Category: Production Capacity
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Mitsubishi Chemical Develops Bio MMA Technology
Design of Pilot Plant for MMA Monomers Using Plant-Derived Materials Has Begun
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Lotte Chemical to Produce PHA
Lotte Chemical to develop PHA bioplastic
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Trinseo Chemical Recycling Plant Update (FREE)
Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders announced that plans for a world-class chemical recycling…
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Synthos to Build Bio Butadiene Plant
Synthos Enters into the Next Phase of Bio-Butadiene Technology Development to Produce Sustainable Rubber
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An Phat PBAT Plant Ground Breaking Ceremony
An Phat Holdings officially organized Ground Breaking Ceremony for the largest green materials factory in Southeast Asia
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Xampla Opens New Lab and Expands Team
Xampla opens new lab as company expands commercial and technical teams
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Kaneka Increases PHBH Capacity in Japan (FREE)
Production capacity increase of KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet™ in Japan. This is a FREE article
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Circa Group Receives Grant for French ReSolute Plant (FREE)
Circa Awarded €8.2M Grant By French Government ‘Relance’ Programme. This is a FREE article.
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Stora Enso Increases Capacity of Formed Fiber (FREE)
Stora Enso accelerates growth in formed fiber by expanding its production capacity in Europe.
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Global Bioenergies Receives Grant for French Plant
€500,000 subsidy granted to Global Bioenergies by the Grand Est region as part of the France Relance plan
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Cosun Beet Receives Grant for Biorefinery
Subsidy for sustainable biorefinery from sugar beet pulp
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Large Scale Production of Recyclable Cellulosic Bioplastic
Large-Scale Manufacture of Recyclable Bioplastics from Renewable Cellulosic Biomass Derived from Softwood Kraft Pulp
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Anellotech and Trecora Renew their Partnership
Anellotech and Trecora Resources subsidiary South Hampton Resources renew site host and services agreement for process development pilot plant
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NGO Front Against Belgian Ineos Plant
Fresh legal action launched to block Ineos plastics project in Belgium ‘once and for all’
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BioReform Launches Greeny Bags Plant in India
BioReform’s plant launched in Hyderabad
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Eastman to Build Chemical Recycling Plant in France
Eastman to invest up to $1 billion to accelerate circular economy through building world’s largest molecular plastics recycling facility in…
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Netherlands Says No to Belgian Ineos Plant
The province of Zeeland (NL) is appealing against the environmental permit for the construction of the new Ineos ethane cracker…
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Toyo Styrene and Agilyx Partner on Chemical Recycling in Japan
Toyo Styrene Enters into the Construction Phase of Chemical Recycling Facility in Japan utilizing Agilyx Technology
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First China PHA Plant Breaks Ground
Bluepha breaks ground on its first commercial scale PHA plant in Binhai County, Jiangsu Province
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CGB and MN Soybean Processors Partner on Soybean Processing Plant
CGB and MN Soybean Processors Announce Plans to Build State-of-the-Art Soybean Processing Plant in North Dakota
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Engineered Bamboo in Florida
Rizome engineered bamboo now available, plans for Florida pilot line
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NatureWorks and Sulzer Partner on PLA in Thailand
NatureWorks will use Sulzer Technology to produce PLA in Thailand
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OMV to Build Chemical Recycling Demo Plant
OMV scales up innovative ReOil® recycling technology at Schwechat refinery
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Cyclyx Goes Chemical Recycling Gulf Coast
Cyclyx developing first of its kind specialized high volume plastic recovery facility on Gulf Coast to support advanced recycling
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Tapioca Bioplastics at Commercial Scale
Ho Ren Hua Leads Thai Wah To Launch First Tapioca-Based Bioplastics At Commercial Scale
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Cellulose Nanofiber Production for Biomedical Applications
Production and Characterization of Cellulose Nanofiber Slurries and Sheets for Biomedical Applications
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Calyxt BioFactory Update
Calyxt Identifies More Than 15,000 Unique Chemical Signatures in Lab-Scale BioFactory™ Production Run
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Danimer Video on Breaking Ground New Plant
See more from the recent groundbreaking of our Greenfield Facility in the following video, featuring Danimer Scientific’s CEO Stephen Croskrey…
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Ineos Belgian Plastic Plant Project Receives Bad Press
INEOS Project ONE in Antwerp conflicts with EU’s aggressive program to reduce plastics use
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Danimer Breaks Ground of New Plant
Gov. Brian Kemp made a stop in Southwest Georgia for Danimer Scientific’s groundbreaking ceremony in Bainbridge
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Inca Renewables Plant Update
Medicine Hat shortlisted for major hemp product processing plant
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CJCJ PHA Strategy
CJCJ to become PHA leader
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Quantafuel Builds Combined Mechanical and Chemical Recycling Plant
Skive progress on track for full production capability
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Packaging Industry Owned Composting Infrastructure (FREE)
Closed Loop Partners Collaborates with PepsiCo, the NextGen Consortium & Other Leading Brands to Advance Composting Infrastructure & Recover Compostable…
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Plastic Energy and TotalEnergies Partner on Chemical Recycling
Plastic Recycling: Plastic Energy, Freepoint Eco-Systems And TotalEnergies Partner On Advanced Recycling Project In The U.S
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Evanesce Opens First US Plant
Evanesce® Opens First U.S. Based Manufacturing Facility for Sustainable Product Development
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Plastic Energy to Build Chemical Recycling Plant in France
Plastic Energy Announces Final Investment Decision And Start Of Construction Works For Advanced Recycling Plant In France
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New Clariant Sunliquid Cellulosic Ethanol Plant
Clariant Completes Construction Of First Commercial Sunliquid® Cellulosic Ethanol Plant In Podari, Romania
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Multibillion Investment Needed for Circular Plastics
Analysis Indicates Need for Multibillion-Dollar Capital Spending to Achieve a “Circular Plastics Economy” by 2050
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ExxonMobil to Build US Chemical Recycling Plant
ExxonMobil to build its first large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility
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Dow to Build First Net Zero Plastic Plant
Dow announces plan to build world’s first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex
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Dow Grows Global Circular Plastics Capabilities
Dow expands global capabilities for circular plastics, with initial products available for customers in 2022
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Pilot Biorefineries in Italy and Spain
After five years, Agrimax, the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking project, which has built two ground-breaking pilot plant facilities in Spain…
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First Carbon Neutral Industrial Park
Marquis Incorporated’s CEO, Mark Marquis, announced a plan for the Marquis Industrial Park to be the world’s first carbon-neutral industrial…
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NatureWorks Thailand Plant Update
Jacobs has completed front-end engineering design for a new biopolymer production plant in Thailand
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TotalEnergies Doubles Recycled Plastic Production in France
TotalEnergies Doubles its Recycled Plastic Production Capacity in France
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First Swedish Pyrolysis Plant
Production is now underway at Pyrocell’s plant in Gävle. The new and groundbreaking factory is turning sawdust into bio-oil.
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New Renuva Mattress Recycling Plant
Mattress recycling now a reality with startup of new RENUVA™ plant
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Chemical Recycling of PLA Video
Total Corbion VP talks about chemical recycling of PLA
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LG Chem and ADM Partner on PLA Plant
First Korean company to build a Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in the U.S.
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Viridis Chemical to Produce Bio Chemicals in Nebraska
Viridis Chemical Announces Completion of Capital Improvement to Produce USP Grade Bio-Based Ethanol (Phase I) and Begins Construction on Upgrade…
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Solugen Raises Millions to Produce Bio Chemicals
Solugen Raises Over $350 Million in Series C Funding Led by Baillie Gifford & GIC to Make Carbon Negative Chemicals
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US Governor Announces New Bioplastics Plant
Gov. Kemp Announces Bioplastics Company to Open Facility in Savannah, Creating Over 100 Jobs
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Yield 10 to Boost Seed Production in 2022
Yield 10 to Boost Seed Production in 2022
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Worlds Largest Chemical Recycling Plant
The world’s largest and most modern facility for plastic recycling
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LG Chem to Build 10 Eco Material Plants
LG Chem Invests 2.6 Trillion Korean Won In High Value-add Eco-friendly Materials In Seosan, Chungnam Province
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INCA to Build Hemp Composite Plant
INCA Renewtech Signs Agreement with Genesis Products to Manufacture Bio-panels for RVs and Trucks and Secures Land in Elkhart County,…
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Sumitomo Goes Chemical Recycling of Acrylic Resin
Sumitomo Chemical to Construct Chemical Recycling Pilot Facility for Acrylic Resin to Reduce Impact on the Environment
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Plastic Energy and Sabic Groundbreaking Ceremony
A look back at the groundbreaking ceremony for our new advanced recycling plant in the Netherlands with partner SABIC.
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Final Authorisation NatureWorks Plant in Thailand
NatureWorks Passes Final Authorization Milestone for New Fully Integrated Ingeo PLA Manufacturing Plant in Thailand
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Challenges on Industrial Bio Transformation
Challenges of sustainable industrial transformation: Swedish biorefinery development and incumbents in the emerging biofuels industry
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PHA Startup Receives Funding to Scale Up Production
Genecis Receives Funding from NGen to Scale Sustainable Bioplastic Production from Organic Waste
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Zume and Jefferson Enterprise Partner on Zero Carbon Compostable Packaging
Zume and Jefferson Enterprise Energy Secure $122M to Build the World’s First 100% Renewable Energy Powered Compostable Packaging Factory
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Versalis Circular Production Plan
Two main goals of lowering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and reducing our dependency on fossil reserves form the cornerstone for…
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New Wood Plastic Composite Plant in Tasmania
Timberlink Announces a new Bio Composite plant in Bell Bay Tasmania
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US To Boost Biomanufacturing
Agile BioFoundry Selects New Collaborations
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PolyStyreneLoop Grand Opening
Dutch people have many great skills; but their biggest weakness is the cheap marketing. Check out by yourself
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Good Natured Expands Production Capacity
good natured Products Inc. Expands Capacity at IPF to Meet Increased Demand for Plant-Based Compostable and Recyclable Packaging
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Futamura Increases Production Capacity Natureflex
Expansion of our capacities and new CEO for Futamura’s five-year anniversary
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Agilyx Major Operating Milestone
Company reaches 16,000 commercial operating hours, marking 4,400 tons of plastic waste converted
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Parkside Invests in Malaysian Production Capacity
Parkside Boosts Malaysian Flexible Packaging Operations
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Bosk Builds Bioplastic Plant in Canada
Bosk Bioproducts Inaugurated Its First Regen™ Bioplastic Production Line, A 100% Biobased, Non-Toxicand Compostable Material, Installed In Quebec City
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Stora Enso Shutting Down Production Site Update
Stora Enso has completed the co-determination negotiations concerning closing down the pulp and paper production at its Veitsiluoto site in…
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Danimer Communicates on Production BottleNeck
Danimer Scientific has been accused of many inconsistencies including on its official production capacity. This is an attempt to reassure…
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Stora Enso to Modernise Production Sites
Stora Enso invests in competitiveness of Anjala-Ingerois and Nymölla production sites
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EU Biorefinery Outlook to 2030
Studies on support to research and innovation policy in the area of bio-based products and services
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Brightmark to Build Largest Advanced Recycling Plant
Brightmark to Build World’s Largest Advanced Plastics Recycling and Renewal Facility in Macon, GA
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Green Dot Bioplastics Plant Expansion
Kansas-based global bioplastics company expansion project will double capacity ahead of new product launches
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Danna Opens Biomaterials Pilot Plant in Spain
Dan*na launches a pilot plant for bioplastic production for the biomedical and technological sector in the Barcelona Science Park
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Mitsui Chemicals to Build New Plastic Plant
The choice of word in this press release is particular
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NatureWorks to Produce PLA in Thailand
Thailand BOI Approves NatureWorks’s Over 15 Billion Baht Investment in New PLA Plant
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NEXE to Start Producing Compostable Coffee Pods
NEXE Innovations Receives Proprietary Assembly Line to begin Producing its Fully Compostable Nespresso®-Compatible Pod
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Global Bioenergies Production Scale Up
Successful first full-scale fermenter run: 180 m3. Transfer of main units from the Leuna demo plant to the Pomacle facility
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LyondellBasell Starts Circular Plastic Production in Germany
LyondellBasell starts commercial production of polymers using raw material derived from plastic waste
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Cargill to Build New Canola Plant (FREE)
Cargill unveils plans for new canola processing facility in Regina, Saskatchewan.
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Total Corbion Starts Design New PLA Plant
Total Corbion PLA enters engineering stage for new 100 kTpa PLA plant in Grandpuits, France
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Belgian Bio Aromatics Pilot Plant Update
LignoValue Pilot ready to be built: More than 30 interested companies
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Occidental Petroleum Builds Bio Ethylene Plant
Occidental unit to build low-carbon bio-ethylene plant
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Danimer Scientific to Build New Plant
Danimer Scientific said it would start construction next year
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Finland Partnership for Soy Bioplastics
Multipurpose bioplastic from soy residues: A pilot plant to Finland
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Corbion Global Production Expansion
Corbion Further Boosts Lactic Acid Capacity Through Concurrent Expansion Projects
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NL to Produce Ethanol with Sugar Beets
A new factory in Zeeland will produce bioethanol from sugar beets
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Biffa Doubles HDPE Recycling Capacity
Plastics recycling pioneer Biffa is doubling its high-density polyethene (HDPE) plastic recycling capacity with a new investment in its facility…
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Construction of the Eranova Plant (FREE)
Video of the Construction of the Eranova pilot plant
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RenCom Starts Producing Lignin Based Renol
RenCom starts production of lignin-based material Renol®, to replace fossil-based plastics, with a capacity of more than 1000 tonnes/year
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China to Explode Bioplastic Production
One Chinese company will produce 700.000 ton per year.
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Germany to Produce CO2 Neutral Paper
Germany to build a Model Factory Paper
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Palsgaard Expands Biobased Polymer Additives Production
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First Chemical Recycling Plant in Thailand
First Chemical Recycling Demo Plant in Thailand
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Versalis Partners on New Fossil Plastic Plant
Versalis licenses LDPE-EVA technology for MTO project in Uzbekistan. Fossil Plastics is far from dying out!
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