The natural substance 3-carene is a component of turpentine oil, a waste stream of the production of cellulose from wood. Up to now, this by-product has been incinerated for the most part. Fraunhofer ...
Global industries focused on carbon neutrality, under the slogan "Net-Zero," are gaining increasing attention. In particular, research on microbial production of polymers, replacing traditional ...
The Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB has developed a sustainable alternative to petrochemically produced plastics using terpenes found in resin-rich wood. The ...
(MENAFN- News Satori) As per the report published by Fior Markets, the global biobased & synthetic polyamides market is expected to grow from USD 32.64 Billion in 2017 to USD 49.89 Billion by 2025, at ...
A process has been created for the manufacturing of high-quality plastics from terpenes, a waste stream of the cellulose production, report researchers. Fraunhofer researchers have developed a process ...
On August 30, 2018, researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology (Fraunhofer IGB) published an article announcing the latest advances in using 3-carene as a ...
Cathay Biotech, a major producer of bio-based polyamides, listed on the Shanghai stock exchange, plans to open by the end of 2026 an integrated industrial complex in Hefei, Anhui province (China), to ...
A research team has developed a new polyamide family which can be produced from a byproduct of cellulose production -- a successful example for a more sustainable economy with bio-based materials. A ...
Environmental concern pushes the needs for more sustainable but also better performing polymers (to withstand the new requirements of the increasing electrified vehicle). Being 100% biobased on the ...
This achievement is not only a major technological breakthrough in the field of aviation cold chain equipment in China, but also an achievement in the implementation of the “14 th Five-Year Plan for ...
In our rapidly industrialized world, the quest for sustainable materials has never been more urgent. Plastics, ubiquitous in daily life, pose significant environmental challenges, primarily due to ...