This year, high-end professional sports brand DESCENTE DISCENTE released new athletic shoes for Spring/Summer 2025 such as the CHRON series, DUALIS series and BODYFLEX TRAINING series, whose outsoles are made of LG Chem's sustainable material, Bio-Balanced Synthetic Rubber (Bio-Balanced BR), and are...
On January 10th, Sicomin, a pioneer in bio-based epoxy resin systems, announced a partnership with MADskis, a Swiss company known for making handcrafted skis with a commitment to innovation and sustainability. MADskis will now incorporate GreenPoxy® 56 resin, known for its industry-leading 51% bio-c...
Nordic Bioproducts Group (NBG) recently announced a partnership with C.Q. Massó in Spain and Portugal, as well as with distributors in Italy, aimed at strengthening the supply of microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) in the European beauty and personal care industry, a collaboration that marks an importa...
On April 11, 2025, more than 1,000 manufacturers and companies of chemicals related to the cosmetics and personal care supply chain gathered in Amsterdam for In-Cosmetics Global, the global exhibition for cosmetic ingredients.
For years, the personal care industry has been searching for ingredi...
Recently, TOTAL ENERGY COBIN has signed up two major companies to promote the use of PLA products.
(1) TotalEnergies Corbion and Jiangsu Yue Sheng Technology Co., Ltd (“Yue Sheng Technology”) have announced a strategic partnership that will allow the two companies to promote degradable EPLA (Expanded...
Turkey's Metpack, in partnership with Germany's BASF, has launched EN13432-certified home compostable liner and paperboard.
Metpack's Ezycompost liner is made of BASF biopolymer ecovio® 70PS14H6, which offers a number of advantages: FDA-approved for food contact, excellent barrier to liquids, oils an...
On April 21, Santan, the catering arm of NextBuy Group (Capital A), announced that it is transitioning from single-use plastics to biodegradable plastics, and that all disposable items onboard, including cups, lids and cutlery, will be made from polylactic acid (PLA)- - a renewable resource derived ...
On April 2, 2025, the Italian Ministry of the Environment, in an effort to clarify one of the most controversial points of the Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUP Directive), submitted to the European Commission a proposal for a technical regulation on the definition of requirements for the reusabili...
Suzano Ventures, the venture capital arm of Brazilian pulp giant Suzano, recently led a $12 million Series A round of financing for Simplifyber, a bio-based materials company.It also follows the company's $4.2 million seed round that closed in July 2022 . The funding will support Simplifyber's growt...
After the United States raised the overall tariff rate on Chinese exports to the U.S. from 54% to 104% on April 9, it recently raised tariffs on some goods to 245%, a move that not only hit the costs of its own importing companies, but also led to sharp fluctuations in the global economic and trade ...
