Exploring the: Biopolymers & Renewable Materials Zone
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- Sustainability: It Will Change Your Business...If It Hasn't Already
- Do you have a sustainability officer yet? You might need one. It's probably even more likely that your customers have one, and you will have to pay attention to them if you want to continue to supply them with plastic parts or products.
Article Published: 12/28/2011
- NPE 2012: The Big Picture--Themes for Growth at the Big Show
- In the March issue of Plastics Technology we will report on new technology to be unveiled at the giant show, which for the first time will be held at the Orlando Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., April 1-5, 2012.
Article Published: 12/28/2011
- Coca-Cola Joins Race for 100% Biobased PET Bottle
- One of the more unusual aspects of the sustainability drive in the plastics industry (see NPE Sustainability article this month) is the way giant beverage companies are taking an active role in spurring development of biobased plastics for bottles.
Article Published: 12/27/2011
- Lanxess to Produce First Bio-Based EPDM
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: The world’s first partially bio-based EPDM rubber is expected to be produced by Lanxess AG of Germany (parent of Lanxess Corp., Pittsburgh) by the end of this year.
Article Published: 12/1/2011
- FKuR and Braskem Sign 'Green' PE Compounding Agreement
- Braskem, a major Brazilian producer of polymers and chemicals, has signed an agreement with German bioplastics compounder FKuR Kunststoff GmbH that will enable production of customized grades of Braskem’s BioPE.
Article Published: 11/22/2011
- NatureWorks to Build World-Scale PLA Plant in Thailand
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn., the world’s first and largest supplier of polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymers, has received an investment of $150 million from PTT Chemical Public Co.
Article Published: 10/31/2011
- Molding 2012 Conference Hits the Hot Topics
- Medical molding, liquid silicone rubber (LSR) molding, micromolding (even of LSR), energy management, biopolymers, and sustainable, “green” molding—these and more topics of highest interest to injection molders today will be presen...
Article Published: 10/25/2011
- New Conference Explores Bioplastics in Packaging & Durables
- A new bioplastics conference emerged this June with the launch of the Bioplastek 2011 Forum on Bioplastics Today and Tomorrow, held in N.Y.C. and organized by Schotland Business Research, Inc., Skillman, N.J.
Article Published: 9/29/2011
- Biobased PTT Polyester Used in Hybrid Car
- The first commercial automotive application for Sorona EP biobased PTT polyester from DuPont Performance Polymers, Wilmington, Del., is in the interior of the Toyota Prius (alpha) hybrid car made in Japan.
Article Published: 7/27/2011
- Biopolymer Database Adds Applications
- An Application Database has been added to the Biopolymer Database available at Plastics Technology’s PLASPEC Global materials datacenter (plaspecglobal.com). The biopolymer database allows material searches by polymer, producer, mechanical or ...
Article Published: 7/27/2011
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