{"id":14077,"date":"2005-11-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-01T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bio-based.eu\/news\/index.php?startid=20051102-07n"},"modified":"2005-11-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-11-01T22:00:00","slug":"can-biopolymers-be-used-in-consumer-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/can-biopolymers-be-used-in-consumer-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Can biopolymers be used in consumer electronics?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>The potential for bio-sourced polymers in the consumer electronics industry will be one of the key topics explored at EPN\u2019s market-leading Bioplastics conference next month, with both <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nokia.com\/\" >Nokia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nec.com\/\" >NEC<\/a> outlining their needs and goals.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Dr Antti O Helminen, senior research engineer at the Nokia Research Centre in Finland will discuss the performance of current biopolymers and the improvements needed to satisfy mobile phone industry requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Helminen\u2019s presentation will also examine decorating opportunities for biopolymer resins and how they fit within the company\u2019s environmental and sustainability programmes.<\/p>\n<p>Japanese experience to date with bioplastics in the electronics industry will be outlined by Dr Masatoshi Iji, senior manager in the fundamental and environmental research laboratories at NEC Corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Iji will also look at the state of the art and detail experience with kenaf-fibre reinforced PLA thermoplastic composite materials developed to provide the high levels of thermal stability and flame retardance required by the electronics sector.<\/p>\n<p>Now in its seventh year, Bioplastics 2005 is the longest-established conference for the bio-sourced polymer industry and examines all potential markets for these innovative materials. For more information visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bpevent.com\/\" >www.bpevent.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>(Cf. news of <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/fujitsu-develops-worlds-first-bioplastic-computer-cases\/\" >Aug.  11, 2005<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/nokia-toyota-basf-novamont-biokunststoffe-haben-groes-potenzial\/\" >Dec. 16, 2004<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/necs-biodegradable-corn-based-laptops\/\" >Sept. 16, 2004<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/japan-nec-entwickelt-abbaubaren-kunststoff\/\" >Feb. 03, 2003<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/nec-entwickelt-flammwidrigen-bio-kunststoff\/\" >Jan. 27, 2004<\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><b>The potential for bio-sourced polymers in the consumer electronics industry will be one of the key topics explored at EPN&rsquo;s market-leading Bioplastics conference next month,<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[],"class_list":["post-14077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14077"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=14077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}