WWF helps Chinese firms slash carbon emissions
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Chinese firms gear up for export of 'green' plastics
 Lee
Goldwind to form epoxide resin JV
URUMQI, CHINA (October 27, 2009) -- China’s leading maker of wind turbine generators, Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd. of Urumqi, has announced a plan to establish a joint venture
epoxide resin plant, which is expected to help the parent company reduce material cost and improve quality of its wind turbine products.
Jushi prepares for a greener China
TONGXIANG, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE (October 27, 2009) -- Jushi Group Co. Ltd. sees windmills in its future. After 16 years of growing its business on cheap prices and exports, the Tongxiang-based fiberglass
manufacturer is tweaking its strategy to include more emerging markets and focus more heavily on the environment.
Gibson and Jushi introduce new E-glass fiber
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Thai company appeals halt to chemical projects
BANGKOK (October 26, 2009) -- Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) has appealed an injunction issued by the Central Administrative Court that ordered government agencies to suspend investment in
chemical projects in Rayong Province, south of Bangkok.
Cereplast develops algae-based bioplastics
HAWTHORNE, CALIF. (October 26, 2009) -- Bioplastics maker Cereplast Inc. plans to launch a line of bioplastic resins based on all-natural algae by the end of 2010. The company said the algae-based
resins could be blended with polypropylene or other standard resins and used in injection molded or thermoformed parts.
US consultants see slow recovery in 2010
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Cardia expands bio film production in Nanjing
NANJING, CHINA (October 12, 2009) -- Australian bio plastics firm is expanding production of its Biohybrid film after receiving food contact approval from the European Commission. The company is
investing millions of dollars to expand its manufacturing facilities in Nanjing.
Metabolix wins federal grant to develop biodegradable resins
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (October 11, 2009) -- Bioplastics maker Metabolix has received a $350,000 federal grant that will be used to develop new, biodegradable resins for blow-molded bottles. The U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Co-operative State, Research, Education and Extension Service (CSREES) is providing the grant to Cambridge, Mass.-based Metabolix.
Denmark wind turbine blade firm building third plant in China
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Formosa Plastics agrees to $12.8m pollution settlement
WASHINGTON (October 6, 2009) -- Taiwan-based Formosa Plastics Corp. will pay a civil penalty of $2.8 million and spend more than $10 million on pollution controls to address air, water, and hazardous
waste violations at petrochemical plants in Point Comfort, Texas, and Baton Rouge, La., the U.S. Justice Department and the Environmental Protection Agency announced Sept. 29.
Tesla turns to metal for sedan
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Envion opens plastics-to-oil recycling unit in U.S.
DERWOOD, MD. (September 22, 2009) -- Envion Inc. has launched itself into the plastics recycling world by opening a plastic-to-oil conversion unit in Maryland, just outside of Washington, D.C.
China's government pledges support for electric vehicles
SHANGHAI (September 15, 2009) -- The Chinese government will help accelerate the development of electric vehicles while continuing to support the improvement of traditional automotive technologies,
said Wan Gang, the Minister of Science and Technology on Sunday at an industry forum.
Biodegradable waste bags 'more damaging' than PE
HEIDELBERG, GERMANY (September 8, 2009) -- A detailed life cycle analysis study of plastics waste bags carried out by Heidelberg's Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IFEU) has shown
that traditional PE resins are less damaging in environmental terms than the biodegradable versions currently on the market in Europe.
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Plastics News' extensive coverage of NPE2009, North America's largest plastics trade show, included 17 news videos
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