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DSM Functional Materials, a US-based division of Royal DSM, is teaming up with Brazil-based Empresa Brasileira de Biotechnologia (Ebrabiotech) to work on bio-based materials 30 January 2012

Rhodia, the speciality chemicals group owned by Solvay, has have entered into a partnership with Netherland's Avantium to jointly develop a range of bio-based polyamides 26 January 2012

Bioplastics resin maker Metabolix is losing its commercial alliance with agricultural company Archer Daniels Midland (ADM). ADM said the venture is not delivering sufficient results, and that financial projections for the business are too uncertain 13 January 2012

Italian compounder API is planning to expand its production capacity with a series of investments at its facility in Mussolente. 22 December 2011

An environmental body hopes that plastic packaging used at the London Olympics that is not recyclable is made from compostable materials. 22 December 2011

EcoCradle is a novel bio-sourced material developed by US company Ecovative Design as a sustainable alternative to expanded polystyrene 20 December 2011

A European project led by the Cidetec-IK4 technological centre in Spain’s Basque region is aiming to develop plastics using organic waste as a raw material 20 December 2011

Beverage giant Coca-Cola Co is making what it said was a multi-million dollar investment in three bio-based companies - Virent and Gevo in the US, and Avantium in the Netherlands - in an effort to accelerate the development of a PlantBottle made entirely from plant-based feedstocks.

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Danone’s German business has won the Bioplastics Award 2011 for its “exceptional commitment” to the extensive use of bioplastics in the packaging of its dairy brand products. 6 December 2011

JSP says its Arpro recycled has an 8% lower carbon footprint than the conventional grade 29 November 2011

Braskem has appointed FKuR as the exclusive distributor of Green PE in Europe. The two companies have already worked with each other and signed a compounding contract in September 29 November 2011

US-based Laurel Biocomposite has shipped the first Bio-Res pellets from its new pilot plant, opened in Nebraska this month 29 November 2011

Rodenburg Biopolymers, the maker of Solanyl bioplastic compounds made from potato starch, has purchased Optimum BV, maker of FlourPlast biodegradable biopolymers 21 November 2011

Actimel, the UK-based producer of probiotic yoghurt drinks, is now using a plastic made out of 95% sugar cane from Braskem 1 November 2011

Gruppo Mossi and Ghisolfi and TPG Capital and TPG Biotech have formed a joint venture to license M&G technology that enables production of fermentable sugars from cellulosic biomass. The sugars can then be converted into bio-ethanol or other chemical products and intermediates. 14 October 2011

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• Teklas uses PP in WIT production 1 February 2012
• IKV colloquium shows breakthroughs 2 February 2012
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• Poland’s Izo-Balex to set up PU panel plant 1 February 2012

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