Heartland, Ravago collaborating on new hemp additives for plastics

Toray Industries has expanded its Ecodear family with the addition of its first 100% plant-based nylon 510 fibre.

UBQ Materials, an Israeli producer of bio-based materials from waste, has been selected as a finalist for the 24th annual SXSW Innovation Awards.

Dow has become the newest company to join consortium-based plastic feedstock management company Cyclyx International, the company has announced.

NatureWorks has announced that it is moving its headquarters and opening a new biopolymer research facility in Plymouth, Minnesota.

Bioplastics manfacturer Danimer Scientific, Inc. has appointed of Michael Hajost as Chief Financial Officer. Hajost will succeed John A. Dowdy, III, who will assume the new role of senior vice president, Financial Planning and Analysis.

After almost a year of construction, 12 January saw the opening of the new sorting plant for lightweight packaging in Eitting, Bavaria.

Grupo Antolin has developed an intelligent thermal comfort system for electric vehicles with a greater energy efficiency that will enable electric vehicles to both better maintain their driving range and keep the occupants warm.

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 are now open for entries in seven categories. Brand owners, plastic product manufacturers, retailers, product designers, packaging producers, raw material producers, plastics recycling machine producers and suppliers of recycled plastic products from across the whole value chain are invited to enter the fifth edition of the prestigious awards, which are open to organisations and individuals throughout Europe.

The European Commission has opened a new, eight-week public consultation that is intended to generate feedback for the development of a new EU policy framework on the use of biobased, biodegradable and compostable plastics.

Covestro, the Leverkusen, Germany based raw materials manufacturer, and Genomatica, a biotech company based in California have announced that they have successfully  produced significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylene diamine).