Bayer MaterialScience Launches New Plastics Recyclate
On September 1, 2008, Bayer MaterialScience will begin marketing the plastics recyclate Levblend® through the Internet platform www.viverso.com. Bayer MaterialScience - August 29 , 2008
A. Schulman to Open Polybatch® Manufacturing Facility in Akron, Ohio
A. Schulman, Inc. announced today that it is expanding its North American Polybatch manufacturing operations with a new plant at the site of its existing distribution warehouse in Akron, Ohio. A. Schulman - August 20 , 2008
BASF to Increase Pricing for Oxo Alcohols in North America
BASF will increase all off list selling prices for Normal Butanol, Isobutanol, and 2-Ethylhexanol by $0.04 per pound in North America, effective Sept. 1, 2008, or as contracts permit for all shipments. BASF - August 20 , 2008
Metabolix Demonstrates Viability of Bioplastic Production in Switchgrass Plants
Metabolix today announced that in recently-completed greenhouse trials, switchgrass plants engineered using Metabolix multi-gene expression technology produced significant amounts of PHA bioplastics in leaf tissues employing Metabolix's expertise in pathway engineering in plants. Metabolix - August 11, 2008