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Researchers in the Netherlands have developed a method that enables the production of a strong, durable bio-based polyester. A simple synthesis strategy used by the Industrial Sustainable Chemistry ...

The acquisition of glycol purification technology will accelerate Technip Energies’ Bio-2-GlycolsTM commercialization. Technip Energies (PARIS:TE) and Shell Catalysts & Technologies announce a ...

Exel Composites has finalized a purchasing agreement with resin supplier Ineos for more than 100 tonnes of its Envirez bio-based unsaturated polyester (UP) thermoset resin system. This deal will serve ...

Kintra Fibers — known for its bio-based polyester alternative — raised $8 million in Series A funding, partners with Bestseller, Inditex, H&M and Reformation in a commercial pilot. The Brooklyn, New ...

Of all the major types of materials used today, plastics are one of the fastest-growing categories and offer the greatest opportunity for innovation. Decades of development towards improving the ...

According to Towards Chemical and Materials, the global polyester fiber market volume was valued at 75.13 million tons in ...

Ningbo / Qingdao, 18 September 2025 — A new computational study reveals that polyethylene furanoate (PEF) — a bio-based polyester — has markedly stronger resistance to hydrogen permeation than ...

Biome Bioplastics, one of the UK’s leading developers of bio-based alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, has begun a major development program to progress successful bio-based chemicals research ...