Europe\u2019s current position in producing bio-based polymers is limited to a few polymers. However, new developments and investments are foreseen: the first European industrial-scale PLA plant by 2014, the introduction of future PET production facilities by 2015, recent developments in the commercialization of bio-based PBT and further advancements in the field of high-value fine chemicals for PA, PUR and thermosets production.<\/b><\/p>\n
Although Europe shows a strong demand for bio-based polymers, production tends to take place elsewhere, namely in Asia and America. The European Union\u2019s relatively weak position in the production of bio-based polymers is largely the consequence of an unfavourable political framework for the industrial material use of biomass.<\/p>\n
The European market data present the latest findings of production capacities of bio-based polymers in Europe based on the market study published by the nova-Institute in spring this year and its continuously updated database.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_uag_custom_page_level_css":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[47],"product_tag":[263],"renewable-carbon":[64],"publication-type":[70,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-422","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","5":"product_cat-markets","6":"product_tag-msbiopolymers13","7":"renewable-carbon-bio-based","8":"publication-type-reports","9":"publication-type-commercial-reports","11":"first","12":"instock","13":"downloadable","14":"virtual","15":"sold-individually","16":"taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-simple"},"bundle_layout":"","bundled_by":[],"bundled_items":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"qubely_landscape":false,"qubely_portrait":false,"qubely_thumbnail":false,"mega-menu":false,"blog-teaser":false,"woocommerce_thumbnail":false,"woocommerce_single":false,"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":false,"sow-carousel-default":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/author\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Europe\u2019s current position in producing bio-based polymers is limited to a few polymers. However, new developments and investments are foreseen: the first European industrial-scale PLA plant by 2014, the introduction of future PET production facilities by 2015, recent developments in the commercialization of bio-based PBT and further advancements in the field of high-value fine chemicals…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"renewable-carbon","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/renewable-carbon?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"publication-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/publications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/publication-type?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}