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Bioplastics production offers opportunities for pharmaceutical applications
The search for the ultimate alternative for traditional plastics has been going on for many years.…
New opportunities for PHA
The market for polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) is booming. Worldwide there are only a handful of manufacturers who…
New developments in the field of PHA
Sewage water and sludge are raw materials for the production of PHA: biodegradable biopolymers made by…
PHA, the new niche market for the Northern Netherlands
Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) are a niche market with great promise. The share of materials in the total…
More sustainable yarns for carpet and textile
The textile and carpet sector wants to become more sustainable in the coming years through increased…
Toy sector more sustainable
Slowly but surely, more and more (partly) biobased toys are being launched on the market. For…
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PHA as a ‘miracle pill’ for health and sports performance
PHA is well-known as a biodegradable, bio-based substitute for fossil plastics. But this biopolymer, which occurs…
PHA producing Camelina Sativa promising in field test
Yield10 Bioscience, an agricultural bioscience company from the US, have successfully field tested prototype lines of…
Northern companies launching into the PHA market
The market for PHAs is booming and that offers opportunities for companies in the northern regions…
Plastics ultimately completely biobased or circular
Climate problems, declining oil reserves and concerns about the environmental pollution caused by plastic waste nowadays…
Suiker Unie chooses Bioextrax as the SIC 2020 winner
Suiker Unie has chosen Bioextrax as the winner of its challenge in the "green chemistry" category…
Chemists create new route to PHA’s
Eugene Chen, professor in the Department of Chemistry at Colorado State University, has led a new…
