2 August 20226 August 2022 Green Dot Bioplastics launches expanded line of compostable resins The new compostable resins build on the company’s existing portfolio of biocomposites, elastomers, and natural fibre-reinforced resins produced at its manufacturing facility in Onaga, Kansas
26 July 202220 July 2022 Accelerating mechanical recycling: Dow becomes first to achieve traceability and recycled content certification for PE compounds Certification granted by AENOR, a top ten global body for management systems and product certification
4 July 202229 June 2022 FRIMO at JEC World 2022 The Group will present itself again this year as a tool and equipment supplier for complete solutions in the field of composite applications
21 June 202214 June 2022 New technology center in Leverkusen: Fresh impulses for wind energy Covestro is developing innovative PUR resins for use in wind turbine rotor blades at its new Wind Technology Center
31 May 202224 May 2022 Opening of Biocomposite Bridge in Almere, NL SCB Smart Circular Bridge, EU project INTERREG
23 May 202220 May 2022 Technip Energies Announces a License Agreement with OCIKUMHO for a 100 KTA EPICEROL® Plant in Malaysia OCIKUMHO will be the first to manufacture epichlorohydrin in Malaysia
6 May 20222 May 2022 Maip Group announces new sustainable polymers for European automotive market using Eastman’s molecular recycling technologies Eastman has announced multiple investments for material-to-material molecular recycling facilities to produce new sustainable materials
5 May 202229 April 2022 Trinseo Launches MAGNUM™ BIO ABS for Automotive Applications MAGNUM™ BIO ABS series contains up to 80% bio-attributed content
26 April 202220 April 2022 NOVA Chemicals and Enerkem Advance Commercialization of Made-in-Alberta Chemical Recycling Technology The team has been working to achieve lower greenhouse gas emissions while significantly accelerating the upgrading process for waste materials
19 April 202212 April 2022 Avantium and Sukano sign offtake agreement to develop PEF film masterbatches With PEF from Avantium’s FDCA Flagship Plant, Sukano will develop masterbatches for PEF resins, facilitating fast adoption in many diversified markets and thus acceleratin the growth of PEF
12 April 20226 April 2022 Westlake Epoxy Receives ISCC+ Certification at Its Pernis, Netherlands Site This is a significant step in Westlake Epoxy’s strategy to integrate renewable carbon materials into its raw material supply chain
1 April 20221 April 2022 CHAMPION Webinars: Progress in Materials Designed for a Circular Economy 6th, April, 2022, Time: 14-15h - Location: online & free!
ECO profile of Luminy® PLA now available to product designers Sphera’s Product Sustainability databases provide explicit knowledge of the product’s environmental performance through scenario analysis
24 March 202221 March 2022 Decathlon Selects GreenPoxy® Bio-resins for Latest Sustainable Wakeboards GreenPoxy 33 resins will contribute to Decathlon’s environmental mission, deriving 28% of its carbon content from plant sources
4 March 20221 March 2022 PHA Sample Shop Now Open New sample shop initially offers samples of polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) and polyhydroxybutyrate co-valerate (PHBV) up to 5 kilograms for academic and non-commercial purposes
25 February 202221 February 2022 Printpack Invests in Nexus Circular Printpack’s investment, part of a larger round of private funding, supports the commercial scale-up of Nexus Circular’s proprietary advanced recycling process
23 February 202217 February 2022 Bioplastics International Launches Water Soluble PVA Replacement for Plastics Bioplastics International creates water soluble PVA products to replace plastics, to stop the plastic pollution of our oceans and beaches
9 February 20223 February 2022 TerraVerdae Bioworks to acquire PolyFerm Canada TerraVerdae expands its PHA technology portfolio to create new biodegradable bioplastic products
14 January 20228 January 2022 Green Science Alliance develops novel sargassum-based biodegradable plastic Company has succeeded in creating a 100% biomass-based resin pellet, which can be moulded into products from its waste
12 January 20226 January 2022 Total Corbion PLA transitions to TotalEnergies Corbion TotalEnergies Corbion expects to launch its updated brand identity in a phased approach from this January
6 January 20222 January 2022 Trinseo Broadens Portfolio with Bio-attributed Polystyrene, ABS, and SAN Company Expands Styrenics Portfolio Based on Mass Balance
2 December 202129 November 2021 New lignin based material to replace fossil plastics and adhesives Wood waste used in renewable, recyclable thermoset plastic alternative
18 November 202115 November 2021 Polyram Group Partners with UBQ Materials to Introduce Sustainable High-Performance Thermoplastic Compounds UBQ materials have already been adopted by leading industry enterprises, and are used for manufacturing durable products with reduced or even negative environmental footprint
16 November 202112 November 2021 Danimer Scientific and Total Corbion PLA Collaborate to Support Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Plastic Products Strategic collaboration to support long-term growth of biopolymer production requiring a blend of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) and Polylactic Acid (PLA) inputs
8 November 20213 November 2021 SABIC Announces World’s First Bio-Based, Certified Renewable High-Performance Amorphous Polymer To Support Customer Sustainability Goals For every 100 kg of ULTEM resin produced, SABIC replaces 25.5 kg of fossil-based feedstocks with bio-based materials derived from waste or residue
25 October 202120 October 2021 Obituary: renewably-sourced thermosets pioneer Uwe Schönfeld Prior to his involvement in bio-based resin system, he worked for a number of years at Fraunhofer Institute LBF in Stuttgart before he turned his attention to the development of composites based on natural raw materials
Infugreen 810 Greenpoxy used to infuse new Couach fly 86/2600 motor yacht – the largest bio-epoxy hull to date With a long history of building in composites, Couach has developed highly efficient vacuum infusion processes to build hull, deck, superstructure, and other components for their vessels
6 October 202130 September 2021 Danimer Scientific and Chevron Phillips Chemical Collaborate to Develop Technology for Lower-Cost Biodegradable Polymer Manufacturing Implementation of technology that transformed polyolefin production expected to drive higher-volume Rinnovo™ production at lower overall costs
15 June 202116 June 2021 Kimberly-Clark Partners with Biotech Innovator RWDC to Design Sustainable Alternatives to Traditional Plastics The partnership will provide Kimberly-Clark with RWDC's polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) source material, SolonTM, to develop additional products that are marine degradable
21 May 202116 June 2021 TerraVerdae Bioworks Inc. releases new bioplastic product line for blown/cast films, injection moulding and thermoforming Major milestone in TerraVerdae’s extensive development effort to produce plastic resins that are not just biobased and biodegradable
10 May 202118 June 2021 New contract awarded by Total Corbion PLA to design a biopolymer plant in France Joint venture between Total and Corbion, to carry out a Front-End Engineering Design for their 100,000 tons per annum Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) plant in Grandpuits
5 May 202118 June 2021 Total Corbion PLA enters engineering stage for new 100 kTpa PLA plant in Grandpuits, France First of its kind facility in Europe would make Total Corbion PLA the global market leader in PLA
4 May 202118 June 2021 Cosun Beet Company and Avantium join forces with the ambition to produce plant-based glycols from sugars Both companies entered into a Term Sheet to establish a joint venture in which Cosun Beet Companywill take a substantial share
3 May 202118 June 2021 Stahl launches NuVera® breakthrough renewable carbon polyurethanes range Novel building blocks allow the development of biomass-based and/or captured carbon-based polyurethane polymers
Ingeo 3D700, a newly developed PLA grade for large-format additive manufacturing, provides significant reduction in warping, minimizes print failures NatureWorks has introduced Ingeo 3D700, a new PLA grade for use in large-format 3D printing
30 April 202118 June 2021 Green Dot Bioplastics Celebrates a Decade of Sustainability Bioplastic material science company Green Dot Bioplastics, Inc. celebrates its 10-year anniversary this month
4 February 20211 February 2021 Trinseo Receives Mass Balance Certification for its Styrene Certificate Allows Validation of Sustainable Materials
1 February 202127 January 2021 Eco Wrap®: World’s First Compostable Industrial Strength Machine Grade Stretch Film, Patent Pending! Breakthrough for the industrial packaging and warehousing industries to prepare pallets of goods for storage, inventory, or shipment
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
27 November 20209 September 2021 Braskem: Resin producer plans huge increase in PCR sales 'I’m green' portfolio was expanded in 2019 to include 100% post-consumer PP
5 November 20202 November 2020 Using tree bark, U of T researcher develops new generation of sustainable products University of Toronto researchers created a new form of Shape-memory polyurethane (SMPU) from abietic acid, a chemical extracted from tree bark
6 October 20201 October 2020 Total Corbion PLA announces the first world-scale PLA plant in Europe The new plant is planned to be located on a Total site in Grandpuits, France and to be operational in 2024
25 August 202024 August 2020 SECOS Secures Significant Supply Contract The contract is for the supply of compostable pet waste bags made from Cardia™ proprietary biopolymer resins
18 August 202015 August 2020 Mondi introduces NextLiner – the world’s first sustainable PCK release liner Group is continually conducting research and development into more sustainable release liner alternatives
16 June 20209 September 2021 Yokogawa Signs Investment and Partnership Agreement with JEPLAN, Developer of an Innovative Chemical Recycling Technology Partnership will strengthen the production systems at both plants and expand all business opportunities toward the realization of their vision of "Circulate Everything"
15 May 202012 May 2020 Latvian firm to pursue focus on bio-based glues and resins Latvijas Finieris sees its main priorities for the coming years into product development and process efficiency
16 March 202011 March 2020 Biocomposites Interesting groups of biocomposites to be exhibited during MaterialDistrict Rotterdam 2020
21 February 202018 February 2020 FENIX NTM BLOOM & ARPA HPL BLOOM Arpa Industriale products are made of paper and thermosetting resins based on phenol, which they substituted significantly by their innovative lignin technology
30 January 202027 January 2020 Kompuestos certifies new bioplastic based on potato starch Company’s Biokomp range of biodegradable resins made from different starches are derived from corn, potato and various types of cereals
28 January 202023 January 2020 Bitrez Ltd launches bio-based resins at JEC World 2020 New family of bio-based resins are designed especially for composite applications and are REACH compliant
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