Category: Materials
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DeZeen Top 10 Carbon Storing and Emission Reducing Materials
DeZeen idnetifies Ten materials that store carbon and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions including bioplastics
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Finland Innovative Materials Champion
Here’s the list of the innovative materials champions from Finland.
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What About Biodegradable Metals?
Millions of patients all over the world undergo surgical procedures related to bone defect repair every year. With an ever-increasing life expectancy and the issues that come with a decaying skeleton, the number of interventions can only increase in the coming years. This is why orthopaedic surgeons are constantly looking for improved medical implants for…
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Thermoforming With Biobased Plastics for Greater Sustainability
Are biobased and biodegradable plastics also suitable for thermoforming?
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Technology Profile: Polyethylene Furanoate Production (PEF)
This column is based on “Polyethylene Furanoate Production — Cost Analysis,” a report published by Intratec.
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Floreon Outperforms HDPE in Latest Trials
Silvergate Plastics recently visited a leading plastic fabrication company to trial the ground-breaking bioplastic Floreon as an alternative to HDPE in the production of plastic bottles.
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Food Delivery Company Replaces Polystyrene with Bioplastics
US Food Delivery Company will replace Polystyrene with Bioplastics
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Rennovia enters pilot stage of its bio-based 1.6- hexanediol (HDO) platform, accelerating the race to bio-nylon
Rennovia, CA (USA) has successfully commissioned and is operating its pilot plant operations for its sugars to 1,6-hexanediol process. 1,6-HDO is a platform intermediate to several commodity chemicals with over $20 billion global market value, including hexamethylenediamine (HMD), adipic acid (AA), and caprolactam.
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Bio-Based Polyurethane (PU) Market Analysis and Forecast to 2020
Global bio-based polyurethane (PU) market is expected to reach USD 37.5 million by 2020, or less than 0.07% of the total PU market according to a new study by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing preference for bio plastics on account of environmental concerns, is expected to drive global bio-PU market over the next six years.
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Soy-Based Polyols as Alternative to Polyurethane
The United Soybean Board (USA) confirms Soy-based Polyols as reliable and lower carbon footprint alternative to petrochemical conventional polyurethane.
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TSE Awarded for PUR Spray Layup Resin
TSE Industries based in Clearwater Florida has been awarded the JEC Americas 2014 Innovation Award for its VOC and Bisphenol A-free bio-based polyurethane spray layup reinforcing resin.
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Bio-based LYCRA Fibre
INVISTA, owner of the LYCRA® brand, introduces the only commercial offering of a bio-derived elastane available globally and for use in a wide variety of apparel fabrics and garments, including sportswear and haute couture.
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MetaBolix Mvera Transparent Biopolymer Film
Metabolix (USA) announces it will launch its transparent biopolymer blown film grade Mvera™ B5011 at Interpack’14 (May 8-14th at Messe-Duesseldorf Germany).
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From Fermentation to Bacteria, A New BioPlastic Era
From fermentation and catalysis to bacteria: chemistry is gradually shifting production paradigm and moving into a new era (Cont’d). An example of microbial plastic factory for the synthesis of novel lactate-based biopolymers: summary of the Technical Paper.
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Bio-Succinic Acid: A Blockbuster
Bio-Succinic Acid: a plant based chemistry blockbuster for the coming years. Recent allied market research study forecast an AAG > 40 %
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Solvay and Bio Epoxy Production
News from SOLVAY’s and VINYTHAI’s plan to build a second Bio-Epichlorohydrin plant in Asia and take a major position on this key feedstock for bio-epoxy resin production.
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