Company initiatives
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European project to improve PLA production
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The Technological Institute of Plastics AIMPLAS, along with eleven other enterprises and technological European centers, has launched the InnoREX project, financed by the Seventh Framework Program funds and coordinated by the German Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology – ICT. The 42-month…
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DSM’s EcoPaXX in aluminum windows
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DSM has launched the use of its EcoPaXX® Polyamide 4.10, a polymer with a bio-based content of 70% in insulating profiles of aluminum window frames. Many insulating profiles currently uses PA 6.6, which provide a thermal break that contributes to the…
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Suez Environnement invests in Solvert
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Suez Environnement, through its recycling and resource management subsidiary SITA UK, is funding the research and development program of North East UK technology company, Solvert Ltd. Solvert aims to develop a technology that converts the organic stream from either municipal solid waste…
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Europe to invest €3.8bn in the biobased economy
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The European Commission proposed a €3.8 billion Public Private Partnership (PPP) on Biobased Industries, in order to accelerate the commercialization of biobased products in Europe. The European Commission will invest €1 billion and the industry €2.8 billion, from 2014 to…
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Cereplast Receives Orders from Italy
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Cereplast received multiple purchase orders for Cereplast Compostables® blown film resins totaling approximately $200,000 in sales. These resins will be used for the manufacture of single-use plastic bags for use at about 45 supermarkets located in the Veneto and Trentino…
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Sustainable Refining launches veggie industrial oils
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Sustainable Refining, LLC has launched its renewable bio-based line of cutting, hydraulic and bar & chain oils for industrial and commercial use. These non-petroleum based oils are manufactured using a 100% vegetable oil blend refined with proprietary additives giving them…
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Growing bio-polyamides offerings
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Your toothbrush bristles will soon become more environment-friendly if polyamides producers Evonik and Cathay Industrial Biotechnology are successful in marketing their bio-based polyamides. Cathay Industrial Biotech has been promoting this year its new renewable polyamides PA 5.6, PA 5.10, PA…