Biopolymers

Biopolymers

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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Biopolymers

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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Biopolymers

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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Biopolymers

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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Biopolymers

Flame-Retardant PP Compounds

Sirmax North America now offers a broad range of these compounds within three key product families

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sustainability

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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Automation

ICIS Launches: Ask ICIS Generative AI Commodities Assistant

Said to be the first of its kind, this AI assistant will enhance access to ICIS’ intelligence and insights for the energy and chemical markets.

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