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Biodegradable Polymers
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Table of Contents
- Chapter 1 - SUMMARY
- Summary Table: GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY APPLICATION,
THROUGH 2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Summary Figure: GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY APPLICATION,
2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Chapter 2 - TERMINOLOGY
- TERMINOLOGY
- TERMINOLOGY (CONTINUED)
- TERMINOLOGY (CONTINUED)
- Chapter 3 - HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
- OVERVIEW
- THE BIOPOLYMER-SYNTHETIC POLYMER GAP
- NICHE MARKETS
- NEW EMPHASIS
- STILL HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
- INTEGRATION OF BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS WITH DISPOSAL INFRASTRUCTURES
- EARLY STARCH-BASED MATERIALS
- INTRODUCTION OF COMPOSTABLE BAGS
- CONTINUED R&D
- EARLY ENTRANTS
- IMPORTANCE OF LOOSE-FILL
- OTHER FACTORS
- BIOPOLYMERS, CONVENTIONAL PLASTICS AND BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS
- NATURAL OR SYNTHETIC
- THE MOVE TO RENEWABLE SOURCES
- EXTENDING THE RECYCLING LOOP
- PROCESSING
- PROPERTIES
- DEFINING BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- PUBLIC ATTITUDES
- ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
- COMPOSTING
- Chapter 4 - BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS BY CHEMICAL TYPE
- OVERVIEW
- TYPES OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- Table 1 TYPES OF BIODEGRADABLE
- Table 2 POLYETHYLENE DEGRADABLE AND
- LACTIC-ACID BASED POLYMERS
- BACKGROUND
- GRADES
- PROPERTIES
- PRODUCTION
- MODIFICATIONS
- SOME PROBLEM AREAS
- USE OF BLENDS
- APPLICATIONS
- Overview
- Stronger Variants
- Overview of Current/Future Applications
- Background
- Food Packaging
- Thermoformed Packaging
- Specific Industrial Applications
- Electronics
- Shopping Bags
- Bottles
- Automotive
- Other Potential Applications
- JAPANESE PRODUCTION ACTIVITIES
- Mitsui Chemicals
- Dainippon Ink
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PLA
- Danimer Scientific
- Compatibilizer Using PLA and Recycled Polypropylene
- PLA Film Coatings
- Blow Molding PLA
- Additives for PLA
- Thermoformed PLA Trays
- Recycling Issues with PLA Bottles
- POLYESTERS
- POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES (PHAS)
- Overview
- Background
- Applications
- Processes
- Properties
- Biodegradability
- Compostability
- Certification and Testing
- Concept of Metabolic Engineering
- Details on PHA Variants and Their Producers/Marketers
- Another Important PHA - PHBV
- COMPANIES INVOLVED IN PHA POLYESTER BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- Overview
- Metabolix
- Kaneka/P&G
- OTHER BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS
- Ecoflex
- Ecovio
- Biomax
- Bionelle
- MISCELLANEOUS BIODEGRADABLE POLYESTERS
- Overview
- Polycaprolactone (PCL)
- Background
- Properties
- Applications
- Suppliers
- Polybutylene/Adipate Terephthalate (PBAT)
- Poly(Trimethylene Terephthalate) (PTT)
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN POLYESTER-BASED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- First Commercial Products from Telles, Inc.
- Metabolix Investigates PHA from Sugar Cane
- Metabolix Plans to Focus on Films for its PHA Product
- Biomer
- WATER-SOLUBLE POLYMERS
- BACKGROUND
- POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVOH)
- Overview
- Polyvinyl Alcohol-Based Materials
- Applications
- Properties
- Specific PVOH Properties
- Suppliers
- Biodegradable Applications
- BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLENDS
- OVERVIEW
- PLA BLENDS
- STARCH-BASED POLYMERS
- Background
- Technical Details
- Thermoplastic Starch
- Applications
- PSM' s Product
- MIXTURES OF STARCH AND BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- Background
- Company Involvement
- Novamont
- Table 3 TYPES OF PRODUCTS MADE
- Cereplast
- Earthshell
- Other Companies
- Biotec Biologische and Biopolymer Technology (BIOP)
- Japan Corn Starch and Nihon Shokunin Kako
- Rodenburg and Plantic
- Cortec
- Polyvinyl Alcohol-Starch Blends
- Overview
- Applications of Thermoplastic Starch (TPS)/PVOH Blends
- Selected Producers of Starch-Based Biodegradable Polymers
- Table 4 SELECTED PRODUCERS OF STARCH-BASED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- OTHER TYPES OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- PROTEIN-BASED PLASTICS
- Background
- Benefits
- Applications
- Consumer
- Agricultural
- Horticulture
- BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS FROM SOYBEANS
- GENETICALLY-MODIFIED (GM) BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- OVERVIEW
- PHAS
- CURRENT SCENARIO
- RECENT DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 5 - BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER PRODUCERS
- OVERVIEW
- NORTH AMERICA
- Table 5 NORTH AMERICAN PRODUCERS OF
- Table 6 SELECTED KEY EUROPEAN PRODUCERS OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- Table 7 KEY ASIAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER PRODUCERS AND TRADE NAMED
PRODUCTS
- Table 8 CAPACITIES OF SELECTED ASIAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER PRODUCERS
- Chapter 6 - MARKET ESTIMATES AND FORECASTS
- OVERVIEW
- GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET
- Table 9 GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 1 GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY RESIN, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY APPLICATION
- Table 10 GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY APPLICATION, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 2 GLOBAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY APPLICATION, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA
- OVERVIEW
- Table 11 BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC AREA, THROUGH
2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 3 BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC AREA,
2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- EUROPE
- Overview
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 12 EUROPEAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY RESIN, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 4 EUROPEAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET BY RESIN, 2006-2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- NORTH AMERICA
- Background
- Recent Activities
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 13 NORTH AMERICAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET, THROUGH 2012
(MILLION POUNDS)
- Figure 5 NORTH AMERICAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET, 2006-2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- ASIA
- Background
- Market Estimates and Forecasts
- Table 14 ASIAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET, THROUGH 2012 (MILLION
POUNDS)
- Figure 6 ASIAN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER MARKET, 2006-2012 (MILLION POUNDS)
- Chapter 7 - APPLICATIONS
- BACKGROUND
- DEGRADABILITY OVERVIEW
- COMPOST BAGS
- BACKGROUND
- ACTIVITIES IN THE U.S.
- BIODEGRADABLE WASTE BAGS
- COMPOST BAG SITUATION IN EUROPE
- CONTROVERSY OVER BAGS AND LINERS CONTINUES
- Background
- Problem of Lack of Definitions
- Need for Standards and Definitions
- Some Basic Definitions Needed
- LEADING PLAYERS
- RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
- Plastics Bans Accelerate
- Mislabeled Bags
- LOOSE-FILL PACKAGING
- BACKGROUND
- PROCESS
- PROCESSORS
- Background
- Storopack
- FP International
- American Excelsior Company
- Startech, Inc.
- Pro-Pac Packaging
- OTHER PACKAGING
- BACKGROUND
- EARTHSHELL PACKAGING
- OBSTACLES
- TARGETED APPLICATIONS
- SHEET EXTRUSION APPLICATIONS
- CLEAR RIGID PACKAGING
- STRETCH BLOW MOLDING
- SINGLE-SERVE MARKET
- THERMOFORMED TRAYS
- IMPACT OF THE FOOD SERVICE INDUSTRY
- RECENT ASSESSMENTS
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS
- Natural Flexible Ltd
- Confectionary Plastic Packaging
- UK Retailers Move towards Biodegradable Polymers
- Compostable Corrugated Packaging
- Wal-Mart
- MEDICAL
- OVERVIEW
- BACKGROUND
- PROPERTIES REQUIRED
- BREADTH OF APPLICATIONS
- CRITERIA FOR POLYMER SELECTION
- TYPES OF BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS USED
- Background
- Polyglycolides (PGA)
- Polylactides (LPLA and DPLA)
- Polycaprolactone
- Polydioxanone (PDO)
- Polyanhydrides
- Poly (Lactide-Co-Glycolide) (PGA-LPLA)
- Polyorthoesters
- Poly(Ethylene Oxide) (PEO)
- Multiblock Polymers
- PACKAGING AND STERILIZATION IMPLICATIONS
- DEGRADATION OF MEDICAL PLASTICS
- COMMERCIAL BIODEGRADABLE MEDICAL DEVICES
- Background
- Sutures
- Dental Devices
- Orthopedic Fixation Devices
- Drug Delivery
- Hydrogels
- Microspheres
- Tissue Engineering
- Tissue Engineering (Continued)
- Stents
- NEW DEVELOPMENTS
- Surmodics
- Tepha, Inc.
- Inion, Inc.
- New Group of Biodegradable Polymers for Intracellular Drug Delivery
- Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Develops New Biodegradable Polymer
- OTHER APPLICATIONS
- BACKGROUND
- HYGIENE-RELATED DISPOSABLE PRODUCTS
- PAPER COATINGS
- PAPER CUPS
- AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS
- Background
- Biodegradable Films Find Increased Usage for Agri-Films
- TableWARE
- AUTOMOTIVE
- ELECTRONICS
- Background
- Biodegradable Compact Disk
- Phone Housings
- BOTTLES
- MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS
- A RECENT DEVELOPMENT
- Chapter 8 - INDUSTRY STRUCTURE
- BACKGROUND
- KEY PLAYERS
- Table 15 MAJOR PLAYERS IN BIODEGRADABLE
- Table 15 (CONTINUED)
- Figure 7 KEY SELECTED COMPANIES IN THE BIODEGRADABLE BUSINESS RELATED TO
PRODUCT FLOW
- MARKETING STRATEGIES
- OVERVIEW
- MARKET SEGMENT
- CORE TECHNOLOGIES
- GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
- INFRASTRUCTURE
- GROWTH AND REPUTATION
- OBSTACLES
- LEGISLATION
- SELECTED HIGHLIGHTS OF MAJOR PLAYERS
- Natureworks and Metabolix
- DuPont
- Novamont
- Cereplast
- Mitsui Chemicals
- Plantic Technologies
- Chapter 9 - MARKETING AND MARKET DRIVERS
- OVERVIEW
- LIFE-CYCLE ANALYSIS
- ROI CONCEPT
- GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
- POSITIVE VIEWS/ASPECTS
- LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
- REASONS FOR LACK OF INTEREST/NEGATIVE VIEWS
- MARKET DRIVERS
- Table 16 MARKET DRIVERS OF BIOPLASTICS
- Chapter 10 - DEFINITIONS AND STANDARDS
- OVERVIEW
- CONFUSION IN DEFINITIONS
- SOME TECHNICAL ASPECTS
- EARLY MISLEADING CONCLUSIONS
- ASTM STANDARDS
- OVERVIEW
- KEY SPECIFICATIONS
- SUMMARY OF STANDARDS
- Table 17 KEY ASTM STANDARDS RELATED TO
- OVERVIEW OF ASTM TESTS AND SPECIFICATIONS BASEDONENVIRONMENT
- Table 18 ASTM TESTS AND SPECIFICATIONS BY TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT
- COMPOSTABLE AND BIODEGRADABLE ARE NOT SYNONOMOUS
- EARLY FTC STANDARDS
- STANDARDS OUTSIDE NORTH AMERICA
- Chapter 11 - TESTING FOR BIODEGRADATION
- BACKGROUND
- BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS TEST METHOD STANDARDIZATION
- ENZYME TESTS
- PLATE TESTS
- STURM-TEST
- Chapter 12 - ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
- BACKGROUND
- SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
- BACKGROUND
- FEDERAL LEGISLATION
- ECONOMIC DRIVING FORCES
- OTHER LEGISLATIVE ISSUES
- SOME BACKLASH
- CONSUMER PERCEPTIONS ABOUT BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- BACKGROUND
- U.S. ASPECTS
- Overview
- Negative Views of Biodegradable Plastics
- Compost Toxicity
- Increased Aquatic BOD
- Risk to Marine Species
- Litter
- EUROPEAN ASPECTS
- JAPANESE ASPECTS
- Chapter 13 - TECHNOLOGY
- ADDITIVES
- OVERVIEW OF PLASTICS DEGRADATION
- BACKGROUND
- DEGRADABILITY OF RESINS
- Polyolefins
- Polystyrene
- PVC
- Other Thermoplastics and Thermosets
- Water Soluble Polymers
- Modes of Degradation of Selected Biodegradable Polymers
- Table 19 TIME LAG FOR VISUAL CHANGE FOR
- Table 20 TIME LAG FOR DEGRADATION
- EFFECT OF POLYMER STRUCTURE ON BIODEGRADATION
- BACKGROUND
- MORPHOLOGY
- EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENT/EXPOSURE CONDITIONS ON BIODEGRADATION
- Background
- Early Regulations
- Significance of Moisture, Temperature and/or Oxygen
- Role of Microorganisms
- Presence of Methane
- Increasing Decomposition in Landfills
- Function of Compost Operations
- Other Factors
- Conclusions
- COMPOSTING
- BACKGROUND
- KEY PROPERTIES FOR COMPOSTABLE PLASTICS
- MATERIALS THAT MEET SPECIFICATIONS
- COMPOST STREAM AND INFRASTRUCTURE
- COMPOSTABLE PRODUCTS
- RESTRICTIONS ON COMPOSTABLE CLAIMS
- STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATIONS
- BENEFITS OF COMPOST TO SOIL
- U.S. ACTIVITIES
- EUROPEAN ACTIVITIES
- JAPANESE ACTIVITIES
- MUTUAL INTERESTS OF THE "GREEN" PLASTICS INDUSTRY AND COMPOSTING
- Chapter 14 - ADDITIONAL OVERSEAS ACTIVITIES IN BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
- ASIAN ACTIVITIES
- JAPAN
- Overview
- Mitsui Chemicals
- Mazda Motor Corporation
- Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
- Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
- Toray Industries
- Unitika Plastics Division
- NEC Corporation
- Table 21 SELECTED LIST OF COMMERCIAL BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS CURRENTLY IN
USE IN JAPAN
- CHINA
- Background
- PolyOne Corporation
- Tianan Biologic Materials
- Development of Degradable Test Methods in China
- Table 22 DEVELOPMENT OF DEGRADABLE
- Chinese Groups Dealing with Biodegradable/Biobased Materials
- EUROPEAN ACTIVITIES
- BACKGROUND
- FURTHER DETAILS
- Biotec Biologische
- Biomer
- Purac
- Hycail
- FKuR Kunstoff
- Neste Oy
- Avebe Group
- Joint Venture to Produce PLA
- PLA for Sugar Cane and Sugar Beet
- CANADIAN ACTIVITIES
- CANADIAN ACTIVITIES (CONTINUED)
- Chapter 15 - FACTORS FOR A POSITIVE OUTLOOK ON THE FUTURE OF BIODEGRADABLE
POLYMERS AND BIOBASED RESINS
- OVERVIEW
- THE ROLLER-COASTER SCENARIO OF THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL
- IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
- IMPACT OF WAL-MART
- DEPARTMENT OF USDA GUIDELINES
- GROWING FAMILIARITY OF CONVERTERS
- MORE MUNICIPALITIES GETTING INVOLVED
- ON THE DOWNSIDE - LANDFILLS
- Table 23 WHAT IS LANDFILLED IN THE UNITED STATES -2006 (THOUSAND TONS)
- Chapter 16 - ORGANIZATIONS AND SYMPOSIA
- BIODEGRADABLE PRODUCTS INSTITUTE (BPI)
- FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS & SUSTAINABLE
COMPOSITES (BIOPOL - 2007)
- INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS FROM RENEWABLE
RESOURCES
- THE FIRST PLA BOTTLE CONFERENCE
- EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS CONFERENCE
- Chapter 17 - PRICING
- PRICING
- Table 24 U.S LIST PRICES FOR SELECTED BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS
(DOLLARS/POUND)
- Chapter 18 - PATENTS
- U.S. 6,949,254 (SEPTEMBER 27, 2005)-BIO-DECOMPOSABLE POLYMER SHOWING
GOOD THERMAL DECOMPOSITION (BMG INC., KYOTO, JAPAN)
- U.S. 6,955,822 (OCTOBER 18, 2005)-LACTONE-BEARING ABSORBABLE POLYMERS
(SOCIETE DE CONSEILS DE RECHERCHES ET D' APPLICATIONS SCIENTIFIQUES, SAS
(PARIS, FRANCE)
- U.S. 6,962,950 (NOVEMBER 8, 2005)-POLYMERS OF A HYDROPHOBIC NATURE,
FILLED WITH STARCH COMPLEXES (NOVAMONT S.P.A. NOVARA, ITALY)
- U.S. 6,984,393 (JANUARY 10, 2006)-BIODEGRADABLE ELASTOMER AND METHOD OF
PREPARATION (QUEENS UNIVERSITY, KINGSTON, CA)
- U.S. 7,037,983 (MAY 2, 2006-METHODS OF MAKING FUNCTIONAL BIODEGRADABLE
POLYMERS (KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE, INC. - NEENAH, WI)
- U.S. 7,053,151 (MAY 30, 2006-GRAFTER BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLEND
COMPOSITIONS (KIMBERLY-CLARK WORDWIDE, INC. -NEENAH, WI)
- U.S. 7,094,817 (AUGUST 22, 2006-BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER (PLANTIC
TECHNOLOGIES, LTD, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA)
- U.S. 7,160,977 (JANUARY 9, 2007)-POLYMER BLENDS WITH IMPROVED IMPACT
STRENGTH (EASTMAN CHEMICAL COMPANY, KINGSPORT, TN)
- U.S. 7,163,697 (JANUARY 16, 2007)-BIOEGRADABLE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND
USES RELATED THERETO (JOHNS HOPKINS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, BALTIMORE, MD)
- U.S. 7,146,349 (FEBRUARY 13, 2007)-PRODUCTION OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATE IN
PLANTS (DUPONT, WILMINGTON, DE AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, JOHNSTON,
IA)
- U.S. 7,214,414 (MAY 8, 2007)-BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLENDS FOR USE IN
MAKING FILMS, AND SHEETS (BIOTEC BIOLOGISCHE NATURVERPACKUNGEN GMBH
(EMMERICH, GERMANY)
- U.S. 7,241,832 (JULY 10, 2007)-BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLENDS FOR USE IN
MAKING FILMS, SHEETS AND OTHER ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE (BIOTEC BIOLOGISCHE
NATURVERPACKUNGEN GMBH (EMMERICH, GERMANY)
- U.S. 7,282,216 (OCTOBER 16, 2007)-BIODEGRADABLE POLYMER BLENDS AND USES
THEREOF (ALKERMES CONTROLLED THERAPEUTICS, INC., CAMBRIDGE, MA)
- Chapter 19 - MAJOR PLAYERS
- AMERICAN EXCELSIOR
- BASF
- BIOCORP, INC.
- BIOGROUP USA
- BIOLOGISCHE NATURVERPACKUNGEN GMGH & COMPANY (BIOTEC)
- BIOPOLYMER TECHNOLOGIES AG (BIOP)
- BIOPAK, LTD
- CEREPLAST
- CORTEC CORPORATION
- DAICEL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES
- DAINIPPON INK
- DUPONT INDUSTRIAL PACKAGING
- EARTHSHELL CORPORATION
- ECM BIOFILMS, INC.
- FKUR KUNSTOFF GMBH
- FP INTERNATIONAL (FPI)
- HUHTAMAKI OY
- HYCAIL B.V.
- IDROPLAST SPA
- INNOVIA FILMS, LTD
- IRE CHEMICAL
- JAPAN CORN STARCH CO., LTD
- KTM INDUSTRIES
- LACTEL ABSORBABLE POLYMERS
- METABOLIX
- MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL CORPORATION
- MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL (MGC)
- MITSUBISHI PLASTICS, INC
- MITSUI CHEMICALS
- NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL
- NATUREWORKS LLC
- Table 25 MARKETS NATUREWORKS PLA POTENTIAL END-USE
- NNZ BV
- NOVAMONT SPA
- PLANTIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD
- PSM NORTH AMERICA
- RODENBURG BIOPOLYMERS
- SHOWA HIGH POLYMER
- SIDAPLAX V.O.F.
- SOLVAY CAPROLACTONES
- STANELCO PLC
- STOROPACK, INC.
- TOYOBO COMPANY, LTD
- TREOFAN GMBH & COMPANY
- UHDE INVENTA-FISCHER GMBH
- VTT CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY
- Chapter 20 - APPENDIX
- SELECTED ACRONYMS USED IN REPORT
- SELECTED GLOSSARY OF TERMS
- SELECTED GLOSSARY OF TERMS (CONTINUED)
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