issue 02/2021
Highlights: Injection Moulding Basics: Mass Balance
Highlights:
Injection Moulding
Basics: Mass Balance
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dear<br />
Editorial<br />
readers<br />
Spring is coming, bringing change to nature like every year. While it is still<br />
cold (here in Germany) I can already feel the air buzzing with energy and life.<br />
Spring – the season of change. Last year that change meant that we had to<br />
stay inside, conferences were cancelled or moved online, communication and<br />
networking moved from face-to-face to face-to-screen, many homes and<br />
offices fused together into one. And while many of us are still in some<br />
versions of lockdown I am quietly optimistic that once again, Spring will<br />
bring change.<br />
That is why we have planned our own events this year, the 2 nd PHA<br />
platform World Congress (July 6+7), the bio!TOY (Sep. 7+8), and the<br />
bio!PAC (Nov. 3+4) as hybrid events and hybrid includes actual face-toface<br />
meetings. The idea of hybrid events is also a change we welcome<br />
and will continue even after Corona is over – which we certainly all want<br />
sooner rather than later.<br />
However, there are still many uncertainties, but we cannot shy away<br />
from the challenges of today, we need to face them head-on. And I feel<br />
that the content of this <strong>issue</strong> fits perfectly with that sentiment.<br />
Next to our segment of Injection Moulding that features many<br />
articles that tackle current challenges head-on we also have a<br />
special article by our friend and supporter Michael Carus with the<br />
uplifting title “Bioeconomy is not alone” outlining future possibilities<br />
EcoComunicazione.it<br />
WWW.MATERBI.COM<br />
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or rather necessities for sustainable materials that also fits into the<br />
idea of change. And also, in our Basics segment, we look at the most recent<br />
developments of the Mass Balance approach, which will certainly be one more<br />
driving factor away from fossil to renewable carbon sources.<br />
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Mixcycling<br />
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Highlights<br />
Injection Moulding | 14<br />
Basics<br />
Mass Balance | 50<br />
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And our long-time readers might have noticed that even bioplastics MAGAZINE<br />
itself has recently gone through some changes. We are currently working on a<br />
slight facelift both in our layout as well as in our content. While our main focus<br />
will remain on everything bio in and about plastics, we are broadening our<br />
scope to include more topics from the other areas that fall under Renewable<br />
Carbon. What that exactly means and how it will look is explained on page 56.<br />
However, it is important that with all that change in the air we also hold on<br />
to some things unchanged. For me, one of these things is enjoying a cold beer<br />
in my sunny garden, next to my beautiful wife. And I with the Easter Holidays in<br />
front of us I know I will be able to enjoy these things to my heart’s content –<br />
I hope you have things to enjoy in the sun as well, while staying safe and<br />
healthy.<br />
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