Welcome readers, to this month’s Biobased Products News Review.
The transition to a sustainable, low-carbon circular economy is one of the defining challenges of our time. Biobased polymers – materials derived from renewable biological resources rather than finite fossil fuels – stand at the forefront of this transformation.
Arkema’s new Rilsan® Clear transparent polyamide unit in Singapore epitomises the company’s strategic shift toward specialty biobased polymers at industrial scale. Located on Jurong Island, the new facility is now fully operational and triples the Group’s global production capacity for Rilsan® Clear, consolidating Arkema’s position as a leader in transparent, highperformance polyamides. By investing around $20 million in this platform, Arkema is reinforcing its roadmap on specialty materials, aligning growth with the use of advanced polymer chemistries that offer lightweighting, durability, and design freedom in applications such as optics, consumer electronics, and mobility components. This expansion underlines how biobased and advanced polymers are becoming increasingly important to regional manufacturing ecosystems in Asia, supporting both local demand and global value chains.
In industrial coatings, Cortec® has taken a notable step by releasing EcoLine® 3860, a waterbased acrylic anticorrosion coating incorporating renewably sourced resins and 27% USDAcertified biobased content. Designed for metal protection, EcoLine® 3860 combines low levels of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) – well within Green Seal and EPA guidelines – with the flexibility, adhesion, and UV resistance expected from modern acrylic systems.
This first biobased acrylic anticorrosion paint in Cortec’s portfolio is presented as a milestone that “sets the stage” for a new generation of sustainable corrosion inhibiting coatings, making it easier for specifiers and asset owners to adopt renewable content without compromising operational reliability.
Biobased adhesives, often an invisible but critical enabler of lightweight design, have gained another product. BioBond’s newly launched BioAdhere™ SUP250 is a biobased industrial adhesive tailored for demanding mobility and defence applications, including emerging platforms such as drones. As a USDA BioPreferred certified product made in the USA, BioAdhere™ SUP250 offers a lighterweight, lasting bonding solution that is practically free of VOCs and odours, contains no added microplastics, and is completely PFASfree. Biobond has tried to combine stringent health and safety credentials with the mechanical robustness needed in harsh environments, to position
biobased adhesives as a strategic alternative to conventional glues in safetycritical markets.
Braskem is showcasing how its biobased polymer technology is advancing in the exacting healthcare and hygiene space through a new I’m green™ biobased lowdensity polyethylene (LDPE) grade. The material is produced from scalable, recyclable renewable feedstock and offers high stiffness, and temperature resistance in a dropin solution with a with a significantly reduced cradletogate carbon footprint. Braskem reports that following 15 years of R&D, I’m green™ portfolio now includes multiple biobased grades for packaging, toys, and footwear, with current capacity of around 275,000 tonnes per year, a 37% increase since inauguration, enabling the capture of roughly 159,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
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Author
Dr Konstantinos Drousiotis
Source
Alder BioInsights, press release, 2026-02-06.
Supplier
Arkema
BioPreferred
Braskem
Cortec Corporation
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