by Vijay Wilfred | Mar 1, 2017 | News
NatureWorks has introduced Ingeo™ 3D870, a new cost-effective grade for 3D filament manufacturers looking for innovative means of expanding sales into the industrial prototyping and additive manufacturing market. Feedback from filament manufacturers that have trialed (continue reading)
by Vijay Wilfred | Mar 1, 2017 | News
Biotechnology leader Danimer Scientific and global food and beverage company PepsiCo, Inc. (PEP) have announced an agreement that includes development of Danimer Scientifics’ biodegradable film resins to meet the sustainable flexible packaging requirements of (continue reading)
by Vijay Wilfred | Feb 27, 2017 | News
Slovakian designer Šimon Kern’s Beleaf chair is made from a biodegradable mixture of recycled leaves and resin. The prototype chair, which was made while Kern was studying at the Jan Evangelista Purkyně University, is designed to make the most of natural waste. (continue reading)
by Vijay Wilfred | Feb 23, 2017 | News
India’s drug regulator has approved the firs locally made bioresorbable cardiac scaffold – a tube device clearing blockages in arteries that carry blood to the heart, which dissolves over time. Meril, a large Indian medical device firm, has developed this (continue reading)
by Vijay Wilfred | Feb 23, 2017 | News
The era of renewable plastics seems to be here. This follows the feat of scientists at the University of Bath who developed a process for making renewable plastic from a chemical called pinene, a terpene found in pine needles. Researchers from the Centre for (continue reading)
by Vijay Wilfred | Feb 23, 2017 | News
Home compostable, low gauge and still tear resistant, as well as up to 40% biobased – with these properties, fruit and vegetable bags e.g. made from the new FKuR Bio-Flex Compounds fulfill the strict requirements of the French Energy Transition Law These carry bags (continue reading)