Content
04|2014
Jul/Aug
Biocomposites Composites go green: Composites Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Alea iacta est: WoodForce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Green composites: The coming New Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Natural fibre composites for injection mouldings . . . . . . . . . 15 Thin-walled composite structures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Flax for high-tech applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
From Science & Research
News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 - 8
Composites based on soybean hull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Application News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Blow Moulding
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Event Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Biodegradable packages for dairy products . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Suppliers Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Avantium raises investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Companies in this issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
100 million PLA bottles per year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Blow moulded air ducts made from bio-PA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Events
Basics
bio!pac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Stretch blow moulding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
bio!car. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Composites Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Politics
Event Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Material use first! Proposal for a reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 The bioplastics industry in Korea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Market Green Premium: Who is willing to pay more? . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Report Generation Zero: Bioplastics were the very beginning“ . . . . 36
Opinion
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