Unitika Fiber, a Japanese fibre and textile manufacturer, has developed a special fibre using our high-performance Rilsan® PA11 polyamide, which is made from renewable materials. This fibre, called Castlon, is designed to meet the textile industry’s growing demand for plant-based materials—without compromising on performance.
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Disposables manufacturer Huhtamaki has extended its environmentally-friendly BioWare® range with the introduction of new PLA Polarity tumblers and lids, ideal for a wide range of cold beverages on-the-go.
Made from Ingeo™ PLA*, a resin derived from plant starch developed from annually renewable resources, new PLA Polarity tumblers and lids are certified in accordance with EN13432, the European norm for compostability of packaging.
Available in a variety of sizes (7oz, 12oz, 16oz and 21oz), all the new tumblers have the same diameter of 95mm and can be fitted with a choice of PLA Polarity lids – domed with a hole, domed without a hole or flat straw slotted lids.
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Posted by Violette Bourg
Dow and Mitsui announced that they have secured the necessary regulatory approvals for their joint venture to produce bioplastics for packaging from sugar cane-derived ethanol. The companies said the governmental green light meant that operations at the Brazilian plant would likely commence in the second quarter of 2013.
‘World’s largest bioplastics plant’
Mitsui will gain a 50% stake in Dow’s facility in Santa Vitoria, in the Minas Gera region of Brazil. It claims that this facility will be the world’s largest integrated plant to manufacturer bioplastics.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Mitsubishi Rayon (MRC) and its subsidiary Lucite International announced that they have developed bio-based methyl methacrylate (MMA), a chemical used in coatings, transparent plastics and adhesives.
Most of MMA is polymerized into polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA), a transparent thermoplastic sometimes called acrylic glass which is an economical alternative to polycarbonate. Lucite by the way, is one of the well-known acrylic glass trademarked. MRC said it working on two approach for the bio-MMA production:
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Innovia Films and Sappi Fine Paper Europe have joined forces to produce laminate compostable food packaging.
The companies have joined forces to demonstrate the potential use of laminate structures in food packaging production with their first development – a compostable soup sachet.
Through the development, which is being produced purely for showcase purposes, the companies hope to demonstrate the pack with its technical functionality, equivalent to industry standard, along with its compostability attributes. Innovia and Sappi said the laminate packs are suitable for end users in the food, confectionery and pharmaceutical industries.
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Archer Daniels Midland Company announces the production of a renewable, biobased propylene glycol that meets United States Pharmacopeia (USP) and USDA Certified Biobased Product Label standards. ADM is the first company worldwide to make a biobased propylene glycol that complies with USP requirements.
Available starting in November 2011, ADM’s propylene glycol USP excipient grade has also earned the USDA Certified Biobased Product Label, ensuring the product contains 100% biobased content. The product will be sold under the trade name EVO-100™ and sales will commence over the next few weeks.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
The race for bio-BDO commercialization is on as BioAmber and Mitsui announced their collaboration to build both bio-succinic acid and bio-1,4 butanediol (BDO) plants – one in Sarnia, Canada, and the other in Rayong, Thailand. A third one is being planned either in North America or Brazil.
BioAmber and Mitsui have long been partners as Mitsui currently distributes BioAmber’s biosuccinic acid-derived products. The companies expanded their partnership today when Mitsui decided to go all the way in the bio-succinic acid/BDO business by jointly investing with BioAmber in the new manufacturing facilities.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Empa researchers have now developed a manufacturing process for nanocellulose powder, the raw material for creating polymer composites which can be used, for example, in lightweight structures for the car industry or as membrane and filter material for biomedicinal applications. For some time now nanocellulose has been at the focus of a good deal of industrial and scientific interest as a novel biomaterial. Potential applications range from the creation of new kinds of commercially useful materials and uses in medical technology all the way to the food and pharmaceutical industries.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Bioplastics’ producer FKuR Kunststoff GmbH presented a wide range of biodegradable, biobased and natural fiber reinforced compounds at the Fakuma 2011 show. Currently, these compounds offer a wide range of possibilities.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Greenlite from Porcher Industries is a new generation of high performance renewable reinforcements for the composites industry. These innovative materials are based on pure cellulose fibers, which is the most abundant and renewable biomass on earth. Greenlite™ materials are biodegradable and highly compatible with biobased resins, making them suitable for the production of 100% bio-based composites on a large scale.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Telles, a joint venture between Metabolix, Inc. and Archer Daniels Midland Company, today announced that Andolfi & C., an innovative blown-film converter headquartered in Sant’Elpidio a Mare, Marche region, Italy, will be launching a compostable bag product line based on Mvera™ B5002, a compostable film product made from a proprietary blend with Mirel™ bioplastics.
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The main innovation is a thermoplastic resin, so called Gaïalène, made from non-food resources grown in France. This new generation of plastic, obtained from starch and biosourced at a minimum rate of 50%, has characteristics similar to polyolefins. Its main interests are numerous : local farming, no GMO, recyclability, much better carbon footprint. The Gaïalène resin can be used for extrusion blow moulded bottles and injected parts. It also allows manufacturing 40 micron thin shrink films for multi packing solutions.
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Amyris, Inc. and ETH Bioenergia, a leading producer of ethanol, electric energy and sugar controlled by Odebrecht S.A., have signed a memorandum of understanding for the formation of a joint venture to produce Biofene®, Amyris’s renewable farnesene
Under the agreement, the joint venture would be able to access up to two million tons of sugarcane crush capacity per year at one of ETH’s greenfield mills in Brazil. The joint venture will be controlled by ETH, and Amyris will have exclusive marketing rights for the Biofene produced at the facility. By leveraging ETH’s renowned skills on biomass production and industrial performance and Amyris’s technology, the parties expect to be able to begin production by 2014.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
European specialty chemicals producer LANXESS and sustainable chemicals firm BioAmber have partnered to develop succinic acid-based plasticizers that are both renewable and phthalate-free, the companies announced on Thursday.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Teijin Limited has developed film and sheet versions of its Biofront heat-resistant bioplastic, which already is available as fibre and resin.
In film and sheet form, Biofront exhibits high transmission properties due to its stereocomplex crystalline structure achieved with high-purity L-lactate and D-lactate polymer made from renewable plant resources.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Cobalt Technologies, a leading developer of next generation bio-based chemicals and Rhodia, a specialty chemical company, today announced the execution of a Memorandum of Understanding setting the basis for a strategic alliance to develop bio n-butanol refineries throughout Latin America.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Toyota Motor Corp. is using a bio-based PET in 80 percent of the total interior surface of its new Sai gasoline-electric hybrid, increasing its use of materials from renewable sources.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Italian auto supplier Hutchinson srl has launched production of a fuel line for diesel engines that uses a new DuPont bio-based plastic blend.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), a linear polyester naturally occurring as a result of bacterial fermentation of sugar. This family can bring together more than 100 differing monomers to produce materials whose properties vary very greatly.
Thermoplastic or elastomeric materials can be created with melting points ranging from 40 to more than 180°C. MINERV-PHA is a high-performance PHA biopolymer. MINERV-PHA is endowed with optimal thermal properties. Production needs which range from -10°C to a +180°C can be met through characterization. This product is particularly suitable for injection and extrusion methods for the production of objects. It takes the place of highly pollutant materials such as PET, PP, PE, HDPE and LDPE.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Vinçotte is a Belgian -not for profit association- which was established more than 120 years ago. The company employs approximately 2000 people worldwide including about 1600 engineers and technicians. Vinçotte offers more than 130 services (inspection, certification control, analyzes and testing) in 13 branches in a large application fields with a complete independence and neutrality.
Vinçotte launched the “OK biobased” (based on the ASTM 6866 standard and C14 measurement method) program in September 2009 to provide companies an assessment of their product’s renewability. A system of 1 to 4 stars indicates the biobased content of the product tested. One star corresponds to a 20% to 40% content biobased material, two stars to a 40% to 60%; three stars to a content between 60% and 80% and finally four stars, the highest level, corresponds to a content up to 80% biobased material. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Violette Bourg
German researchers from different institutes in microbiology, biochemistry and biotechnology found an alternative to produce Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB).
This study shows that, by introducing the bacterial PHB pathway of R. eutrophaH16 into the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum, PHB production is feasible in a microalgal system.
The PHB is a polyester with thermoplastic properties that is naturally occurring and produced by such bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha H16 and Bacillus megaterium. The PHB is biodegradable, and its production is not dependent on fossil resources making this bioplastic interesting for various industrial applications.
PHB is synthesized from acetyl-CoA by the action of three enzymes: a ketothiolase, an acetoacetyl-CoA reductase and a PHB synthase. Under optimal conditions bacteria such as Ralstonia eutropha H16 can produce up to 80 % PHB of cellular dry weight, and some companies have specialized on commercial PHB production (e.g.Metabolix Inc., Micromidas Inc.). Nevertheless, costs for PHB production by bacterial fermentation are still very high, which brought plants into focus as photosynthesis fueled low-cost production system. The three bacterial enzymes were expressed in the cytosol or targeted to different compartments of the plant cell leading to high amounts of PHB accumulation in the plastids of Arabidopsis thaliana (up to 40 % of dry weight). However, due to stunted growth and infertility, these plants were not suitable for large-scale cultivation. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Violette Bourg
The use of plastics components based on renewable raw materials is seen as the way forward in the plastics industry. Ecologically, such bioplastics are far superior to classic, petroleum-based products. The growing diversity of bioplastics applications is being accompanied by rising expectations on quality and processing characteristics. In cooperation with compounder and biopolymer specialist Tecnaro, Henkel has developed new polyamide additives that upgrade the performance of bio-based plastics.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
An enormous factory for Co.Pro.B, Italy’s largest sugar producer, sits on the outskirts of the small northern town Minerbio. But it’s not the sugar that Bio-on, a small company with its offices near the factory, is interested in – it’s the sugar beet molasses that leaves the plant as trash.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Myriant Corporation today announced the successful development of its proprietary process for producing targeted bio-based chemicals, including succinic acid and both L(+) and D(-) lactic acid, from non-food, renewable, cellulosic feedstocks.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
At “Packaging Innovations London 2011″ on 6-7 October, Stora Enso has presented its versatile selection of food service and food packaging boards, which include the Cupforma, Trayforma and Primeforma brands. The Cupforma range offers materials for drinking cups, while Trayforma is used for ready-meal trays. Primeforma is a new kind of food packaging board suitable for thermoforming on existing packaging lines. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
NaturePlus Renewable is a three-ply laminate based on renewably sourced materials, which Amcor has produced and converted with Belgian company Beyers Coffee.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Since its creation in 2009 Bamboo Fibers Technology (BFT) still develop its activities to propose more and more solutions to valorize every single part of its plant.
BFT news: Interview of M. Malvy, BFT CEO
This year, the rate of BFT bamboo fibers in biopolymers has exceeded 50 % which represent a great march. BFT developments enabled to obtain a great drop in mechanical performance of bamboo fiber reinforced composites: “We have exceeded mechanical performance of some glass fiber reinforced petroleum based matrix composites but with a 40% lower density”, said M. Malvy, the BFT CEO.
Besides, BFT develop fiber grease treatment to improve the fiber/matrix interface and so the mechanical properties but also thermal performances, hardness, impact resistance and electric conductivity.
In a long fibers way, BFT is testing new half-finished products in order to realize non-woven, roving and yarn.
The company has just opened a green chemistry department to develop new green resins, structural foams, additives, cosmetics, and also some biologic filters and flame retardant particles.
BFT also continue to reinforce its presence in its field of references like aeronautics, automotives, and armament.
See the previous article here.
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Posted by Violette Bourg
Sustainable chemical processes that minimize the generation of residues and can be incorporated into the production of biodegradable plastics. With this in mind, researchers at the Industrial Microbiology Laboratory of the Biosciences Institute of the São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Rio Claro are conducting a study involving the production and extraction of lactic acid through the fermentation of residues from renewable resources, leading to a polymeric synthesis for the production of a polylactic acid (PLA).
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced that the Department finalized a $105 million loan guarantee to support the development of one of the nation’s first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Amyris, Inc., a leading renewable chemicals and fuels company, unveiled EvoShieldTM, its new product line of industrial lubricants. The announcement was made during a speech delivered by Amyris CEO John Melo at the Infineon Raceway of Sonoma’s inaugural Accelerating Sustainable Performance Summit.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
LANXESS is strengthening its commitment to produce premium synthetic rubbers from bio-based raw materials. The German specialty chemicals company aims to commercially produce ethylene-propylene-diene monomer (EPDM) from bio-based ethylene by the end of the year. It will be the first form of bio-based EPDM rubber in the world.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. has developed Japan’s first film for use in packaging materials that uses biomass polyethylene (PE). Full-scale sales will be launched from August 2011.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
The collaboration between Italian companies Fermani Cannucce Snc and API Spa, one of the leaders in the production of thermoplastic elastomer compounds, led to the birth of 100% biodegradable straw.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
PTT Plc aims to complete the purchase of a US-based bioplastics plant within this week, says new chief executive Pailin Chuchottaworn.
The company has been in talks to acquire a polylactic acid (PLA) plant in the United States but could not reveal further details of the deal at this stage.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
PTTMCC Biochem (PTTMCC), a joint venture between PTT PLC and Mitsubishi Chemical, has selected BioAmber Inc. as its partner for a polybutylene succinate (PBS) plant that will begin construction in Thailand in 2012. BioAmber will build a biobased succinic acid plant in Thailand and supply PTTMCC with biobased succinic acid on an exclusive basis. Succinic acid is the principal starting material for the production of PBS, along with 1,4-butanediol.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
“We have developed a new bioplastic based on whey protein, used for making recyclable food packaging,” says Elodie Bugnicourt of Barcelona-based research institute IRIS.
This new plastic is made using whey protein, which means it is biodegradable.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
The algae and biochemical sectors are becoming more interwoven as Houston-based biochemical firm Glycos Biotechnologies Inc. and Ft. Collins, Colo.-based algae developer Solix BioSystems Inc. reported that their early-stage research and development collaboration yielded positive results, demonstrating the potential for Solix’s algae oil to be converted into a range of high-value specialty chemicals through GlycosBio’s novel microbial platform.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
A chemistry to make diapers and other absorbent products friendlier to the environment-with the aim of making them cost competitive, has been developed by scientists at Battelle. The next step is to commercialize this new, green innovation- an idea that uses soybean meal to replace a third of the petroleum products currently found in such items. Soybeans are about 20% oil, 70% soybean meal and 8% hulls. Soybean meal is mainly used for animal feed and is the part Battelle scientists use to convert to the SAP.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Croda Coatings & Polymers provides environmental friendly solutions to the resin manufacturers, formulators and additive producers through its wide range of natural, high performance oleochemicals and speciality surfactants. Croda is an innovative partner offering its customers the highest level of technical service, applications know-how and a variety of technologies.
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Posted by Vincent Berthé
Innovia Films manufactures cellulose-based renewable and compostable filmic solutions that offer the necessary oxygen and moisture barrier properties required for dried foods.
Now these NatureFlex films have been scientifically tested and also proven to provide an effective barrier against mineral oil residues.
A recent scientific study at the Zurich Food Safety Authority in Switzerland, using the same series of tests to prove the efficacy of compostable NatureFlex films, detected alarming levels of mineral oil residues transferring from recycled cardboard packaging into food.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
As part of a major capital investment at its Ingeo lactide and biopolymer production facility in Blair, Neb., Minnetonka, Minn.-based NatureWorks LLC will soon be the world’s first to offer in commercial volumes a high-purity, polymer-grade lactide rich in the stereoisomer meso-lactide.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Thermoplastics compounder RTP (Winona, Minnesota / USA; www.rtpcompany.com) has introduced a range of glass fibre-reinforced bioplastic PLA compounds, which it says overcomes many limitations of unmodified PLA. The new materials are claimed to provide greater strength, stiffness and thermal performance in durable and semi-durable applications.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Here is an overview of the most interesting news in bioplastic packaging over the last few months. Many breakthroughs in the bioplastic sector open the market to a multitude of new possibilities and applications that have not been able to benefit from the environmental properties of bioplastics in the past.
Indeed new polymers are now available such as bio-polyethylene, bio-PET, bio-TPU together with engineered masterbatchs based on PLA, PBAT, TPS, cellulose.
It is now possible to find bio-packaging exhibiting great properties such as high sealability, “soft-touched”, good breathability, good thermal stability, good puncture resistance, great clarity, toughness, high tear resistance as well as water, oil and fat protection that can be biobased and/or biodegradable. Of course there is still room for development and a biomaterial gathering all of those properties would be ideal. Still and again the last few months evidenced many breakthroughs in bioplastic packaging!
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Posted by Vincent Berthé
Pakit Inc., a leading innovator in the design and development of next-generation packaging technology, is pleased to announce that it is working with PepsiCo, the world’s second largest food and beverage company, to develop new sustainable packaging.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
BASF SE and Purac, a subsidiary of CSM nv, today announce the start of negotiations to form a joint venture for the production of bio-based succinic acid.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Amyris Inc. has signed a collaboration agreement with Kuraray Co. Ltd. to develop innovative polymers from Biofene™, a renewable hydrocarbon building block made using Amyris’s technology. Under the agreement, Kuraray will use Biofene to replace petroleum-derived feedstock such as butadiene and isoprene in the production of specified classes of high-performing polymers.
Biofene Amyris’s renewable buildinb block is a farnesene (a set of six closely related chemical compounds which all are sesquiterpenes).
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Metabolix announced yesterday that it will form a joint development deal for its polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA)-based C4 chemicals — initially butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran (THF), gamma butyrolactone (GBL) and polyester engineering resins (PBT) — with Korea-based industrial biotechnology company CJ CheilJedang.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Telles’ New Mirel P5001 Film Grade Resin Achieves Performance for Markets Requiring Anaerobic Digestion; Cortec to Deliver First Mirel P5001 Commercial Film Products.
Telles, a joint venture of Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX) and Archer Daniels Midland Company, today announced that Cortec® Corporation, a leading film producer located in St. Paul, Minnesota, has selected Mirel™ bioplastic for a new line of film products. Through a mutual development and commercialization effort, the two companies have developed proprietary processing and extrusion methods resulting in the first commercially viable finished flexible film products made from the new biobased Mirel P5001 film grade resin.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Nestlé has joined up with Tetra Pak to launch a cap made from plant-based plastic for two if its Brazilian milk brands.
Starting this month, Nestlé Brazil’s Ninho and MolicoUHT products will be rolled out in the country using new closures.
It is believed to be the first polyethylene (PE) cap made out of sugar cane derivates, which are polymerized in plastics for cap production.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Micromidas, a Californian company is exploring the potential to produce bioplastics from wastewater !
The Feedstock
The economics of the industrial chemicals and materials industry are driven, for a given product, by feedstock, processing costs, and market price. Within each of these primary drivers there exists a subset of levers which can be used to manipulate the economics of the system. The proposition of the renewable movement has been that a shift in feedstock coupled with alternative conversion and processing will produce a substitute product with the additive effect of reducing the expenditure of finite resources. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Vincent Berthé
Myriant Technologies LLC, a privately-held, biotech developer and manufacturer of renewable bio-chemicals, Uhde Corporation of America and its preferred technology provider Uhde GmbH, one of the world’s leading engineering contractors, announced an alliance for the engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) of Myriant’s biobased Succinic Acid plants based on renewable feedstocks. The execution of this alliance marks an important milestone in Myriant’s commercialization of biobased Succinic Acid and exemplifies Uhde’s continued commitment to the renewable chemicals industry.
Myriant, which has successfully piloted the Succinic Acid process previously together with Uhde, has begun production of ton-sized samples for its customers to verify commercial product specifications and quality. The company expects to begin commercial production of biobased Succinic Acid second half of 2010.
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Posted by Vincent Berthé
Elevance Renewable Sciences and Clariant International Ltd, Business Unit Additives, has announced that, they have completed an agreement to cooperate within the field of renewable products.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Toyota and Ford are neck-to-neck (or maybe it should be hood-to-hood) in adopting renewable-based materials and chemicals for their automobiles.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
PTT and Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) have co-invested Bt7 billion in the world’s first factory manufacturing polybutylene succinate (PBS) from bio-material.
Prajya Phinyawat, chief executive officer of PTT’s downstream petroleum business group, yesterday said it had set up a joint venture called PTT MCC Biochem with registered capital of Bt360 million. Investment was made on a 50:50 basis.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
The Dow Chemical Company and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. announced July 19 the formation of a new joint venture aimed at providing innovative and sustainable product solutions to the global high-performance flexible packaging, hygiene and medical markets.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Cereplast, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERP), a leading manufacturer of proprietary biobased, compostable and sustainable plastics, entered into a distribution agreement with Polimernet Plastik Ltd. (“Polimernet Plastik”) to supply Cereplast bioplastic resins to the Turkish market.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
Coca Cola has announced that it has launched its plant-bottle in South Africa.
At the same time, Coca Cola is opening a new plant in the country, located in Heidelberg, southeast of Johannesburg which will fill Coca Cola’s Valpré Spring water using the recyclable packaging.
PlantBottle packaging is currently made by converting sugarcane into monoethylene glycol (MEG), which represents 30% of the total composition of the PET plastic by weight.
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Posted by Frédéric Chivrac
DSM introduced two bio-based materials (JEC Composites Show 2010) for automotive industry in response of the increasing customer demand for sustainable products.
The products were Palapreg® ECO P55-01 a bio-based resin for automotive vehicle body part including exterior panels and EcoPaXX® a bio-based high performance engineering plastic.
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Posted by Violette Bourg
The french spectacle manufacturer “Demetz” launched in july 2010 the first biodegradable sunglasses.
These eco-friendly sunglasses called B-wear are based on injected PLA for the frame of the glasses and on Rilsan® (a 54% bio-based polyamide obtain from castor oil) used for the lenses.
PLA from corn in this case and Rilsan® from castor oil are two bio-based polymers and PLA is in addition biodegradable in compost conditions. Bio-based Rilsan® (Rilsan® G830 Rnew) was launched by Arkema in 2009 and was the first clear and bio-based polyamide (but non biodegradable).
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Posted by Violette Bourg
Vegeplast gets its biggest market and compete against the giant Nestlé by producing a new coffee pod compatible with the Nespresso coffee maker.
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Posted by Violette Bourg
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