Materials – Bioplastics News

TOP 5 Biobased Materials Selected by the UN

Materials Packaging

Milk-Based Biodegradable and Water-Soluble Packaging

Materials R&D Recycling

Completely and Infinitely Recyclable Polymer is a Breakthrough

Stora Enso launches lignin-based phenol

USDA-NIFA funds University of Tennessee for plastics development from lignin

Super cyanobacteria produces bioplastic faster and cheaper

Applications Materials

Bio-sourced biodegradable PLA fibres will replace Polyester in textiles

Materials Recycling

PEF to be integrated in European PET recycling

Corporate EU Materials

€25M granted to “PEFerence” the Synvina-led European consortium for PEF

Metgen invents novel chemo-enzymatic route to FDCA.

Award Materials

Award Bio-Based Material 2017

Materials Production Capacity

Rennovia enters pilot stage of its bio-based 1.6- hexanediol (HDO) platform, accelerating the race to bio-nylon

VTT develops CatLignin, a reactive lignin for wood adhesives

S2G Biochemicals starts commercialization of bio-based glycols

Applications Corporate Materials

Reverdia’s bio-succinic acid finds application in paints

Award Materials

Winner of the Biobased Material of the Year 2016

Joint Venture & Partnerships Materials

FDCA boosted by BASF and Avantium – The JV Project

Materials Production Capacity

Another biobased dicarboxylic acid comes into commercial production, by Verdezyne

Corporate Materials

TECNARO develops, produces and markets lignin based ARBOFORM®

Materials Production Capacity

TerraVerdae’s waste to PHA production scale-up completed

Materials Production Capacity

Potato waste based PHA plant and Levulinic acid from biomass

DOE Top 12 Biobased Molecules – What they became

Award Events Materials

Innovation Award – Bio-Based Material of the Year 2015.

Bio-based Polyurethane (PU) Market analysis and forecast to 2020.

Materials Nylon

Is biobased the new highway to the old nylon?

PHA Modifiers for PLA Fiber

PEF and Avantium towards replacement of PET

Financial News Materials

PTT & Bio-based PU drives global 1,3-propanediol (PDO) market

Materials technology

Metabolix (USA) develops polyhydroxalkanoate (PHA) copolymer technology

Award Materials

TSE wins Award for polyurethane (PUR) spray layup resin

Available soon: bio-based LYCRA® fiber