Products
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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…
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Lanxess expands biobased EPDM offerings
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It has been almost two years since the blog last visited Lanxess’ activities on its biobased EPDM (ethylene propylene-diene) monomer when the company launched its first product in 2011 under the brand Keltan Eco. The biobased EPDM uses Braskem’s sugarcane-based ethylene…
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Compostable coffee capsules from BASF
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Since the end of 2012, the Swiss Coffee Company is offering coffee in compostable plastic capsules in an aroma-type barrier packaging together with coffee machines in Switzerland under the brand name beanarella. The capsules are made from BASF’s compostable plastic…
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Genomatica’s bio-BDO in FENC fibers
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My apologies for this late post as I had some work-related matters to see through. Taiwan-based polyester firm Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC) and Genomatica announced last week at the Bioplastek conference that FENC was able to produce a high-performance…
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Sustainable Refining launches veggie Base 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. The based oils are manufactured using a 100% vegetable oil blend refined with proprietary additives giving them the…
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Strong growth for DuPont’s bio-polyamides Zytel
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DuPont™ Zytel® RS HTN, a high-performance castor oil-based polyamide, has seen a four times growth rate since its introduction just four years ago especially in the application of hand-held electronics.