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Automotive
Last summer the Northern Italian Region of Piedmont presented its ‘Veicolo Urbano Multi-Ecologico e Sostenibile’ (Multi-ecological City Car) project... [more]
Bioplastics in Automotive Applications
Basics
Polylactide or Polylactic Acid (PLA) is a synthetic, aliphatic polyester from lactic acid. For industrial applications, such as fibres, films and bott... [more]
Editorial
I’m sure that almost everybody in the plastics industry knows that famous scene from ‘The Graduate’ (1967) with Dustin Hoffmann, where Mr. McGuire say... [more]
Foam
Pelaspan™ Bio is an innovative new product of Storopack from Metzingen, Germany. ... [more]
Foamed PLA Trays
Depron, from Weert, The Netherlands (a former Hoechst division) supplies trays of approx. 600 different models for food packaging, i.e. meat, poultry ... [more]
Flexible Foam Made of Starch Based Bioplastic
Glycan Biotechnology Co.,Ltd from Jhongli City, Taiwan offers different starch and cellulose based bioplastics. Besides grades such as for injection m... [more]
Significant Extrusion Throughput Rate Increase for PLA Foam
Plastic Engineering Associates Licensing, Inc. (PEAL), from Boca Raton, Florida, USA recently announced new trial results. The technical team has incr... [more]
Coloured loose fill – fun for young and old
Coloured loose fill packaging chips have been available for quite a while already. Just before the Christmas period German discounter Aldi sold a prod... [more]
Expanded PLA as a particle foam
The first PLA producer that signed a partner contract with Purac and Sulzer Chemtech (see page 18) to produce their own PLA is the Dutch company Synbr... [more]
From Science & Research
Many chemicals and plastics manufacturers are beginning to consider the opportunities presented by Industrial Biotechnology; the biosynthesis of bulk ... [more]
Materials
PURAC from Gorinchem, The Netherlands, a pioneer in the field of lactic acid and lactide, team up with Sulzer Chemtech and other plastics industry-par... [more]
News
New PLA Clamshell Especially Designed for Pears
In-Mould-Decorated Thin-Walled Injection Moulded Packaging
Plush Chocolates Launch Fairtrade Chocolates with Plantic Packaging
Two New Laws in California
Use of Oxo-Additives implicates loss of Warranty
Frost & Sullivan Award for DuPont
FKuR and Ritter Pen got award for innovation
Cosun and Avantium announce collaboration
Bioplastics Pavillion at AUSPACK 2009
Bag Manufacturer to Stop Advertising Environmental Claims for Oxo-Products
Politics
Topics such as sustainable development, fossil and natural resources availability, global climate change and waste reduction are increasingly dominati... [more]
Biodegradability... Sorting through Facts and Claims
Biodegradability is an end-of-life option that allowsone to harness the power of microorganisms present in the selected disposal environment to comple... [more]
The Current Status of Bioplastics Development in Japan
Today global warming is a major concern for many people all over the world. That is why bioplastics is the subject of a good deal of attention. Biopla... [more]
Review
The winners of the third Bioplastics Awards organized by European Plastics News (EPN) were announced in Munich, Germany, on 3 December 2008. ... [more]
Salone Del Gusto saves Resources and CO2 Emissions
Salone Internazionale del Gusto in Turin, Italy, is a bi-yearly ‘slow-food’ event that calls upon chefs, winemakers, caterers, journalists and experts... [more]
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