issue 03/2021

TerraVerdae Bioworks
releases new PHA
product line
TerraVerdae Bioworks, a leading performance
bioplastics company from Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, recently announced the global introduction
of a new line of PHA-based resins for customer
evaluations. These new resin formulations are
available in three versions: for blown/cast films,
injection moulding, and thermoforming. The
launch of these products forms a major milestone
in TerraVerdae’s extensive development effort to
produce plastic resins that are not just biobased
and biodegradable, but also, have requisite
performance properties for customers to meet
evolving material needs and sustainability goals.
“TerraVerdae is garnering global interest in its
PHA biopolymer technology as jurisdictions and
industries around the world actively work to reduce
the impact of plastic waste,” said William Bardosh,
President and CEO of TerraVerdae Bioworks
Inc. “From oceans of plastics to unrecycled
heaps of plastic waste and overflowing landfills,
TerraVerdae’s technology offers a sustainable
path for product manufacturers to develop highperforming
yet compostable bioplastic materials
that will reduce the build-up of petroleum-based
plastic trash in the environment.”
PHA polymers are biobased, biodegradable,
biocompatible, and can be processed as
thermoplastics into a range of end products.
TerraVerdae’s PHA biopolymer technology is
considered a leading alternative to non-sustainable
plastics for a wide range of applications in the agrifood,
packaging, personal care, forestry, coatings,
adhesives, and associated markets. MT
https://terraverdae.com
Arkema to start up new
biobased polyamide 11
plant in Singapore
Arkema confirms it is on track to begin production of Amino 11
and its flagship Rilsan ® polyamide 11 high performance polymer
at the new plant on Jurong Island, Singapore in the first half of
next year.
With this ambitious project announced in 2017, Arkema is
delivering on its strong commitment to Specialty Materials and
the biobased polyamide 11 chain. When complete, this plant, for
which production will be 100 % derived from renewable castor
beans, represents a 50 % increase in Arkema’s global polyamide 11
capacity. It will be the biggest integrated bio-factory in the world
dedicated to high-performance polymers.
The total investment in the region, which also includes
downstream polymer capacities in China, is approximately
€450 million. To finance this new plant in Singapore, Arkema
successfully placed its first ever green bond in October 2020, for
a total amount of €300 million.
After the first phase of in-depth studies and administrative
procedures, Arkema’s technical teams have started work on
the infrastructure and construction of this large-scale industrial
complex on the Jurong site (Singapore).
After overcoming the difficulties linked to the Covid-19, this
project is fully on track and the Group confirms its ambition to
start up production in the first half of 2022. MT
www.arkema.com
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