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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
GFBIOCHEMICALS World's largest levulinic acid plant on stream in Italy / Feedstock for bioplastics	03.08.2015
GENOMATICA Collaborating with Cargill to speed up biomaterials production / US agriculture specialist makes undisclosed equity investment	23.07.2015
BIOAMBER Construction of Sarnia bio-succinic acid plant in Canada almost complete / Q3 commissioning on schedule	06.07.2015
WOOD PLASTIC / NATURAL FIBRE COMPOSITES Strong growth rates to 2020 / Construction and automotive sectors as main end markets / Regional usage differs greatly / Detailed market study by nova-Institut	19.06.2015
CORBION Letters of intent for one-third of output of planned PLA facility / Next milestone on the road to entering the PLA market	13.05.2015
CELLULAC Investment in new Irish lactic acid plant specified / Initial start-up in Q1 2016 / Most output to be exported	30.04.2015
BIOME BIOPLASTICS Launching GBP 3m development programme for industrial-scale production of bioplastics based on lignin / Feasibility study on extracting organic chemicals from lignocellulose	29.04.2015
CORBION Purchase of ADM's lactic acid business	20.04.2015
ROQUETTE New isosorbide facility starts up / Claimed to be world's largest production unit of polymer feedstock	17.04.2015

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