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SHOWA DENKO
Biopolyester production ceased amid declining market prices
22.11.2016
CORBION
Joining hands with Total in PLA joint venture / Construction of new plant in Thailand kicks off / Double-digit growth forecast to 2025
21.11.2016
NOVAMONT
Renewable BDO plant starts up at Bottrighe / Output 70% higher than planned / Products claimed to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 56% / Genomatica technology
11.10.2016
BASF
Joint venture with Avantium for FDCA and PEF / Synvina to develop markets for PEF films and bottles / Technology to be licensed
11.10.2016
CARBIOS
Development of enzyme technology for biodegradable polymers / Joint venture with Limagrain and Bpifrance
22.09.2016
BIOAMBER SARNIA
New succinic acid plant meets bank loan performance criteria
07.09.2016
BIOPLASTICS
Growing demand for biodegradable products boosts bioplastics industry / Global consumption to grow by 19% per year to 2021 / Smithers Rapra study
26.08.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
New study commissioned by Symphony finds recyclate containing oxo-degradable plastic and UV stabiliser suitable for outdoor products / BPF warns that oxo-degradable plastics could disrupt the recycling stream
15.08.2016
SOLVAY
Purchase of Eastman's stake in Primester joint venture completed
16.06.2016
US BIOPOLYMERS
Demand set to increase by 4.3% annually / Cellulose ethers account for one third of market / Packaging segment benefits from declining PLA prices / Freedonia study
07.06.2016
EASTMAN
Stake in Primester acetate flake joint venture to be sold to Solvay / Supply agreement sealed
30.05.2016
FOOD PACKAGING
Project to develop bioplastic packaging that helps extend shelf life / Sensors display when food not fit to eat / Four prototypes
25.05.2016
BIOPLASTICS
Biodegradable market could exceed 300,000 t/y by 2020 / First comprehensive market study by nova-Institut sees incentives but also political hurdles
27.04.2016
METABOLIX
Non-binding MoU with South Korea's CJ CheilJedang for commercial PHA production / Proposed deal would include offtake agreement
01.04.2016
BASF
Joint venture with Avantium on FDCA and PEF / 50,000 t/y FDCA reference plant to be built at Antwerp Verbund facility
21.03.2016
GFBIOCHEMICALS
Purchase of US levulinic acid producer Segetis / Part of growth strategy for bioplastics starting material
26.02.2016
MITSUI
Share in Sarnia bio-succinic acid joint venture with BioAmber raised / EUR 16.2m investment
18.02.2016
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
New study points to ways of “triggering a revolution” in the plastics industrial ecosystem / Strategies for improving material flow, recycling and reuse / Part of “Project Mainstream” / Release at WEF in Davos
09.02.2016
AVANTIUM
Deal with Mitsui to commercialise bio-based FDCA and PEF / Construction of first plant nears
16.12.2015
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT
“Biodegradables” part of the marine litter problem, not the solution / UNEP report
01.12.2015
BIOAMBER
Canadian bio-succinic plant now at commercial scale / Margin prospects better than expected
28.10.2015
BIOPLASTICS
Global growth rates remain high / Degradable and bio-based polymers still niche materials / Market dominated by drop-in applications / Europe is leading production region / 5m t of bio-PET for bottles by 2018
23.10.2015
CARBIOS
New pilot plant for biodegradable film starts in France / First demonstration runs planned
09.10.2015
BIOPLASTIC PACKAGING
Global consumption growing at 21% per year / Fastest growth projected for PET, PE and PP / Smithers Pira study
24.08.2015
BIOAMBER
Second quarter losses fall as world's largest bio-succinic acid plant is completed / Commercial operation expected to begin in Q3 2015
17.08.2015
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