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Flo Unveils Industrially Compostable Coffee Capsule

May 21, 2018

European food packaging producer Flo has unveiled new industrial compostable coffee capsule, Gea, which was developed in partnership with functional biopolymers producer NatureWorks. Gea capsule contains Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA), which ...

Tags: food packaging, packaging

Total Corbion PLA to Exhibit Biobased Packaging at Interpack 2017

May 4, 2017

Total Corbion PLA said it will showcase new biobased packaging solutions at Interpack 2017 event in Germany. The company will exhibit several partner applications in packaging and serviceware based on Luminy Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) resins. ...

Tags: Interpack 2017, Biobased Packaging

Ahlstrom to Supply Sustainable Coffee Materials in Italy and France

Jan 5, 2017

Ahlstrom has announced that it will supply a solution made from polylactic acid (PLA) and vegetable parchment materials to Caffe Vergnano in Italy and Cap Mundo in France. The company’s latest move is aimed at strengthening its ...

Tags: Ahlstrom, Coffee

Aimplas Develops New Method to Produce Polylactic Acid

Sep 20, 2016

Spanish research institute Aimplas has developed a new method to produce polylactic acid (PLA), as part of the European project InnoREX. The institute has used an extruder as a reactor to produce PLA from lactide without using metallic ...

Tags: Aimplas, PLA, InnoREX

Tag Packaging Develops 100% Biodegradable Foam Food Containers

May 19, 2016

Tag Packaging has developed foam containers for food packaging, free from carcinogens and fully compostable. Claimed to be world's first 100% biodegradable foam for food packaging, the 100BIO will be showcased at the National Restaurant ...

Tags: Food Containers, Tag Packaging

US Researchers Develop Flexible Eggshell Based Biodegradable Packaging Material

Mar 21, 2016

Researchers from the Tuskegee University in Alabama, US, have developed nanoparticles made of eggshells to increase the strength and flexibility of the biodegradable packaging material. They have created the biodegradable packaging ...

Tags: Tuskegee University, Nanoparticles, Biodegradable packaging material

Macro Installs Nine-Layer Line for Bags Production in Europe

Aug 17, 2015

Film and sheet extrusion machinery firm Macro Engineering & Technology (Canada) has established a 1.8m wide line having nine extruders and a nine-layer die design for a European customer. The line produces various barrier structures to ...

Tags: Nine-Layer Line, bags

Sintepol: Biopolymers Are Produced From Living Organisms

Jul 27, 2015

Spain-based plastics technology centre AIMPLAS is spearheading a project called SINTEPOL that aims at finding new ways of biopolymer synthesis and modification routes through reactive extrusion processes. Biopolymers are produced from ...

Tags: packaging, packaging material, plastics

Floreon Has Been Granted a Patent

Mar 5, 2015

Floreon, a tougher and easier to process bioplastic material produced by UK-based Floreon Transforming Packaging, has been granted a patent. The bioplastic is polyester-based polymer blend with a standard bioplastic, polylactic acid ...

Tags: Bioplastic Material, Floreon

A New Extrusion Line to Produce PLA Foam Introduced by Macro

Jan 26, 2015

A new extrusion line to produce polylactic acid (PLA) foam has been introduced by Canadian film and sheet extrusion machinery supplier, Macro Engineering & Technology Inc. Using tandem extruders, the foamed PLA sheet produced by the ...

Tags: sheet extrusion machinery supplier, cold food applications, Agriculture

Greenhouse Gas May Become The Feedstock for a Material

Dec 8, 2014

The greenhouse gas that is twenty times more harmful than carbon dioxide, methane, may become the feedstock for a material that helps reduce our dependency on plastic in its current form. Methane, as you know, is generated by the natural ...

Tags: methane, carbon dioxide, Packaging

Dairy Home Has Agreed to Use Bioplastics for All of Its Yoghurt Packaging

Sep 11, 2014

Dairy Home, a leading dairy producer, has agreed to use bioplastics for all of its yoghurt packaging, in a deal struck with NatureWorks Asia Pacific, an affiliate of PTT Global Chemical. Heralded as the first such deal sealed with an ...

Tags: Chemicals, Green Chemicals

Lignin Has a Potential Market Worth of USD242 Billion Across 13 Select Products Alone

Aug 13, 2014

Lignin, a component of lignocellulosic biomass and a common byproduct stream from cellulosic conversion processes, has a potential market worth of USD242 billion across 13 select products alone, but commercialization of these lignin derived ...

Tags: Lignin, Chemical Product, Decoration

Metabolix Will Highlight Its High Performance Biopolymers for Packaging Applications

May 9, 2014

Metabolix, an advanced biomaterials company focused on sustainable solutions for the plastics and chemicals industries, announced that it will highlight at Interpack 2014 its high performance biopolymers offering a range of innovative ...

Tags: Packaging, biomaterials company

New Advanced Materials Have The Potential to Enable Novel Products

Jan 7, 2014

New advanced materials like MOFs (metal organic frameworks), advanced high-strength steel, and carbon nanotubes have the potential to enable novel products and disrupt existing businesses. However, material commercialization timelines are ...

Tags: Construction, Decoration

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