Exploring the: Biopolymers & Renewable Materials Zone
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- Another Big Backer for Biobased PEF Bottles
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Avantium in the Netherlands has signed its second major partnership for using its new catalytic process to convert plant sugars into furanic precursors for a new polyester bottle resin.
Article Published: 5/1/2012
- MATERIALS AT NPE: All Market Sectors Benefit from Large Crop of New Materials
- Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are...
Article Published: 4/28/2012
- Fermentable Sugars from Biomass Are Closer to Commercial Reality
- The brave new world of bioplastics relies in large part on fermentable sugars from plants (see Close Up on Biopolymers in this issue). Industry wants to get away from obtaining those sugars from food crops such as corn and to use instead waste ...
Article Published: 3/28/2012
- Conference Report: Bioplastics Are Breaking Out of Their 'Green' Niche
- The excitement in the air of the recent Innovation Takes Root conference was a sense of arrival.
Article Published: 3/27/2012
- Bioresin Company Takes ‘Do It All’ Approach
- Company adopts 'cradle to cradle' approach.
Article Published: 3/26/2012
- Bioresin Company Takes ‘Do It All’ Approach
- Firm launches 'cradle-to-cradle' operation.
Article Published: 3/26/2012
- Materials & Additives at NPE: Performance, Processability, And Sustainability
- Bioplastics take center stage.
Article Published: 2/23/2012
- NatureWorks Launches Biopolymer Alloys
- Joint venture with BioAmber, called AmberWorks, will produce blends of PLA and succinic-acid based biopolymers,
Article Published: 2/23/2012
- Nano-Cellulose Fibers: Renewable Reinforcements for Plastics
- Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) is a renewable reinforcing fiber material derived from wood or other biomass.
Article Published: 1/27/2012
- Lubrizol Completes Acquisition of Merquinsa
- The Lubrizol Corp., Wickliffe, Ohio, recently completed its purchase of Spanish TPU producer Merquinsa.
Article Published: 1/27/2012
