Cereplast and ColorTec have expanded the distribution agreement for providing bioplastic resin to the markets of Slovenia and Italy from November 4, 2011 to December 31, 2012. According to the agreement, ColorTec is planning to buy materials for $20 million during 2012.
Applied Market Information (AMI) is organising an international forum to debate Green Polymer Chemistry covering market drivers, agriculture crop availability, potential production methods and case studies of materials that have reached the marketplace.
Telles, a joint venture of Metabolix, Inc. (NASDAQ: MBLX) and Archer Daniels Midland Company, today announced the appointment of Entec Polymers LLC and Channel Prime Alliance as distributors of Mirel™ for the North American market.
A new report titled, Renewable Fuel Standard: Potential Economic and Environmental Effects of US Biofuel Policy,” on biofuels prepared and published by the National Research Council, questions several issues that need urgent attention.
LANXESS, a Germany-based specialty chemicals business, has declared the formation of a strategic partnership with BioAmber, a Minneapolis, USA-based company, for the manufacture of phthalate-free plasticizers from biomaterials based on succinic acid from the year 2012.
Laurel BioComposite LLC announced today that it has introduced Bio-Res™, a patent pending product for the plastic molding market. The company developed the unique material to cost-effectively raise the renewable or “green” content of plastic products by as much as 40 percent.
Teijin Limited@announced that it has developed film and sheet versions of its BIOFRONT highly heat-resistant bioplastic, which already is available as fiber and resin, opening up many new possibilities for this versatile, plant-based, high-performance bioplastic.
How can we strike a balance between megatrends like climate protection and rising global mobility? What possibilities do plastics offer for increasing the range of electric cars? When it comes to lighting, can energy efficiency, safety and modern design be combined? And how can we conserve dwindling resources if product quality is to remain at a high level?
Poly-3-hydroxybutyrate (PHB) is a thermoplastic polyester which occurs naturally in bacteria as Ralstonia eutropha and Bacillus megaterium. Even though PHB is biodegradable and is not dependent on fossil resources, this bioplastic has been traditionally too expensive to produce to replace petroleum-based plastics. New research reported in BioMed Central’s open access journal Microbial Cell Factories describes an alternative method of producing PHB in microalgae.
A new discovery in pine tree breeding method is expected to assist forests to get adjusted to climate changes and boost bio-energy usage. The new technique appeared in New Phytologist, a scientific journal, which points out that new tree varieties can be created in half the time than the duration taken by the currently followed methods.
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