In Florida, Green Earth Technologies has unveiled a new line-up of lubricants for the 2012 season, featuring a full line-up of American Petroleum Institute Certified motor oils in various weights and sizes, including Ultimate Biodegradable Bio-based Advanced Full Synthetic, Full Synthetic, Synthetic Blend, Conventional and 2X Refined Motor Oils. This brings GET up from two […]
In Finland, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, along with other partners, has started setting up a new pilot scale technology platform for foam forming applications. Research will focus on developing new recyclable and light weight wood fiber products. Foam forming technology may make it possible to improve paper properties and enable manufacture of high […]
In Belgium, EuropaBio and IntertechPira are calling for papers for EIFB 2012, for this year’s European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and BioBased Economy takes place on 16-18 October in Dusseldorf. This year’s theme with be ‘The bio-economy goes global’. The deadline is March 9, 2012. The release states that plenary sessions are by invitation only […]
In Minnesota, NatureWorks and BioAmber, announced the creation of their AmberWorks joint venture to bring new performance bio-based polymer compositions to market. NatureWorks brings to the joint venture a global commercial presence, established customer relationships, developed applications across a breadth of industries and deep experience in commercializing new-to-the-world polymers. BioAmber owns PLA/PBS compounding intellectual property […]
In Minnesota, RTP Company has expanded their bioplastic products to include impact-modified PLA compounds. The new materials, available in both injection and extrusion grades, expand RTP Company’s PLA-based product line — which includes PLA alloyed with traditional thermoplastic resins and glass fiber reinforced PLA compounds — to also include impact modified, nucleated, and mineral reinforced […]
In Iowa, following ADM’s January announcement that it had terminated its joint venture with Mirel, ADM has laid off 43 employees at the bioplastic facility in Clinton. A total of 46 employees remain while ADM reaches a decision of what to do with the plant. 4-Traders quoted ADM’s Vice President and General Manager, Kevin Moore […]
In California, in an amended version of its S-1 IPO registration filing, Genomatica pushed back the timeline for commencing commercial-scale production of renewable butanediol (BDO) from 2012 to 2013. In other highlights contained within the revision, filed yesterday with the SEC, the company wrote: ” In January 2012, we entered into an exclusivity agreement with […]
In France and China, Arkema has finalized the acquisition of Chinese companies Hipro Polymers, a producer of specialty biosourced polyamides 10.10, and Casda Biomaterials, a producer of sebacic acid processed from castor oil. Both companies report sales estimated at $230 M for 2011, and employ 750 people on two sites in China. With Casda Biomaterials, […]
In Massachusetts, Harvard researchers have developed a new material, shrilk, derived from shrimp shells and a silk protein, that is flexible, clear and as hard as aluminum while only half the weight. In an article from the Harvard Gazette, the material is described as being biodegradable, with a wide range of possible uses, from medical […]
In England, TransWorldNews reports that a new report says the global bioplastics market is anticipated to reach 1.9 million tonnes by 2017. The report is titled “Bioplastics – A Global market Overview and can be found here .
