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- Issue 01 | 2022
And the winner is
The 15th Global Bioplastics Award 2021 was given to Gruppo Fabbri Vignola for their Home Compostable Cling Film - Issue 06 | 2019
Innovation award “Biocomposite of the Year 2019”
For the seventh time in a row, the “Biocomposite of the Year” innovation award was bestowed to producers and developers of innovative and new applications for biocomposites. The award ceremony took ... - Issue 06 | 2019
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The 14th Global Bioplastics Award 2019 was given to Bio4Self for their self-reinforced composites based on PLA fibres - Issue 05 | 2019
The 14th Bioplastics Award
bioplastics MAGAZINE is honoured to present the five finalists for the 14th Global Bioplastics Award. Five judges from the academic world, the press and industry associations from America, Europe and ... - Issue 06 | 2018
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The 13th Global Bioplastics Award 2018 was given to Aakar Innovations for their biobased sanitary pads for girls and women in rural India - Issue 06 | 2017
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The 12th Global Bioplastics Award 2017 goes to MAIP Srl for a newly developed PHBH-Compound for ABB Light switch covers - Issue 06 | 2016
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Rodenburg, Taghleef and Mars win the 11th Global Bioplastics Award 2016 for a jointly developed Candybar-wrapper made from waste potato starch and recycled PLA - Issue 05 | 2016
The Bioplastics Oskar
Finalists for the 11th Global Bioplastics Award bioplastics MAGAZINE is honoured to present the five finalists for the 11th Global Bioplastics Award. Five judges from the academic world, the press ... - Issue 06 | 2015
And the winner is ...10th Global Bioplastics Award 2015 for Mitsubishi Chemical and Sharp
This year the prestigious Bioplastics Oskar was again given to two companies, albeit for one new development: Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. and Sharp Corp. (Japan) jointly received the prize for the ... - Issue 05 | 2015
A novel bioresin for compostable fl exible tubes in cosmetics
A. Schulman, together with the consortium of companies formed by Germaine de Capuccini, Petroplast and the Ainia‑Aimplas alliance, has successfully developed the fi rst biodegradable fl exible tube ... - Issue 05 | 2015
Crack resistant bio‑based plastic smartphone screen
Sharp Corporation (Osaka, Japan) has chosen Mitsubishi Chemical’ (MCC) biobased engineering plastic DURABIO™ for the front panel of its new smartphone, the AQUOS CRYSTAL 2. The choice marks a ... - Issue 05 | 2015
First biodegradable fi shing lures
MHG strives to create a greener tomorrow with renewable, sustainable,biodegradable, and toxin free bioplastics for people at work and at home. - Issue 05 | 2015
Tetra Rex® Bio‑based ‑ The world’s fi rst fully renewable package
Within their ten year business plan for the environment, this year, Tetra Pak achieved a signifi cant milestone with the launch of Tetra Rex Bio‑based, the world’s fi rst fully renewable liquid ... - Issue 05 | 2015
Alki (France) Kuskoa Bi – the fi rst bioplastic chair
The comfortable and generouslysizedn Kuskoa Bi, designed by Jean Louis Iratzoki is the fi rst chair on the market to be manufactured in bioplastic. - Issue 01 | 2015
Biobased composite- sandwiches for automotive applications
In many industries it is discussed whether fossil raw materials can be replaced by renewable raw materials without any loss of mechanical properties or economic benefits. - Issue 01 | 2015
How bioplastics helped save the auto industry
Replacing petroleum-based plastics with renewably ourced alternatives - Issue 01 | 2015
New bioplastic for exterior car parts
zda Motor Corporation (Hiroshima, Japan) has developed a bio-based engineering plastic suitable for exterior automobile parts. - Issue 01 | 2014
Bio-PPA to replace metal & rubber
Rilsan® HT, the first flexible thermoplastic from the polyphthalamide (PPA) family available on the market, combines high temperature resistance with flexibility. - Issue 01 | 2014
PA 410 makes inroads into automotive market
Polyamides based on renewable feedstocks are well suited for high-performance applications in the automotive industry, where OEMs are particularly keen to improve the sustainability of their ... - Issue 01 | 2014
PLA compounds for the automotive sector
Röchling Automotive (headquartered in Mannheim Germany) is now prepared to produce a wide range of automotive plastic parts made of Plantura™ PLA based biopolymers. According to the specialists in ... - Issue 01 | 2014
Biomaterials at Ford
As it is well-known, Ford Motor Company’s efforts to implement recycled and renewable materials in their vehicles are about a century old. In the early twentieth century, it was Henry Ford himself ... - Issue 01 | 2013
Bio-PET fibres for Nissan electric vehicle
Teijin Limited, Tokyo, Japan recently announced that its ECO CIRCLE Plantfiber bio-polyester has been selected for use in the seats and interior trim surface of the 100% electric Nissan LEAF, updated ... - Issue 01 | 2013
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan, USA has been working to replace components in their vehicles with recycled or renewable plastics parts for several years now. - Issue 01 | 2013
Natural fibre composites
Environmental awareness as a key driver for lightweight solutions - Issue 01 | 2013
Biobased polymers for automotive safety components
For a lot of people biobased polymers are sufficient for packaging or plastic parts with low technical requirements. - Issue 01 | 2013
Mobility of the future
The future of mobility goes green – the IfBB (Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites, University of Hanover, Germany) as well as the race driver Smudo (our front cover hero, who is a well-known ...