Fast growth of bio-based polymers

Pro­duc­tion capa­city will triple from 5.1 mil­lion tonnes in 2013 to 17 mil­lion tonnes in 2020, rep­res­ent­ing a 2% share of poly­mer pro­duc­tion in 2013 and 4% in 2020. The com­pre­hens­ive 500 page-mar­ket study and trend reports on ​“Bio-based Build­ing Blocks and Poly­mers in the World – Capa­cit­ies, Pro­duc­tion and Applic­a­tions: Status Quo and Trends Towards 2020” was pub­lished on 13^th May. Authors are experts from the Ger­man nova-Insti­tute (IBB net­work mem­ber) in cooper­a­tion with ten renowned inter­na­tion­al experts. Bio-based drop-in PET and the new poly­mers PLA and PHA show the fast­est rates of mar­ket growth. The lion’s share of cap­it­al invest­ment is expec­ted to take place in Asia. Two years after the first mar­ket study was released, Germany’s nova-Insti­tute is pub­lish­ing a com­plete update of the most com­pre­hens­ive mar­ket study of bio-based poly­mers ever made. This update will expand the mar­ket study’s range, includ­ing bio-based build­ing blocks as pre­curs­or of bio-based poly­mers. The nova-Insti­tute car­ried out this study in col­lab­or­a­tion with renowned inter­na­tion­al experts from the field of bio-based build­ing blocks and poly­mers. The study invest­ig­ates every kind of bio-based poly­mer and, for the first time, sev­er­al major build­ing blocks pro­duced around the world, while also examin­ing in detail 112 com­pan­ies. For more inform­a­tion about the nova mar­ket study, please vis­it: http://​news​.bio​-based​.eu/​f​a​s​t​-​g​r​o​w​t​h​-​o​f​-​b​a​s​e​d​-​p​o​l​y​m​e​r​s​-​p​r​o​d​u​ction Source: nova-insti­tut GmbH