The Technology Strategy Board, has awarded a grant to a consortium led by Biome Technologies, to investigate a bio-based alternative to the oil-dervied organic chemicals currently used. Although bioplastics are based on natural materials, ...
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Compostable and sustainable bioplastics manufacturer Cereplast has announced that the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cereplast Italia has added about seven sales agents to promote its products in Italy and neighboring countries. ...
The surface required to grow sufficient feedstock for today's bioplastic production is less than 0.006 percent of the global agricultural area of 5 billion hectares. This is the key finding by European Bioplastics, based on figures from the ...
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Australian developer and manufacturer of sustainable resins Cardia Bioplastics has joined forces with Highland Plastics to provide sustainable packaging systems for consumer and institutional applications. As part of this, Highland ...
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I may be barking up, or rather hugging, the wrong tree but I wouldn’t be surprised were the bioplastics industry to be looking to sever its no longer so comfortable links with the environmentalist lobby. Having fuelled the booster ...
Bioplastics supplier in Australia, Plantic Technologies is all set to supply new ‘Plantic eco Plastic’ trays to the Netherlands-based Profish Food, as part of an agreement. Plantic eco Plastic has been designed to enhance the ...
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Compostable and sustainable bioplastics manufacturer Cereplast has received patent protection for biodegradable nanopolymer compositions and biodegradable articles from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). USPTO-issued ...
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Australian designer and manufacturer of kitchen appliances Breville Group has signed an agreement with Cardia Bioplastics to purchase and market Cardia's compostable juicer bags in the US. According to Cardia, Breville's launch has ...
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Cereplast launches Algaeplast bioplastics subsidiary Cereplast Inc., a manufacturer of biobased, compostable and sustainable bioplastics, has launched Algaeplast Inc., The subsidiary will focus on development and manufacture of ...
Cereplast, a manufacturer of compostable and sustainable bioplastics, will provide an update on applications that are in development in India at present. According to the company, its bioplastic resins, including Cereplast Compostables ...
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Sustainable bioplastics manufacturer Cereplast has announced the incorporation of a new wholly owned subsidiary Algaeplast, which will focus on the development and manufacture of algae-based bioplastics. Algaeplast, which aims to bring ...
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Purac has announced that the company will offer high performance poly lactic acid (PLA) resins for brand owners, converters and compounders to speed up market introduction of bioplastics. According to the company, its biobased PLA ...
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US-based MGP Ingredients has announced that bioscience social enterprise Green Dot acquired its bioplastics division for an undisclosed value. Green Dot will acquire a manufacturing facility in Onaga, Kansas, and certain assets at the ...
In today's fast-moving business environment, success often means getting ahead of the competition and staying there. Not an easy task, considering the pace of technological advances. Here's some help. In addition to ideas showcased by the ...
One-off costs have caused profits at ingredients group CSM to fall in 2012, but sales growth and better-than-expected underlying earnings saw the firm's share price jump following its results announcement. CSM's share price rose by 4% in ...
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