BIO-ON

MAIP buys insolvent PHA producer

BIO-ON

Sales auction for Italian PHA producer moves into the sixth round

KANEKA

Upscale of PHBH in Japan to 20,000 t/y / Biodegradable polymer

BIO-ON

Fourth attempt to sell assets of former PHA producer

BIO-ON

Despite lower minimum bid, insolvent PHA producer finds no takers

BIO-ON

Bidding for insolvent PHA producer moves to second round / Court reduces minimum bid

BIO-ON

Italian biopolymers producer is bankrupt / Production in Bologna still running

BIO-ON

Collaboration with Innova Imagen on bioplastics plant in Mexico / Exclusive 18-month deal to develop technology using different feedstocks

BIO-ON

PHA production in Italy starts up / New tobacco packaging company established

SECI

Construction of PHA bioplastics plant starts in Italy

GRUPPO HERA

Italian waste management specialist has 80% control of recycler Aliplast / Piecemeal acquisition complete in 2022 / Biopolymers subsidiary will get clean energy in new plant

BIO-ON

Licence deals for PHAs with multinational group / Plants proposed in Europe and Asia / Target to replace conventional plastic by 2020

BIO-ON

Containers made from paper and bioplastic in historic breakthrough / Polymer functionality retained / Extrusion grade suitable for food contact

ITALY

Plastics industry in strong recovery mode in 2015 / Thermoplastics consumption rises by 3% to 5.5m t / Strong acceleration in Q4 / Demand from automotive segment particularly high / Biotechnology continues to play an important role

BIO-ON

Bio-on to build glycerol-based PHA plant in Italy / Partnership with Eridania Sadam

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Eye on the world: A journey from Brazil to China, from Russia to Italy / Challenges experienced by most countries

BIO-ON

Moore Capital acquires license for PHA production plant / 10,000 t/y facility due to go up in Brazil

GFBIOCHEMICALS

World's largest levulinic acid plant on stream in Italy / Feedstock for bioplastics

BIO-ON

Technology developed to produce PHAs from crude glycerol / Company ready to grant licences for process

BIO-ON

Project to build potato-based PHA plant in Italy / Development of technologies to produce bioplastics and levulinic acid from sugar products

MAGNA

Collaboration with Italian biotechnology group bio-on / Researching the use of PHA for automotive interior parts

BIO-ON

PHA certified as biodegradable in water / World's first biopolymer made from sugar cane waste