Foreword
The bioeconomy moves so fast, what with rapid
technological advances, ever-shifting policy and growing awareness among the
general public for the benefits of the bioeconomy. In that respect, you could
say keeping abreast of the world’s biobased goings-on is never tiresome, but
certainly this month it is tyre-some!
Terrible puns aside, there have been two separate news stories this month
concerning tyres. Tyres are a massive market and widely important product, what
with the ever-growing......
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- EU Votes to tighten waste collection policy
Markets
- Amyris strikes China-based deal with Blue California
- New Venture Capital fund for Synthetic Biology Projects
- Bioplastic Market diffusion analysis
- Technavio predicts big growth in Biobased Platform Chemicals market
Research & Development
- MetGen commercialises enzymatic glucose conversion process
- Towards flame-retardant biobased plastics?
- Improving batteries and superconductors with seaweed
- Safety test for cellulose nanomaterials developed
Polymers
- BASF announces partially biobased copolyamide
- FKuR up to 65% biobased in their injection moulding grades
- API to develop Nanocellulose reinforced plastics
- Bio-On commissions dedicated PHA plant
- New collaboration to produce PHA plastic from glycerol
Chemicals
- Modular Genetics' surfactants awarded BioPreferred and Palm Oil-Free status
- Cray Valley releases adhesive resin derived from Amyris' Biofene
- Enerkem's biorefinery reaches all operational targets
- Jungbunzlauer to produce acetyl-tributyl-citrate from Green Biologics'
butanol
- Rennovia begins 1,6-hexanediol production
Consumer Products
- Dunlop's new top tyre contains biobased rubber additive
- Volcano coffee pods 100% biobased and compostable
- Tyres from Dandelion Rubber
- Covestro, BASF, and Audi develop biobased clearcoat for cars
- BioPreferred certified plant nutrients from Anuvia
- Sunscreen containing bio-based propanediol
- DuPont Tate & Lyle release labelling scheme for bio-based products
- CORDURA teams up with Dupont Tate & Lyle for bio-based clothing
Patents
- Bio-Based Acrylate and Methacrylate Resins
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