Bioplastic
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LG Chem proceeds with sustainable materials investments
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South Korea-based chemical company LG Chem has been making several news headlines within the past few months as the company announced its intention to invest KRW10 trillion ($8.5 billion) in eco-friendly and high-growth materials by 2025. Over 30 projects including…
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Economic Impact of US Biobased Products Industry
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its 2019 Economic Impact Analysis of the US Biobased Product Industry celebrating the USDA’s 10th anniversary of the creation of its Certified Biobased Product Label. Established in 2011 underneath USDA’s BioPreferred Program, the Certified…
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Danimer Scientific to Acquire Novomer
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This is quite interesting news that came out today about Danimer Scientific announcing its plans to acquire Novomer in a cash transaction valued at $152 million. Headquartered with a pilot plant in Rochester, New York, Novomer develops high-performing, carbon-efficient, cost-effective…
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European Bioplastics talks about Chemical Recycling
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Some might say the surging investments in chemical recycling is taking away the attention on the development and commercialization of bio-based plastics but according to the European Bioplastics Association, chemical recycling is an important option for bio-based plastics to the…
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US Plastics Pact Launched 2025 Roadmap
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Hello blog readers. My apologies for not posting for quite some time as I have been immersed in new administerial duties at Tecnon OrbiChem and we just released our latest Bio-Materials market commentaries. This month’s special report is about sustainable…
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Rising Commercialisation of Specialty High-Temperature Bio-based Polymers
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Last month, I wrote a special report for Tecnon OrbiChem’s Bio-Materials newsletter about polyimide and polyphthalamide (PPA), which are considered high-temperature specialty polymers. I am not quite familiar with these polymers but apparently, they can now be produced using renewable…
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Arkema continues bio-polyamide plant construction in Singapore
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There is so much news coming out today (maybe Earth Day should be every month) but I wanted to blog this one because of the nice video about their castor-based polyamide. But before we go to that, Arkema announced today…