2017
Stable ring spinning process for PLA staple fibre yarns
This article presents the current state of the project SPEY which aims to establish poly lactic acid (PLA) staple fibre yarns in home textiles or in technical applications using a methodological ... - Issue 05 | 2017
Advances in textile applications for biobased polyamide
Cathay Industrial Biotech (CIB), Shanghai, China, developed proprietary technology to commercially produce biobased pentamethylenediamine (DN5), in order to address the growing demand for innovative ... - Issue 05 | 2017
Comfort beyond words
SOLOTEX®, a partly biobased polyester-fibre (polytrimethylene terephthalate – PTT) by Teijin Frontier Co. Ltd., Tokyo, Japan, provides a soft, stretchy texture with gentle cushioning and offers vivid ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Biobased textile fabrics for clothing applications
Around one million tonnes of fabrics used for clothing applications (including casual and workwear) are produced each year in Europe by yarn spinning (ring and rotor spinning techniques) combining ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Latest innovation from milk
Softer, thinner, skin-friendly, antibacterial and 100 % natural nonwovens Sustainable? Of course. But it’s much more than that. QMILK is a unique natural fibre with thermo-bonding properties and ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Wood based fibres for industrial applications
Cellulose, the most abundant polymer on this planet, plays a key role in the global fibre market Austria headquartered Lenzing AG developed a process to transform wood based precursor material into ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Biobased polyester fibres – PLA for textile applications
With 96 million tonnes oil-based synthetic fibres generated a world fibre market share of 62 % in 2015, followed by cotton (25 %), and (wood-based) cellulose regenerated fibres (6 %) [1]. Already in ... - Issue 05 | 2016
Biobased textile world
The textile world is biobased; since the stone ages. By mankind natural fibres (hairs, wool, silk, cotton, flax, Jute …) were spun to yarns, twisted to ropes and woven to textiles since more than ... - Issue 05 | 2015
New biobased fi bres for automotive interior applications
The automotive sector currently generates large volumes of solid waste, particularly at the end of the vehicle’s life. - Issue 05 | 2015
World’s first piezoelectric fabrics for wearable devices
Kansai University (Osaka, Japan) and Teijin Limited (headquartered in Osaka and Tokyo, Japan) announced earlier this year that Professor Yoshiro Tajitsu, Faculty of Engineering Science, Kansai ... - Issue 05 | 2015
Improved PLA twines for horticulture support
For the growth of a large number of crops in horticulture support is used in the form of wires. - Issue 05 | 2015
QMilk fibres close to market launch
QMILK fibre is a 100 % natural and renewable textile fibre made of nonmarketable milk and produced using an eco-friendly process. - Issue 05 | 2015
Efficiency boost in PLA fibre recycling
Thanks to the new INTAREMA® plant generation launched by EREMA (Ansfelden, Austria) in 2013, bioplastics can now be recycled far more efficiently than before. - Issue 05 | 2014
Rayon and more – Biobased chemical fibres
The first chemical fibres manufactured on an industrial scale were in fact biobased and date back to 1905 when Courtaulds Fibres in the UK started the production of viscose fibres. - Issue 05 | 2014
Green high performance textiles
With its long-standing experience of more than 60 years, Arkema is the world leader in castor oil chemistry. - Issue 05 | 2014
Casein-based polymers - Qmilk on the road to success
About a year ago, bioplastics MAGAZINE reported about Qmilk®, who have developed an innovative and unique technology for the production of textile fibres made from the milk protein, casein. - Issue 05 | 2014
New biobased monofilaments
Technical textile market is very traditional and very high demanding, in terms of performances, quality level, prices and compliances.