The Solress project officially kicked off in September in Valencia, Spain, marking a major step toward the development of safer, sustainable, and high-performance bio-based solvents for European industries. Funded by the Circular Bio-based Europe Joint Undertaking (CBE JU) with a contribution of €7 million under a total budget of €9.1 million, the project will run for 48 months under the coordination of AIMPLAS, Plastics Technology Centre. Solress aims to develop an integrate

UK start-up Jiva Materials is seeking funding to further commercialization of a circuit board material made from natural fibers and a hot water-soluble, biodegradable resin. Soluboard cuts lifecycle emissions by 68% versus standard FR‑4 glass fiber/epoxy resin PCBs, makes devices lighter and allows efficient recovery of valuable metals. Soluboard combines natural fibers such as flax or jute with a non‑hazardous, water‑soluble biopolymer and a halogen‑free phosphorous flame r

The world's most technologically innovative event for the global plastics industry will open its doors on October 8 and MLT Analytics...

Bio-polyolefin new entrant Vioneo has selected Lummus Technology's Novolen polypropylene (PP) technology for a new grassroots plant in...

The Promofer project focuses on different strategies to overcome key industrial bottlenecks in the fermentation processes of two...

Bcomp and BMW Group have successfully validated and industrialised natural fibers for exterior parts, one of the composites industry’s...

Braskem Siam, a joint venture between SCG Chemicals (SCGC), and Braskem, the global leader in bioplastics from Brazil, has signed a...

TNO (the Dutch Organisation for Applied Scientific Research) has welcomed Westlake Epoxy to its Consortium B4, which aims to explore the...

Sustainea and Primient have announced a co-location partnership for the supply of corn dextrose from Primient’s facility in Lafayette,...

Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an...

Citroniq Chemicals has secured $12 million in Series A investment for its proposed bio-based polypropylene (PP) mega-site in the state of...

Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical has begun construction of a pilot facility to trial production of propylene directly from ethanol, which is...