Bioplastics Ranking August 2019

The two most famous Italian companies (Bio-on & Novamont) are also the most popular in the Bioplastics industry.
Braskem, BASF, Neste and Avantium appear in the top 10 for the first time.
Kaneka is also in the top10 due to its marine biodegradation award (Read more).
Mater-bi (Novamont) is the most famous brand to appear in the ranking as all the previous entries are companies.
Bioamber, Metabolix and Synvina are ghosts companies: they don’t exist as such (bankruptcy or acquisition).
Mitsubishi Chemical is the first Japanese company.
Corbion is almost as popular as Total-Corbion.
Welcome to Eastman on 22nd place.
Synvina (25th) vs Avantium Renewable Polymers (85th).
Other Big brands: Ingeo (67 th place), I’m Green (74th place) Luminy (94th place). The Americans have the potential to beat the Brazilian and Europeans every day of the week.

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This ranking is based on website statistics of BioplasticsNews.com for the period 1 – 31 March 2020.
Not all companies are equal in size.
Some companies are only active in bioplastics while others are also active in traditional plastics.
Not all companies produce the same type of bioplastics (PLA, PHA, Bio-PE, etc)
Not all companies have the same marketing budget (multinationals vs startups)
Not all companies have their same place in the bioplastic value chain.
Some companies did an excellent marketing job in the past and can still reap the fruits today.
We combine company names and brands: some brands are known by their company name, some companies are known by their brand names.