Biopolymers
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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Braskem’s New Renewable Innovation Center Opens
The Lexington, Massachusetts, center will accelerate innovation in renewable chemicals and materials.
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NPE2024 Materials: Spotlight on Sustainability with Performance
Across the show, sustainability ruled in new materials technology, from polyolefins and engineering resins to biobased materials.
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Making a Play With PHA
Processors with sustainability goals or mandates have a number of ways to reach their goals. Biopolymers are among them.
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NREL Builds and Tests Wind Turbine Blade With Recyclable Resin
Material can be sourced from biomass and chemically recycled, enabling sustainable end-of-life management.
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BASF Launches Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) App on its Products
The company’s PCF app PACIFIC is available in the Catena-X Automotive Ecosystem in the Cofinity-X app store.
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Another PLA World-Scale Supplier Is Bound to Affect Global Availability, Pricing
SS Royal Kit Emirates and Global Biopolymers form Emirates Biotech venture to produce PLA.
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Flame-Retardant PP Compounds
Sirmax North America now offers a broad range of these compounds within three key product families
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Biomass-Balanced PBAT for Compounding of Bioplastics for Packaging
Renewable feedstock has replaced fossil feedstock in BASF’s ‘industry-first’ biomass-balanced ecoflex PBAT.
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PHA Compound Molded into “World’s First” Biodegradable Bottle Closures
Beyond Plastic and partners have created a certified biodegradable PHA compound that can be injection molded into 38-mm closures in a sub 6-second cycle from a multicavity hot runner tool.
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