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24 February 202218 February 2022

TECNARO schließt internationale ISCC PLUS-Zertifizierung erfolgreich ab und führt neue ARBOFILL® Z Werkstofffamilie für alle gängigen Kunststoffverarbeitungstechnologien in den Markt ein

ISCC PLUS-Zertifizierung ermöglicht TECNARO die Herstellung der teilbiobasierten ARBOFILL® Compounds nach dem Massenbilanzansatz und schont somit auch hier den fossilen Rohstoff Erdöl

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18 February 202214 February 2022

Sustainable supply chain: Nordmann receives ISCC PLUS certification

Last month, Nordmann, Rassmann GmbH (Hamburg) obtained ISCC PLUS Mass Balance certification. This means that the company can now offer customers in the plastics industry ISCC-certified polypropylene- and polyethylene-based Circular Compounds® from TotalEnergies, made from renewable or recycled raw materials

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26 January 202221 January 2022

ZENIT-Innovationspreis: Wenn schon Papierkram, dann richtig

Start-up entwickelt bio-basiertes Granulat aus Komponenten der Papierherstellung für Kunststoffprodukte und erhält dafür eine Auszeichnung

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13 December 20218 December 2021

BIO-FED expands portfolio with biomass-balanced polypropylene compounds

The new products are marketed by BIO-FED under the names M·VERA® PPH and M·VERA® PPC and is suitable for a wide range of applications

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BIO-FED ergänzt Portfolio um biomassenbilanzierte Polypropylen-Compounds

Die neuen Produkte laufen bei BIO-FED unter dem Namen M·VERA® PPH und M·VERA® PPC und eignen sich trotz reduziertem Carbon Footprint für vielfältige Anwendungen

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5 November 20211 November 2021

Sirmax Group makes its Ecomondo debut with an innovative bio-compound, contributing to the reduction of CO2 in the atmosphere

Biodegradable mulch sheets, compostable coffee capsules, shopping bags, paper-plastic laminated products - the Group has fine-tuned its high-performance green product families

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9 September 20216 September 2021

IAA 2021: Fraunhofer WKI presents “Bioconcept-Car”

From 7th to 12th September 2021, the Fraunhofer WKI will be presenting its research at the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft's joint stand in the Open Space at Königsplatz in Munich, Stand KP185

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7 September 20219 September 2021

Carbon Take Back Obligation: make sure fossil fuels producers take responsibility for cleaning up CO2

Producer or importer of carbon compounds will have to measure the amount of CO2 that would be released in using their product, if it will be captured/stored instead or released into the atmosphere

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17 August 202112 August 2021

Bioplastic grade M∙VERA® GP1045 – Suitable for medium stiffness applications

The new M·VERA® GP1045 consists primarily of renewable resources, is home compostable and has been specially designed for injection moulding applications

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23 July 20214 January 2022

Nachhaltige Werkstoffe für neue Anwendungen

Rencom gelingt mittels Coperion Doppelschnecken-Extruder die Verarbeitung von Lignin zu einem recyclingfähigen Biowerkstoff

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27 January 202122 January 2021

BIO-FED’s contribution to the EU Green Deal 2030

Company is developing and supplying now a wide range of sustainable PLA-based compounds

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12 January 20217 January 2021

AFC partners with MGI to grow AFC’s bio-resin business in the Americas

Launch of a strategic partnership for sale and distribution

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11 January 20216 January 2021

Cellulose-based dispersants and flocculants

A new review article provides insight into the engineering pathways, the structural frameworks, and surface chemistry of “green” types of dispersants and flocculants

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10 August 20208 August 2020

BioTHOP ‘EU Life Project’

We’ll take the lot! Upcycling bio & synthetic Hops harvest residuals

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BioTHOP ‘EU-Life Projekt’

Wir nehmen alles! Upcycling von biologischem und synthetischem Hopfen - Ernterückstände

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9 April 20206 April 2020

Icma San Giorgio designs, builds and instals compounding plant for bioplastics

New plant was designed and delivered as a "turn-key" project, from the loading systems of the different components to the packing of the final product

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21 November 201919 November 2019

Chemists use light to build biologically active compounds

Photocatalyst builds 3D scaffolds from flat aromatics

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23 September 201922 September 2019

Neue Compounds erweitern Einsatzbereich biobasierter Thermoplaste

Aktuelle Ergänzungen sind zwei glasfaserverstärkte Typen der Produktreihen Bio-Flex^® und Terralene^®,  sowie drei Terraprene^® TPE-Typen

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11 September 20196 September 2019

Bioplastics reduce CO2 emissions

Prof. Dr. Hans-Josef Endres from Leibniz-University to be interviewed today by VDMA, focusing and analyzing about bioplastics

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3 September 20192 September 2019

Wits green chemists find a way to turn cashew nut shells into sunscreen

Team is working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and fast growing non-edible plant waste, through a chemical process named xylochemistry

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29 August 201926 August 2019

Sustainable Compounding: Blown film manufacturer from Benin switches to biodegradable products with help from Coperion

New law forced the company Asahel Benin Sarl. to completely convert its production

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Nachhaltiges Compoundieren: Blasfolienhersteller aus Benin stellt mithilfe von Coperion auf bioabbaubare Produkte um

Neue Gesetzgebung zwang Asahel Benin Sarl. dazu, seine Produktion komplett umzustellen

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1 July 201930 June 2019

Fungus produces highly effective surfactant

Research team discovers previously unknown natural products in soil fungus Mortierella alpina

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13 May 20198 May 2019

Orthesen und Prothesen aus biobasierten Kunststoffen

Biobasierte Knie-Prothese besteht Dauertest nach ISO 10328

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23 April 201918 April 2019

Eco-Products introduces sugarcane compostable Vanguard serviceware

Made from sugarcane, microwave friendly, and effective in both hot and cold applications, the Vanguard line is also water and grease resistant

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23 October 201818 October 2018

First coffee capsule compostable at home

Organically based synthetic material with sunflower seed shells protects fossil resources

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30 July 201825 July 2018

BIO-FED compound certified as biodegradable in soil

M·VERA^® products are already well-established in a number of applications and can be used with various processing methods

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23 July 201819 July 2018

Beyond Drop-Ins: The Digest’s 2018 Multi-Slide Guide to Performance-Advantaged Biobased Chemicals

BETO gathered stakeholder input on the research and development (R&D) necessary for novel biobased compounds and functional replacements

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16 May 201814 May 2018

Leichtbau-Sandwichplatten mit Popcorn-Kern ohne Formaldehydemissionen für Möbel, Dämmstoffe oder Autobau

Gleiche Eigenschaften wie Spanplatten, aber nur halb so schwer

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19 September 201715 September 2017

FAKUMA 2017 – Thermoplastic elastomers for a safe and healthy environment

Hexpol TPE to bring expanded range of Dryflex Green biobased TPE to Fakuma 2017

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FAKUMA 2017 – Thermoplastische Elastomere für gesunde und umweltfreundliche Anwendungen

Hexpol TPE will erweitertes Produktsortiment seines bio-basierten Dryflex Green TPE präsentieren

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17 July 201716 February 2018

IfBB: Kunststoffe aus Kaffeesatz und Stroh

Das IfBB entwickelt hochwertige Bioverbundwerkstoffe aus biogenen Reststoffen

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12 July 201710 July 2017

Hard as construction steel, light as carbon, and yet all natural

Chemnitz scientists of the Federal Cluster of Excellence MERGE develop bio-based fiber-plastic-compounds for a future sustainable large-scale production

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28 June 201726 June 2017

Rettenmaier & Söhne: Pflanzliche Verdicker für Kosmetika entwickelt

Gute technische Eigenschaften, bei Temperaturstabilität und Haptik noch Verbesserungsbedarf

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Nordson receives Plastpol Poland Innovation Award for Xaloy® MPX™ Wear Coating Technology for plasticating screws

Xaloy MPX thermal spray coating is made up of particles only 5 microns in diameter

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Nordson releases PLA screw and barrel package

The new Xaloy PLA screw and barrel package from Nordson eliminates guesswork and minimizes start-up complications for molders and extrusion processor

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27 June 201715 February 2018

Shell Homage – BioComposites mit Schalen von Eiern, Nüssen und Kakaobohnen

Ägyptische Designerin produziert Möbel und Alltagsgegenstände aus selbst entwickelten biobasierten Verbundwerkstoffen

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23 June 201721 June 2017

HEXPOL TPE helps Grund go Green

Grund company using Dryflex Green thermoplastic elastomers in their new generation bed slat holders

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HEXPOL TPE hilft Firma Grund “grün” zu werden

Dryflex Green TPEs für eine neue Generation von Lattenrostkappen

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22 June 201720 June 2017

Performance Polyamides 2017: Long-chain bio-polyamides among RadiciGroup products showcased

At the second edition of the prestigious conference, the Group presents its long-chain polyamides (LCPAs) for technical applications

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RadiciGroup auf der Performance Polyamides 2017: Langkettige Polyamide, auch auf Basis nachwachsender Rohstoffe

Auf der zweiten Auflage der renommierten Konferenz präsentiert die Gruppe langkettige Polyamide für technische Anwendungen

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2 June 201731 May 2017

Naturfasergefüllte Kunststoffe

Wie die Sonnenblumenkernschalen in Kleiderbügel kommen

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29 March 201727 March 2017

New biobased PVC compounds for FDA applications

Sylvin Technologies' innovative 39 series of biobased flexible pvc compounds are formulated with a plant-based plasticizer

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15 February 201715 February 2017

Vom Zellstoff zum Formteil – Fraunhofer PAZ entwickelt neue Technologie für faserverstärkte Kunststoffe

Gemeinsam mit Partnern wird eine Technologieplattform zur Herstellung hochwertiger Zellstoff-Compounds entwickelt

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9 December 20167 December 2016

INEOS Compounds announced today that it has entered into a licence agreement with Resysta International GmbH

The Resysta ARF will initially be manufactured at the INEOS Compounds site in Sins, Switzerland, to respond to the growing demand from European customers

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INEOS Compounds gab heute den Abschluss eines Lizenzvertrags mit der Resysta International GmbH bekannt

Resysta ARF soll am INEOS Compounds-Standort in der Schweiz hergestellt werden, um wachsender Europäischer Nachfrage zu begegnen

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8 December 20166 December 2016

CocoPallet: grow in niches and compete on price, says Michiel Vos

Young dutch company working with improved Wageningen UR technology won several prizes on its sustainable product

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FKuR Polymers expands portfolio with new TPE and Bio-TPE grades

New bio-based TPEs contain high to very high proportions of renewable raw materials

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FKuR Polymers erweitert Portfolio um TPE- und neue Bio-TPE-Typen

Neue biobasierte TPE enthalten hohe bis sehr hohe Anteile an nachwachsenden Rohstoffen

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1 December 201629 November 2016

HEXPOL TPE creates more possibilities to be green

Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) compounding group, HEXPOL TPE, has added new compounds to their Dryflex Green family of biobased TPEs, creating more opportunities for sustainability