Newlight AirCarbon: bioplastics breakthrough?

…de-risk cost and capex aspirations. $449.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Global plastic demand likely rises from 470MTpa in 2022 to almost 800MTpa by 2050 (model here). Biodegradable bioplastics are a…

Stora Enso: next-generation packaging breakthrough?

Stora enso next generation packaging

…ADRs in the US. $449.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart The company aspires to be a leading provider of renewable products: packaging materials (43% of 2021 revenues), wooden construction materials (17%),…

Global plastic demand: breakdown by product, region and use?

…electrical products (currently 7-9%) and light-weighting transportation. There are few alternatives to plastics in these applications. Conversely, for packaging materials, we see more muted growth, and more substitution towards bioplastics

Polyester: production process?

…used as textile fiber. And another 30MTpa is used as a plastic packaging material, e.g., for water bottles and clam-shell food containers. Note that our database of global plastic production…

Purified terephthalic acid: PTA production costs?

…for packaging materials (bottles, clam-shells) and for fibers (polyester, the most commonly used textile fiber on Earth). $499.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart A PTA price of $800-850/ton is needed to…

Patent Partners: Pairing Up?

Oil Majors' research partnerships

…most patents with its customers: advanced lubricants with Toyota and advanced plastics with packaging companies. The moat around Exxon’s IP in both areas is extremely impressive. (4) Working Internationally. Aramco…

Paulownia tomentosa: the miracle tree?

Empress Tree CO2 uptake

…were accidentally released from dinnerware packaging materials. Whatever intuitions one might have, some factions are going to protest against Western cultivation of Paulownia. https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/criticisms-of-carbon-offsets-and-reforestation/ But the greatest question mark over…

Origin Materials: bio-plastics breakthrough?

Origin materials technology challenges

…building on a packaging material (PET) partnership that goes back to 2016. $399.00 – Purchase Checkout Added to cart Its ambition is to use wood residues to create carbon-negative plastics, cost-competitively with…

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