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NatureWorks (Plymouth, MN, USA) leading manufacturer of PLA, announces, in collaboration with Jabil (St. Petersburg, FL, USA), a global manufacturing solutions provider, the availability of an Ingeo™ PLA-based powder formulation for powder-bed fusion technologies, including selective laser sintering (SLS) printer platforms.

A step forward in research, a big step for circularity in textiles: REVECOL® (Recycled Vegetable Cooking Oil) represents a new generation of textile chemical auxiliaries, which are high-performing and obtained from vegetable exhausted cooking oil. For the first time, this step of the textile supply chain can thus also make use of materials with a circular approach, contributing to the real sustainability of the finished product.

Trinseo (Wayne, PA, USA), a specialty material solutions provider, has launched its flagship MAGNUM™ ABS Resins with 95 % bio-attributed content.

Danimer Scientific (Bainbridge, GA, USA) and TotalEnergies Corbion (Gorinchem, the Netherlands), both leading bioplastics companies focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced that they have developed a new compostable coffee pod biopolymer that is in compliance with proposed EU packaging regulations.

Leading biopolymer and PLA manufacturer NatureWorks (Plymouth, MN, USA) has further expanded the performance attributes delivered by Ingeo biopolymer in hygiene applications with the introduction of Ingeo 6500D for nonwovens.

More than 110 participants from 18 countries met last week in Nuremberg (and online) for two days to report on success stories and developments in the realm of sustainable plastics and the toys made from them.

Ingevity (North Charleston, SC, USA) will participate in the European Coatings Show 2023 in Nuremburg, Germany, from March 27-30, to highlight its Capa® caprolactone high performance polyol technology and the company’s expanded vegetable oil-based offerings that can be used to enhance coating formulations.

OrthoLite®, the global leader of sustainable, performance and comfort insoles and footwear materials solutions, and Novamont, the international leader in the development, production and eco-design of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics and biochemicals, announce an exclusive partnership in the creation of OrthoLite Cirql™, the world’s first circular foam material solution for footwear.

Testing service provider Hohenstein (Bönnigheim, Germany) has worked with the project partners Trigema (Burladingen, Germany), Freudenberg Performance Materials APPAREL (Weinheim, Germany), DBL ITEX (Montabaur, Germany), and Paradies (Neukirchen-Vluyn, Germany) to create a new standardized test method for detecting and classifying the environmental effects of textiles during washing.

Beauty brands are seeking sustainable alternatives for conventional plastic packaging – but high-end brands have high-end demands.

Lignin is arguably the most abundant component of biomass that most people have never heard of. That may be about to change.

Eco-Products® (Boulder, CO, USA) recently announced that one of its Vanguard® clamshells has earned CMA-W approval from the Compost Manufacturing Alliance (CMA – Port Orchard, WA, USA), making it the first moulded fibre item made with no-added PFAS to be approved by CMA.

Sustainability is “the” topic. A significant contribution to sustainability goals may derive from the use of totally or partially biobased polyamides.

An artificial turf surface made of biobased materials, sustainable, environmentally friendly, suitable for play, is being built for the city of Ellwangen, Germany With a biobased and biodegradable synthetic turf system, the city of Ellwangen wants to reduce the discharge of microplastics into the environment and create a sustainable, future-proof alternative for new sports fields with synthetic turf.

AMSTERDAM, 21 February 2023, 22:05 hrs CEST – Avantium N.V. (“Avantium”), a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” and “Origin Materials”), a leading sustainable materials company based in the USA, announced on Feb 21, 2023 a partnership to accelerate the mass production of FDCA and PEF for use in advanced chemicals and plastics.

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – With USD 6 million raised in its latest round of pre-series A funding, Loliware has raised a total of USD 15.4 million – making it the market’s best-funded seaweed materials tech company.

Teijin Limited announced end of January that it has received an ISCC PLUS sustainable-product certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for biomass-derived bisphenol A (BPA) polycarbonate (PC) resin products produced in Japan.

Solvay (Brussels, Belgium), a leading global supplier of specialty materials, has announced that the production of its hydroquinone (HQ) and hydroquinone monomethylether (MeHQ) in Saint-Fons, France has been accredited to comply with the mass balance accounting regime of the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS system.

Teknor Apex (Pawtucket, RI, USA) is excited to announce the new Monprene® S3 CP-15170 BLK, an eco-conscious thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) made with 35% sustainable content that includes UBQ™ and post-consumer recycled material.

Avantium (Amsterdam, the Netherlands), a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, and Henkel (Düsseldorf, Germany), a global leader of adhesives, sealants, and functional coatings, and leading manufacturer of well-known consumer brands, have signed an offtake agreement for five years, under which Avantium will supply Henkel with FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) produced in Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

Sustainability has long been at the core of the Hong Kong based company Wingram. With the development of the biobased and biodegradable BioAcetate S70, Wingram adds to its list of bioplastic products that aim to help reduce the plastic pollution crisis we often hear about in the news.

UBQ Materials (Tel Aviv, Israel), climate tech developer of advanced materials made from organic and unrecyclable waste, recently announced that Rimax (Yumbo, Colombia) has launched the first consumer pet line “Made with UBQ™”, which will initially be available in Colombia and then roll-out globally.

Green, Smart, Advance are the three keywords for most of the industries nowadays, including but not limited to plastics and rubber industries. Green is the commitment for circular economy and sustainability. At CHINAPLAS 2023, April 17-20, 2023 visitors will for sure immerse in these 3 hot technologies under one roof.

Environmental commitment is one of the hottest topics for 2023. Hyundai Motor Group and Hyundai America Technical Center showcased their respective activities at the Hyundai Open Innovation Lounge in Seoul, Korea. The Palisade concept vehicle features Lingrove’s innovative, high-performance, plant-based ekoa® for a luxury and interactive finish in the interior of the car.

Scallops are the shellfish that Japanese people eat the most. And most discarded shellfish shells are from these Scallops. Could these shells, which used to protect the animals from outside enemies, be transformed into something that protects people's lives? As a result of this question, Koushi Chemical Industry and Sarufutsu Village together developed Shellmet, a hard hat made from discarded scallop shells and recycled plastic.

On January 4, 2023, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company unveiled a demonstration tire comprised of 90% sustainable materials. This demonstration tire has passed all applicable regulatory testing as well as Goodyear’s internal testing.

Wood, the global consulting and engineering company, will work with CuanTec Ltd., a Scottish circular economy business, to develop cutting edge separation facilities that will process shellfish waste to extract chitin, a naturally occurring, 100% compostable biopolymer with a wide range of applications in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.

The Hamburg-based start-up traceless materials (Germany) has developed hooks made from their material innovation traceless®. During a pilot phase over the upcoming months, fashion retailer C&A (Vilvoorde, Belgium) uses the traceless® hooks as a replacement for conventional plastic hooks in its store in Hamburg Altona.

LanzaTech (Skokie, IL, USA), an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation (“CCT”) company that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products that people use in their daily lives, and Sumitomo Riko (Nagoya, Japan), recently announced they have entered into a joint-development agreement to reuse rubber, resin and urethane waste for the production of a key chemical intermediate, isoprene.

Formerra (Romeoville, IL, USA) recently announced a new relationship with Danimer Scientific (Bainbridge, GA, USA), a leading next-generation bioplastics company, to distribute sustainable polymer materials manufactured by Danimer.