Biopolymers

sustainability

Cork Compounds for High Strength, Low Weight Performance Composites

Amorim Cork Solutions enable bio-based designs for injection molded products.

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Workshop Addresses How to Injection Mold Bioplastics

As demand for bioplastics in products molded from traditional materials grows, injection molders are learning the class of materials presents some unique challenges.

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sustainability

How Yeast Could Give Rise to Bioplastic

Researchers work to scale up a biomanufacturing process for succinic acid, an important building block for industrial chemicals and a biopolymer precursor.

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Biopolymers

Emirates Biotech Selects Sulzer Technology for Polylactic Acid Production

Construction of UAE facility expected to begin in 2025.

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PET

Indorama Collaborates in Launch of World’s First Bio-PET Bottles

Japan’s Suntory Group will introduce the new bottles for selected products in Japan

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sustainability

Avantium’s PEF Receives FDA Food-Contact Approval

The FDA approval extends to all food types except infant formulas, foods with more than 15% alcohol or human milk.

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Compounding

Farrel Pomini, Lummus Team on Pyrolysis Technology

Mixer’s novel capabilities are said to be the key to success of partnership developing pyrolysis technology.

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sustainability

Research Deems Bioplastics, Wood Pulp a Sustainable, Economic Alternative for Rigid Packaging

Farrel Pomini and FPInnovations produce biodegradable compound for molding, extrusion and thermoforming applications.

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Biopolymers

Gaia Biomaterials’ Compostable Material to Be Used in Drinking Straws

Evanesce will produce the first 7.5 million straws in the U.S. with Gaia’s Biodolomer

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Best Practices for Purging PHA and PHA/PLA Blends

Because bioplastics are processed at lower temperatures, purging between jobs requires a different process and purging agents than those applied for traditional resins.

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Process Cooling