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19 August 201617 August 2016

Merck Expands Excipients Portfolio, Adding Polymers for Sustained Release Injectables

Company to be the exclusive, global distributor of the Expansorb® line of biocompatible and biodegradable polymers

15 August 201611 August 2016

Resource conservation with Bio-Flex® FX: New blends allow for considerable reduction in thickness for compostable films

FKuR launching packaging films with particularly low thickness and, at the same time, high puncture resistance

12 August 201611 August 2016

HyMedPoly project targets drug-free antibacterial hybrid biopolymers for medical applications

HyMedPoly aims to develop new therapies based on biomedical drug-free antibacterial polymers and inorganic materials for drug-free antibacterial hybrid biopolymers for infections

Emery Oleochemicals expands its Technical Development Center in Cincinnati, OH by opening a new state-of-the-art application lab for the company’s Green Polymer Additives Business

The company’s Green Polymer Additives Business offers renewable and innovative polymer additive solutions to high growth markets

11 August 201612 November 2016

Expert View: Accelerating the impact of bio-based materials to further apparel industry sustainability

Customers increasingly demand products made from sustainable resources with minimum environmental impact

28 July 20165 August 2016

Metabolix rejects Cellulac merger proposal

Metabolix Announces New Strategic Direction - Cellulac formally requests shareholders to consider merger proposal

27 July 201626 July 2016

Energy department grants $2.5M for biorefinery waste use, renewable bioproduct study

Three-year study to focus on ways to make plastic materials from lignin waste

Spider Couture: The emergence of spider silk for applications from fashion to protection

Advanced biotechnology’s ability to synthesize spider proteins is emerging industry markets

20 July 201619 July 2016

AMSilk grows with additional capital – ramp-up of BIOSTEEL® production

Further growth to provide especially the business divisions Medical Technology and Industrial Applications & Textiles

Creation of Evertree, a new international actor in renewable chemistry

Avril Group teams up in JV to produce bio-VOCs

18 July 201618 July 2016

Starch improves barrier properties of PE-films

Wageningen UR cooperates with Avebe and chemical company Sabic to develop gradually bio-based films

6 July 20165 July 2016

Vikas Ecotech to produce bio-plastics from waste cooking oil

For this, the company has tied up with Czech Republic based Nafigate Corporation, which will provide technology to Vikas for converting waste cooking oil into biopolymer PHA

30 June 201629 June 2016

Biodegradable composites: a significant advance in medical implant technology

Evonik is conducting research on new composite materials for the fixation of fractured bones

28 June 201627 June 2016

Will Lego’s $150 Million Sustainable Plastics Challenge Make Biobased the Norm?

Company’s goal to build better toys from sustainable, raw material might shift the plastics industry away from fossile sources

27 June 201624 June 2016

Rubber from Russian dandelions: a serious European alternative to rubber tree plantations

DRIVE4EU project focusing on development of a successful production chain

23 June 201622 June 2016

BPM symposium 2016 highlights growing opportunities of the biobased economy

The Dutch Biobased Performance Materials program is a unique phenomenon in the biobased world

22 June 201621 June 2016

New “green” PLA tamper-evident seal yields cost savings for customers

New biodegradable polylactic acid film is made from sustainable, 100% annually renewable plant sugars

20 June 201617 June 2016

Vertellus Specialties Inc. businesses in the United States files for voluntary Chapter 11 protection

Filing includes all of the U.S.-based locations with exceptional Vertellus SBH Business

17 June 201615 June 2016

Lego examines all options for sustainable materials

Company's open-ended approach means is not restricting itself to just bio-based plastics

8 June 20167 June 2016

Trucost identifies $3.5bn environmental savings from scaling up sustainable plastic

Environmental cost to society of plastic use by the consumer goods sector alone is estimated at $75 billion

7 June 20166 June 2016

DSM’s EcoPaXX® tapping into drinking water-contact applications

Company taking its EcoPaXX® polyamide into an important new market

Big success for Bio Cosmetics. Bio-on’s bioplastic for cosmetics officially presented at “Future of Formulations in Cosmetics”

Bio Cosmetics can replace the microbeads contained in cosmetics that pollute the seas

6 June 20163 June 2016

Development of performance polyesters based on isoidide

Joint research project exploring a promising chemical building block for the biobased economy

1 June 201615 February 2018

Kick-off meeting of the Special Interest Group (SIG) for Biopolymers/Bioplastics

Value chains and product systems important triggers for developing the bioeconomy

31 May 201630 May 2016

Bio cosmetics: Bio-on bioplastic designed for cosmetics that defend the environment

The new formulation of Bio-on's revolutionary PHA bioplastic can replace the microbeads contained in cosmetics that pollute the seas and are now banned in the USA

2 May 201628 April 2016

RPC Promens Consumer Nordic: Bio Polymer ‘Mix’ Bottle is a European First

Special mineral filler reduces amount of polymer, enhancing its positive environmental profile

29 April 201628 April 2016

MHG Appoints New CEO of Company

Former President and CEO of Armor Holdings Products LLC Joins the Biopolymer Company

25 April 201621 April 2016

Aethic first to use new clear MATER-BI packaging film

New material to debut with Aethic’s next production run of sunscreens and face creams

20 April 201619 April 2016

Revolution in Food Packaging. The Milk Carton goes Bio

Minerv PHA Extrusion Coating project aims to develop specific, eco-sustainable and, now fully biodegradable formulations

19 April 201614 April 2016

Award-winning biodegradable agar packaging could replace plastic

Agar Plasticity project explores the use of seaweed-derived biodegradable substitute for conventional plastic packaging

18 April 201620 July 2016

Innovia Group sale of Cellophane™

High-tech film producer will be manufacturing the new polymer banknote substrate for the Bank of England

15 April 201615 February 2018

9th Intl Biobased Materials Conference – Day 2

Bio-polymers, lignin utilisation and update on Polyhydroxyalkanoates ( PHA)

Biomass broken down without chemicals for 1st time, study claims

Researchers find catalyst that allows simultaneous conversion of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin

14 April 201612 April 2016

Japanese team cracks into biofuel with crab shells

Xylose found effective at fermenting chitin-derived sugars to produce ethanol

8 April 201615 February 2018

Laurel BioComposite Receives BPI Certification for Bio-Res PLA

Company developed and commercialised robust plant-based alternative to petroleum-based plastic

7 April 20165 April 2016

Metabolix Signs MOU with CJ CheilJedang for Strategic Commercial Manufacturing Arrangement

Companies to define longer term expansion of collaboration for larger scale PHA production

18 March 201617 March 2016

NatureWorks Launches a $1 Million Laboratory to Research and Develop Commercial Scale Methane to Lactic Acid Fermentation

“A commercially viable methane to lactic acid conversion technology would be revolutionary.” - Bill Suehr, NatureWorks Chief Operating Officer

16 March 201615 March 2016

Novel packaging products for a circular economy

EU-funded DIBBIOPACK project has developed a series of multifunctional packaging to contribute to the growth of a truly circular economy

14 March 201613 March 2016

Corbion: Neues PLA-Werk und erweiterte Lactid-Kapazitäten in Thailand

Rohstoffversorgung sichergestellt und Kapazitäten für weitere Abnehmer geschaffen

Compostable Biopolymers made from renewable resources – Biesterfeld to distribute Nurel’s INZEA®

New, bio-based polymers can be processed by injection moulding, extrusion and thermoforming

11 March 20164 March 2016

Corbion on track for 75kTpa PLA plant construction

Thailand polymerization plant entering the basic-engineering phase

4 March 20163 March 2016

Natürlich UHU und TECNARO, der erste Klebestiftbehälter der nachwächst!

UHU stic ReNATURE Klebestifte mit einem Behälter aus einem Bio-Werkstoff aus dem Hause TECNARO - The Biopolymer Company

3 March 20162 March 2016

Tecnaro GmbH is part of the BBI JU project consortium

European Commission to provide public-private partnership “Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking” with funding of 10 Mio Euro

2 March 20162 March 2016

Tecnaro GmbH in Projektkonsortium des BBI JU

Europäische Kommission fördert „Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking" mit 10 Mio. Euro

1 March 201629 February 2016

PHA-Modified PLA Thermoform Materials for Sustainable Packaging Applications

Metabolix on ways to create biobased and compostable food packaging

29 February 201626 February 2016

Unlocking the Promise of Bio-Based Plastics

Circular economy: a systemic approach to the use of renewable feedstocks and the re-use of materials through recycling

24 February 201623 February 2016

Taking the Road Less Traveled

Thousands of miles of roads await soy-based asphalt ingredient

18 February 201617 February 2016

Textilfasern aus Stärke kostengünstig und umweltfreundlich herstellen

Schmelzspinnverfahren wird entwickelt

15 February 201613 February 2016

FKuR: Kooperation mit Oerlemans Plastics und BK Pac – Biokunststoffe für nachhaltige Lebensmittelverpackungen

Künftiger Nachschub von Braskem's Green PE gesichert

11 February 201610 February 2016

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