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Invest in biotech, not in Facebook

If I had money I wouldn’t invest it in Facebook. I will instead choose to invest my savings in industrial biotech. There is probably also something of a bubble going on with industrial biotech, but it is not blown out of proportion by a worldwide brand like Google, Facebook or Twitter. Yet industrial biotech is in a growth phase, which is what investors are looking after.

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The future of bioplastics

The bioplastics market evolves quickly, going from pilot plants to industrial production in merely 10 years. Today I venture into pointing some current trends that will define its future in the next 5-10 years

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Bioplastics: 5 years later

Review of the big changes that have taken place in the bioplastics market in just 5 years, taking bioplastics from having a reduced market penetration to becoming one of the most important trends within the polymer market

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Biopolymers Symposium 2010

IntertechPira, a division of Pira International, is organising the Biopolymers Symposium 2010. The event will take place in Denver, Colorado in October. The symposium is recommended to manufacturers, brand owners, end users, innovators and policy makers. It will cover a wide range of subjects, including the following: Pioneering work on green policy in California Identification

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The bioplastics market in Brazil and Mexico, by Frost & Sullivan

A new market research, published by Frost & Sullivan, entitled “Strategic Assessment of the Bioplastics Market in Brazil and Mexico” analyzes production plans, main resins sold and applications currently in use in both countries. The study also aims at providing a look into the future for bioplastics in the region, with regards to future demand and prospective feedstocks

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