Foreword
There’s nothing fishy about this month’s news,
which, considering it concerns fish-oils, is remarkable! We are all told by
diet experts that Omega-3 is important for a healthy metabolism, and up until
this point humans (who can’t synthesise it themselves) have sourced this fatty
acid from fish oil. There is, however, a problem here, firstly in that it
contributes to depletion of fish stocks, but secondly (and perhaps more
significantly) because 75% of fish oil is used as......
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- USDA programme promises assistance with biorefinery
- Sustainability checklist published for food packaging
- European Parliament vote on waste legislation welcomed by bioplastics
industry
Markets
- Zion Market Research - Biobased Emulsion Polymer market
- Croda marks record profits in 2016
- €106 million fund for bioeconomy startups
- Corbion's 2016 results show decreases
- Global Bioplastic Market according to Morder Intelligence
- Cargill completes refinery plant sale
- Avantium shares highly popular on the market
Research & Development
- BioBTX announce establishment of plants in Netherlands
- Improvement to biobased methacrylic acid production
- Development of biobased polyesters
- Hydrogen from biomass with light
Polymers
- A review on new bio-based constituents for natural fibre-polymer composites
- Total Corbion begins PLA production
- Bio-On to build PHA plant in Bologna
- FKuR's Bio-Flex now up to 40% biobased
Chemicals
- Greenyug's Ethyl Acetate to hit the market
- Levulinic acid project launched by Bio-On and Sadam
- Omega-3 from algae instead of fish
Consumer Products
- Biobased artificial grass
- Danone and Nestle to develop biobased water bottles
- Biodegradable resins for PepsiCo's packaging
- First ever Spider Silk product is a necktie
- Solegear and Braskem to produce recycling containers
- Biobased plastic packaging for kids' snacks
Events
- European Funding for Bio-Based Industries, London, 3rd May 2017
- FDI Expo, London, 17th – 18th May 2017
- Bio-Based Live 2017, Amsterdam, 31st May - 1st June 2017
- 13th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries, Wroclaw, 7th – 9th June 2017
- EFIB 2017, Brussels, 9th - 11th October 2017
- European Bioplastics Conference, Berlin, 28th – 29th November 2017
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