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New Economical Pathway to Bio-PET
Micromidas, Inc. of W. More (+)

Compostable Drinking Straws from PLA
WEB EXCLUSIVE: A proprietary PLA-based bioplastic from Cereplast, Inc., El Segundo, Calif., is being used in new compostable drinking straws sold under the Cello-Green Bio Straws brand by Cell-O-Core Co., Wadsworth, Ohio. More (+)

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New Firm Offers PVC Compounds Free of Phthalates & Heavy Metals
5/1/2013Plastics Technology

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Axiall Corp., Atlanta, the new company that resulted earlier this year from the merger or Georgia Gulf and PPG Industries’ commodities chemicals business, has developed flexible and rigid PVC compounds that replace phthalates and heavy-metal stabilizers with organic alternatives.

New Nylons Produced with 100% Renewable Monomer
5/1/2013Plastics Technology

WEB EXCLUSIVE: China’s Cathay Industrial Biotech (U.S. office in Powell, Ohio) has developed a new line of nylons produced with a novel, proprietary technology that produces 1,5-pentane diamine monomer from sugar cane, making it 100% renewable.

Conveying, Drying, Crystallizing PLA : The Energy-Saving Packaging Solution
4/29/2013Plastics Technology

When the new industry term “bioresins” hit the plastics community in the early 2000s, polylactic acid (PLA ) made its way to the top of the list in a class of new plant-based materials.

Cereplast Forms Subsidiary for Algae-Based Bioplastics
4/11/2013Plastics Technology

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Algaeplast is a new wholly-owned subsidiary of Cereplast, Inc., El Segundo, Calif., a maker of compostable and other biobased compounds.

New Option for No-Dry PET, PLA Sheet
3/28/2013Plastics Technology

New twin-screw system is based on a conical design.

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