Polylactic Acid
Indian Sugar Giant BCML Aims High with PLA Plant and New Leadership
February 16, 2025 – Indian Sugar Giant BCML Announces PLA Plant Expansion and Appoints Industry Veteran as Chemicals Business President Indian sugar industry titan Balrampur Chini Mills (BCML) has recently unveiled plans to construct a 75,000-tonne per annum polylactic acid (PLA) plant in Uttar Pradesh. With ambitions to scale up, the company aims to increase…
Diverging PLA Price Trends: Europe vs. US in 2025
February 13, 2025 – PLA Price Trends Diverge in Europe and US Amid Demand Shifts and Logistical Hurdles In the first half of January 2025, the price trends of polylactic acid (PLA), a bioplastic, diverged significantly between the European and US markets. While European prices saw an upward trajectory, the US market remained steady. This…
Game-Changing PLA Plant: Emirates Biotech Partners with Sulzer
December 17, 2024 – Emirates Biotech Partners with Sulzer for Groundbreaking PLA Production Facility in UAE In a significant move towards sustainable plastics production, Emirates Biotech has announced the selection of Swiss company Sulzer as its technology partner for an upcoming polylactic acid (PLA) manufacturing plant in the United Arab Emirates. With a total investment…
Revolutionizing PLA Production: Wuxi Nanda’s Major Technological Milestone
December 17, 2024 – Wuxi Nanda Achieves Breakthrough in PLA Material Technology Wuxi Nanda Applied Materials, located in the Circular Economy Industrial Park of Qianzhou Street, Huishan District, has made a significant breakthrough in polylactic acid (PLA) material technology, pioneering a green catalytic system and polymerization process technology in China. This enterprise, a product of…
Breakthrough HMW-PLA Project Launched in Henan Province
November 25, 2024 – A landmark agreement was recently signed in Zhengzhou between the Shancheng District Government of Hebi City, Henan Province, and Henan Biological Industry Group, marking a significant step forward in the field of bio-based new materials. The signing ceremony for the high-molecular-weight polylactic acid (HMW-PLA) demonstration project signifies a collaborative effort to…
PLA Spoon Recall Highlights Safety, Transportation Challenges
November 11, 2024 – PLA Tableware from China Recalled in Denmark Due to Safety Concerns A recent incident has seen a batch of polylactic acid (PLA) tableware exported from China to Denmark being recalled. The spoons, made from PLA material, were found to degrade rapidly, leading to the formation of small parts that pose a…
Overcoming PLA’s Limitations: The Rise of PLA/PGA/(PBAT/ADR) Alloy
November 07, 2024 – In recent years, the heightened awareness towards environmental protection has brought biodegradable plastics like PLA into the spotlight. However, PLA’s brittleness, poor moisture barrier properties, and lack of heat resistance have limited its application scope. To tackle these challenges, Hainan University and Hainan Sino Biodegradable Materials Co., Ltd. have jointly applied…
October 16, 2024 – Jiangsu Jinghong Secures Approval for Major PLA Production Project
October 16, 2024 – Jiangsu Jinghong New Material Technology Co., Ltd., located in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, has recently received approval from the Jiangsu Provincial Development and Reform Commission for the energy-saving review of its annual 55,000-ton polylactic acid (PLA) and equipment manufacturing project, with a second-phase construction scale of 50,000 tons. Since its establishment…