05-25-2009: PURAC has been awarded, together with its partners Sulzer Chemtech and Synbra Technology, the 2008 Frost & Sullivan European Polylactic Production Technology Innovation of the Year Award.
This award recognizes PURAC’s innovations in the area of polylactic acid based (PLA) bioplastics. Together with Sulzer Chemtech and Synbra Technology, PURAC has developed a new cost-effective polymerization process to produce high-quality polylactic acid from a renewable source which can subsequently be converted into a variety of value added applications such as expanded PLA based biofoam.
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents the Technology Innovation of the Year Award to the company that has carried out new research which has resulted in innovation(s) that have or are expected to bring significant contributions to the industry. The award recognizes the quality and depth of a company’s research and development program as well as the vision and risk-taking that enables it to undertake such an endeavor.
Despite the negative impact of the 2008 economic recession, the global flow sensors and transmitters market is expected to grow. The rising number of projects, the establishment of new process plants, the financial recovery of numerous end-user industries, as well as reinvestment in plant r ... more
Over the years, the basic principle of sensor operation has remained unchanged and so has the working methodology of advanced sensors. What has changed, however, is the type of materials and sensing principles employed in the manufacture of new sensors. Sensing technologies are expected to ... more
The 2011 Frost & Sullivan Global Product Differentiation Excellence Award in Food Colors has been presented to Merck KGaA for its Candurin® range of pearl effect colors. The Award is in recognition of Merck’s accomplishments in the food colors sector. Frost & Sullivan’s Best Practices Award ... more
Aparna Singh (AS), Program Manager for the Chemicals Materials and Foods team at Frost & Sullivan India, recently caught up with Mr. Steve Fishwick (SF), Projects Group Director, AstraZeneca at the Frost & Sullivan's Global Life Sciences Summit 2006 at Goa, India. He was one of the key spea ... more
Aparna Singh (AS), Program Manager with Frost & Sullivan's Chemical Materials and Foods team caught up with Dr. Michael Kolb (Dr. MK) at Frost & Sullivan's Opportunities in Lifescience Molecules: Global Partnership Summit 2006. This annual summit was held at Goa (India) from 21st -23rd May, ... more
BASF SE and Purac, a subsidiary of CSM nv, announced the start of negotiations to form a joint venture for the production of bio-based succinic acid. The companies have been conducting research under a joint development agreement on bio-based succinic acid since 2009. The complementary stre ... more
CSM's subsidiary Purac and Indorama Ventures PLC (IVL) are in discussions to set up a Polylactic acid (PLA) manufacturing facility in Thailand, with an initial capacity of 10,000 tons per annum being raised to 100,000 tons per annum after developing application specific grades. This produc ... more
Purac announces the investment in a new manufacturing facility for its biomedical polymers. The plant is meant to support the growing resorbable polymers business of Purac Biomaterials. Purac currently operates a plant for biomedical polymers in The Netherlands. This second facility will be ... more
PURAC is the worldwide market leader in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives and lactides. PURAC has over 70 years of experience in the development, manufacturing and marketing of these products in a broad range of industries. PURAC operates production plants in the USA, the Netherlands, Sp ... more
PURAC has been awarded, together with its partners Sulzer Chemtech and Synbra Technology, the 2008 Frost & Sullivan European Polylactic Production Technology Innovation of the Year Award.
This award recognizes PURAC’s innovations in the area of polylactic acid based (PLA) bioplastics. Toge ... more
Synbra Technology bv in Etten-Leur, The Netherlands, is specialised in the manufacture of EPS beads PS Compounds and is the largest EPS recycler in Western Europe. The company was founded in 1957 and polymerisation started in 1973. EPS recycling commenced in 1992. more