{"id":85393,"date":"2021-02-24T07:35:59","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T06:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=85393"},"modified":"2021-02-19T14:05:43","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T13:05:43","slug":"milliken-joins-gopha-aims-to-drive-adoption-phas-in-single-use-packaging-applications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/milliken-joins-gopha-aims-to-drive-adoption-phas-in-single-use-packaging-applications\/","title":{"rendered":"Milliken joins GO!PHA, aims to drive adoption PHAs in single-use packaging applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Milliken &amp; Company\u2019s Chemical Division has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA) to help address the technical and market development challenges related to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milliken &amp; Company\u2019s Chemical Division has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA) to help address the technical and market development challenges related to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers. Milliken will bring to GO!PHA its expertise in polymer chemistry to help improve the processing, performance, aesthetics and other important attributes of PHA. The goal is to expand the application range of this family of materials into more packaging applications.<\/p>\n<p>GO!PHA is a coalition of industry and academic stakeholders dedicated to advancing the development, commercialization and adoption of PHA polymers through advocacy and knowledge sharing. Milliken will collaborate with other GO!PHA members to prioritize technical issues and explore ways to solve them by adapting existing high-performance Milliken additives or developing new technologies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMilliken\u2019s participation in GO!PHA supports our corporate sustainability goals by giving us a collaborative platform to tackle the challenges of ocean plastics and natural resource conservation,\u201d noted Allen Jacoby, senior vice president, plastics additives, for Milliken\u2019s Chemical Division. \u201cReplacing traditional materials with bio-based, biodegradable PHA polymers can provide lower impact options for food service and flexible packaging. We look forward to working with other GO!PHA members on enhancements that can make PHA polymers more appealing to product designers, converters and consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Milliken to GO!PHA,\u201d said Rick Passenier, executive board member, GO!PHA. \u201cMilliken\u2019s polymer additives expertise and extensive development capabilities add tremendous value to our efforts in optimizing PHA properties and processability, and expanding the use of the material in single-use packaging applications.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Milliken &amp; Company\u2019s Chemical Division has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA) to help address the technical and market development challenges related to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers. 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