• Production de bio-ethylene pour le developpement de nouveaux thermoplastiques verts

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) et sa filiale Axens annoncent la conclusion d’une alliance visant à développer une nouvelle technologie optimisée pour la production de bio-éthylène par déshydratation de l’éthanol. Cette technologie propriétaire sera destinée aux unités de production à grande échelle, et la qualité des monomères sera conforme à celle exigée par [...]

  • Avantages et inconvénients des biotechnologies blanches – Un point de vue !

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Le recours à des enzymes et des micro-organismes dans la fabrication de building blocks (synthons) répond à la fois à une volonté écologique et à des impératifs économiques. Avec quelques obstacles dont il faut s’accommoder. … « L’usage des biotechnologies blanches est indiqué pour les acteurs qui recherchent des procédés plus propres et économes [...]

  • Biobased acrylic products at a lower price

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    OPX Biotechnologies Inc. (OPXBIO), a renewable chemical and biofuel company, announced that it has achieved the commercial bioprocess performance and cost goals for its first product, BioAcrylic. In just 18 months of pilot-scale development, OPXBIO has demonstrated a manufacturing process for making performance-equivalent BioAcrylic that is lower cost and more sustainable than petroleum-based acrylic. [...]

  • Polymers from carbon dioxide

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Novomer is commercializing a proprietary catalyst system that transforms waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into high performance, low cost polymers for a variety of applications. These polymers contain up to 50% CO2 by mass, sequestering this harmful greenhouse gas permanently from the environment. In addition, waste CO2 is a very low cost starting [...]

  • A 100% biobased PET bottle

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    PepsiCo announced it has developed the world’s first PET plastic bottle made entirely from plant-based, fully renewable resources, enabling the company to manufacture a beverage container with a significantly reduced carbon footprint.PepsiCo’s “green” bottle is 100 percent recyclable and far surpasses existing industry technologies. The bottle is made from bio-based raw materials, including switch [...]

  • Introductions of bioplastics reached a crescendo during 2010 – A point of view!

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    … Introductions of bioplastic materials and products reached a crescendo during 2010, as more mainstream companies introduced bioplastics from a dizzying array of commodities. Beverage maker Odwalla, a Coca-Cola subsidiary, said it was switching all of its single-serve drinks to bottles made almost entirely of plastic derived from molasses and sugarcane juice. (In 2009, [...]

  • PHAs market in packaging is still extremely small – A point of view!

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    … PHAs are linear polyesters naturally produced by bacterial fermentation of sugar or lipids. Telles, the US-based bioplastics joint venture between renewable chemical company Metabolix and agribusiness firm Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is ramping up the world’s largest commercial-scale PHA plant in Clinton, Iowa, US, designed to produce 110m lb/year (50,000 tonnes/year) of the corn-based plastic under [...]

  • A new development on the bioproduction of succinic acid

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Now, Succinic acid and Butanediol (BDO) are two major building blocks for the industry. Myriant Technologies (Myriant) and Davy Process Technology (Davy), a Johnson Matthey company, announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering the use of succinic acid as a bio-derived feedstock for the production of butanediol (BDO), tetrahydrofuran [...]

  • Should Bioplastics Be Banned from Organic Compost? – A point of view!

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Should bioplastics be banned from organic compost heaps? Intervale Compost Products no longer accepts biodegradable utensils, because certain brands of “compostable cutlery” don’t actually break down as advertised. Forks, knives and spoons made from cornstarch were showing up barely changed after years of being buried in the dirt mounds, says general manager Dan Goossen. [...]

  • Worldwide largest closed algae production plant in Spain

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    The algae production plant of the IGV GmbH Potsdam (Germany) was handed over ready for production and accepted by the Spanish Aurantia-group. The site is situated in the sun-drenched Andalusia in Southern Spain, near to Jerez. The photobioreactor = PBR has a total volume of 85.000 liter and is therefore the world’s largest closed [...]

  • Renewable polyurethanes based on carbon dioxide

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Bayer is taking a new direction in the production of high-quality plastics with the help of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the energy sector. A pilot plant has come on stream at Chempark Leverkusen (Germany) to trial the new process on a technical scale. The plant produces a chemical precursor into which CO2 is incorporated [...]

  • Poland: A new bioplastic Market in Europe?

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    California-based manufacturer Cereplast has announced an agreement with BioWorks Pl to supply bioplastic resins to the Polish market. “In 2011, Poland has the potential to become a multi-million dollar bioplastics market and this partnership enables us to capture substantial marketshare,” Frederic Scheer, founder, chairman and CEO of Cereplast, said in a statement. … “The [...]

  • Development of biobased adipic acid

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    BioAmber, the market leader in biobased succinic acid, has entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with CELEXION LLC for technology related to the production of adipic acid and other chemical intermediates. The current market for adipic acid is close to 3 million tons per year, worth approximately $8 billion at current market prices. Over [...]

  • Bio-plastics catching up in India – A point of view!

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    … In these days when safe disposal of plastic waste poses a major challenge to local bodies, manufacturers of bio-plastics say that their products would be completely degradable. The materials currently used for bio-plastics are polylactic acids and starch-based polymers. S.Balakrishnan, assistant general manager, Harita NTI Ltd., a company that manufactures bio-based products, said [...]

  • Polymers from carbon monoxide

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    In a previous post, the production of polymers from carbon dioxide had been presented. Novomer is also commercializing an aluminum-based catalyst system which combines carbon monoxide, an inexpensive and sustainable feedstock, with ethylene oxide to create a versatile chemical intermediate called propiolactone. This chemical intermediate can be readily converted to different monomers such as [...]

  • New green plastic made from milk curd – Video Presentation

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    New bioplastics based on whey protein, used for making recyclable food packaging. – Related posts / Billets à lire, en complément : Protein-based bioplastics – Video Presentation Zein to create new skin Expanded foam packaging materials based on milk protein Share, Enjoy and Subscribe: Tweet

  • Development of biobased isobutene for rubber industry

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    LANXESS is strengthening its commitment to produce premium synthetic rubber from biobased raw materials. As part of this commitment, LANXESS has increased its minority shareholding in Gevo, Inc. that focuses on renewable chemicals and advanced biofuels. LANXESS’ increased equity stake reflects the good progress made by both companies in developing isobutene from renewable resources. [...]

  • Development of the production of biobased 1,4-Butanediol

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Genomatica and Tate & Lyle signed a joint development agreement for the demonstration-scale production of Genomatica’s Bio-BDO (1,4-butanediol). The Genomatica process produces the same BDO product that is currently made from a variety of petroleum-derived feedstocks, but uses 100% renewable feedstocks instead. BDO, an intermediate chemical with a $4 billion market worldwide, is used [...]

  • Polymères biodégradables et biosourcés

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Le sujet principal de BIOPOL 2011 sont les polymères biodégradables et/ou biosourcés. Cette conférence internationale se tiendra à l’ECPM, à Strasbourg (France), du 29 au 31 Aout 2011. Elle en est à sa troisième version. Le site Web de la conférence est ici. La date limite pour soumettre un résumé est le 15 Avril, [...]

  • A new PLA plant in Thailand?

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    CSM‘s subsidiary Purac and Indorama Ventures PLC (IVL) are in discussions to set up a Polylactic acid (PLA) manufacturing facility in Thailand, with an initial capacity of 10,000 tons per annum being raised to 100,000 tons per annum after developing application specific grades. This product will be based on high purity (GMO free) Lactides produced [...]

  • First large scale production of nanocellulose

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    The world’s first pilot plant to produce nanocellulose was inaugurated by research company Innventia in Stockholm (Sweden). The facility makes it possible to produced nanocellulose on a large scale for the first time and is an important step towards the industrialisation of a new energy efficient manufacturing process. “ With larger volumes, we can [...]

  • Recent developments based on Mirel bioplastics

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    The world’s first line of biodegradable beach toys will debut this spring — bioplastic pails, cups and shovels that you likely won’t see washing up on shore a decade from now thanks to a Cambridge company’s technology. North Carolina-based Zoe b Organic, a distributor of BPA-free and organic products for babies and kids, will [...]

  • Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in tobacco

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Metabolix, Inc., a leading industrial biotechnology company focused on developing clean, sustainable solutions for plastics, chemicals and energy, today announced the publication of its most recent scientific achievements in the development of advanced genetic engineering approaches to achieve high levels of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) in non-food biomass crops. The plastid genome of the research crop [...]

  • The truth about bioplastics – A point of view!

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Biodegradable plastics are going mainstream, but how green are they? … In fact, biodegradeable plastics have been used in niche applications for years (consider dissolvable medical sutures, now a $300 million industry). But the consumer items have a shorter history. In the early 1990s, biodegradable plastic bags and plates, made of conventional polymers, such [...]

  • Cost-effective process for biobased adipic acid

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Rennovia, Inc., a California-based startup founded in 2009, is developing advanced chemo-catalytic processes for the conversion of renewable feedstocks to major market drop-in biobased chemicals. According to Rennovia’s CEO, Dr. Robert Wedinger, the company has successfully developed a process for its first target, adipic acid, using a proprietary chemo-catalytic conversion platform. Adipic acid is [...]

  • How is biobased PET manufactured?

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    PlantBottle PET plastic beverage bottles are made with up to 30 percent of their PET material derived from plants. The Coca-Cola Company has worked with partners to develop a process for making PET plastic bottles that contain a blend of traditional material and up to 30 percent plant-based material. The plant-based material is [...]

  • Renewable polyurethane from a byproduct of biodiesel production

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Waste is a terrible thing to waste. That’s what’s guiding an Ohio State University researcher and a bioenergy entrepreneur in the development of a renewable source of polyurethane foam that’s expected to create up to 30 jobs in Mansfield, Ohio, in the next two years. The product, known as a bio-polyol, is made from [...]

  • Nouveaux emballages biosourcés

    Updated: 2011-03-31 22:02:52
    Dans les prochaines semaines, les petites bouteilles d’Actimel seront fabriquées à partir de plastique végétal. Danone a en effet annoncé que l’emballage de la célèbre petite boisson sera fabriqué à partir de polyéthylène d’origine végétale. « Nous avons passé un accord portant sur la fourniture de 10 000 tonnes de résine avec le fournisseur [...]

  • Plastic Belt Conveyors And Their Benefits

    Updated: 2011-03-31 03:15:29
    Plastic belt conveyors offer many benefits in industrial applications. If you currently have or are considering roller conveyors, you may wish to check out the advantages with plastic. Here are some benefits to look into. Flexibility Flexibility is very important, especially if you are conveying smaller or lighter materials. Often times, these lighter materials may slip, slide, [...]

  • Plastic Injection Molding: Manufacturing Startup and Management

    Updated: 2011-03-31 03:13:49
    Product DescriptionThe latest book in the Plastic Injection Molding Series addresses the many facets of running today’s molding companies including selecting the right equipment, identifying costs to determine price, making the most of available resources (including personnel), and complying with industry and quality standards. Also discussed are key company strategies that can determine whether a [...]

  • How Plastic Wrap Is Made

    Updated: 2011-03-31 02:52:02
    At picnic time, what do we cover the potato salad with? Here’s a casserole for the in-laws; what shall we wrap it in? Stick the leftover dinner in the fridge but first cover it with… As you might suspect, the solution in all the above situations is likely to be plastic wrap. Yes, this thin, [...]

  • DFMPro for Injection Molding

    Updated: 2011-03-29 21:21:39
    Design for Injection Molding using DFMPro. DFMPro helps designers check for industry standard DFM practices for injection molding right inside the CAD environment. This helps produce parts economically at a better quality and shorter lead time Related Blogs Related Blogs on DFMPro for Injection Molding Technorati Tags: cad environment, designers, DFMPro, Injection, injection molding, Molding

  • Fundamental Manufacturing Processes, Plastic Injection Molding

    Updated: 2011-03-28 15:11:33
    DescriptionInjection molding is the most common method of producing parts out of plastic material. It is an extremely versatile process that is capable of producing parts with a wide range of attributes. Using shop floor footage and animated sequences this video focuses on the injection molding machine and the injection mold to illustrate the injection [...]

  • Troubleshooting Injection Molding Problems

    Updated: 2011-03-27 09:20:00
    DescriptionEliminate guesswork. Now you can prevent defects before they occur, save countless hours of downtime and thousands of dollars in wasted time and materials. This new videotape series shows 24 of the most troublesome defects, explains possible cause(s) and also suggests how to remedy the defects. As a visual troubleshooting tool, this video helps empower [...]

  • Hybrid Injection Molding Machine

    Updated: 2011-03-24 20:20:19
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  • Can Corrosion in a Mold Cavity be Transferred to a Molded Part Matrix Tooling Inc

    Updated: 2011-03-22 04:32:59
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  • Volume 16, Number 7-9, 2009

    Updated: 2011-03-22 04:32:59
    Composite Interfaces, Volume 16, Number 7-9, 2009. Loaded on 2009-11-05

  • Displaying items by tag mold design Matrix Tooling Inc

    Updated: 2011-03-22 04:32:58
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  • 1998 VAN DORN 50-TON COMPACT PLASTIC INJECTION MOLDING MACHI

    Updated: 2011-03-18 14:12:24
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  • Plastic Injection Molding: Manufacturing Startup and Management

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  • Fundamental Manufacturing Processes, Plastic Injection Molding

    Updated: 2011-03-13 14:11:45
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  • Adhesion Improvement of ABS Resin to Electroless Copper by H2SO4MnO2 Colloid with Ultrasound-Assisted Treatment

    Updated: 2011-03-11 12:13:06
    . Contact us Help Shopping cart Home About us Article title , keywords or abstract Article title Publication title Author Advanced search Subject Publisher Publication Browse : by Home Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology Volume 25, Number 11 Adhesion Improvement of ABS Resin to Electroless Copper by H 2 SO 4 MnO 2 Colloid with Ultrasound-Assisted Treatment Authors : Yang , Zhifeng 1 He , Yue 1 Li , Zhun 1 Li , Na 1 Wang , Zenglin 2 : Source Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology Volume 25, Number 11, 2011 pp . 1211-1221(11 Publisher : VSP , an imprint of Brill view table of contents next article Buy download fulltext : article OR Pressing the buy now button more than once may result in multiple purchases Price : 35.00 plus tax Refund Policy : Abstract The adhesion strength

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