I’ve been using Twitter (@luciacd) lately and I’ve found a few interesting people there providing info about many of the topics covered here, like bioplastics and other materials. I’ve collected a small list of twitter users, provided below with links and bios. Many are publising information about materials in a journal or in a blog, so you may want to check their sites too. Others are professionals related to the industry, like consultants, students or associations.
09-11-2009: Just a couple of days after I published this post, Twitter launched its lists, a new feature that allows users to create groups of twitterers with something in common. I’ve created one with contacts related with materials, which I’ve been updating. You can find my materials list here.
@IslemYezza: Packaging innovation and biomaterials
@LucAverous: Expert in Bioplastics, Biomaterials and Biobased Materials
@EuropaBio: The European Association for Bioindustries
@ArgosBiotech: gateway to worldwide biotech which opens up resources to the best free available biotech information
@ICISchemicalbiz: The global chemical trade publication of leading chemical and energy information service provider ICIS.com
@Chem_Processing: Chemical Processing serves engineers designing and operating plants in the chemical industry.
@Bioplastics: Providing global bioplastics market research, strategy and sales consulting.
@biopolymers: IntertechPira’s Biopolymers Summit 2009
@ChemistryWorld: Chemistry magazine bringing you the latest chemistry news and research every day
@materiaLisam: Managing Editor of Wiley’s materials science journals. Making sure everything gets published OK
@NatureChemistry: A journal dedicated to publishing high-quality papers that describe the most significant and cutting-edge research in all areas of chemistry
@ICISgreenblog: Currently working full time as associate editor for ICIS Chemical Business, a global chemical trade magazine, and has been covering the renewable-based chemical
@materialsdave: Editor-in-Chief of the materials science journal Advanced Functional Materials. Solar cells, organic electronics, and more!
@Verdezyne: We are an industrial biotechnology company directing the power of biology to create bio-based processes for clean and sustainable fuels and chemicals.
@HuntingDynasty: We are an advertising agency for sustainable products and services. Discover more about us »
@WI_Bioplastic: Use Bioplastic
@BioPreferred: BioPreferred is a Federal program that aims to increase the purchase and use of biobased products in the Federal, commercial and consumer markets.
14-10-2009
@BritishPlastics: the news headlines feed from British Plastics & Rubber magazine, which carries recycling issues as and when they are news topics (thanks to Ken Grace)
15-10-2009
@FransVos & @materialsfuture: Thanks to Frans Vos, General director of Materials Consult.
@NatureMaterials: A multi-disciplinary journal for cutting-edge research across the entire spectrum of materials science and related disciplines
@Polimerica_it: (Italian) Tutte le news pubblicate su Polimerica.it, notiziario online sul mondo delle plastiche e gomma (thanks to Carlo for the suggestion)
@polimericanews: (Italian) Notizie in tempo reale sul mondo della plastica e della gomma (thanks to Carlo for the suggestion)
Please feel free to tell me about any other interesting twitterers you may know and I’m yet to discover.
You might want to add @BritishPlastics, the news headlines feed from British Plastics & Rubber magazine, which carries recycling issues as and when they are news topics.
Frans Vos, general director of Materials Consult, is twittering also. Twitter names are ‘FransVos’ and ‘Materialsfuture’.
Many greetings,
Frans Vos
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You might want to add twitter.com/polimerica_it, the news headlines feed from Italian online magazine Polimerica and twitter.com/polimericanews, more daily news from italian plastics markets, both in Italian language.