Exploring the: Biopolymers & Renewable Materials Zone
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- Flexible Package Takes Aim at Rigid Containers
- Leading sheet processor Clear Lam Packaging, Inc., Elk Grove Village, Ill., made three announcements during October’s Pack Expo International show in Chicago.
Article Published: 11/29/2012
- MGP Bioplastics Launches High-Heat Biodegradable Resin
- The Bioplastics Div.of MGP Ingredients, Inc., Atchinson, Kan., has expanded its portfolio of Terratek renewable-content plastics with a new line of biodegradable compounds.
Article Published: 10/1/2012
- Novel Materials Stretch Process Capabilities
- The potential for new or unusual materials to broaden the application potential of standard plastics processes was explored in a number of papers at April’s SPE ANTEC conference in Orlando, Fla.
Article Published: 9/28/2012
- Two Partnerships to Produce Biobased Butadiene
- Last month saw the formation of two partnerships to produce biobased butadiene.
Article Published: 8/28/2012
- Metabolix Finds New Production Partner For Mirel PHA Biopolymer
- Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., has signed a letter of intent to produce its Mirel biopolymer at Antibioticos, S.A.in Leon, Spain.
Article Published: 8/28/2012
- Metabolix Finds New Production Partner for Mirel PHA Biopolymer
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Metabolix, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., and has signed a letter of intent to make its Mirel biopolymer resin at Antibioticos, S.A.in Leon, Spain.
Article Published: 8/3/2012
- Algae/PP Hybrid Can Be Thermoformed
- Algae and plastics do mix—that’s the message to be delivered at the upcoming Pack Expo, Oct. 28-31 at Chicago’s McCormick Place.
Article Published: 7/31/2012
- 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
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