【Ten Years of Great Development in Chemical Equipment】The first beet-based bioplastics production facility will be launched from 1668 to 2008

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Happy May Day 2024! Safety first. Let’s give praise and support to the achievements made in China’s chemical technology and equipment sector. **********************【Ten Years of Progress in Chemical Equipment】A continuously updated summary post is available; feel free to join the discussions at https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3576046-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Forum Website) ***************** Bio-On, an Italian company specializing in biotechnology, and a sugar producer have recently announced that they have developed an industrial production technique for manufacturing bioplastics known as polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from beets. The production facility is scheduled to go into operation in 2009. Bio-On stated that it plans to invest 15 million euros to build a plant with an annual production capacity of 10,000 tons for manufacturing PHA bioplastics. The raw materials used in this device are different from sugarcane or grain starch, which are commonly used in this industry; it is the first commercial-scale facility to produce bioplastics using beetroot as a raw material. To date, the company has invested around 5 million euros in the development of PHA polymers. This PHA bioplastic is suitable for producing various rigid and flexible packaging materials, including food packaging films and bottles. Compared to polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastics, PHA bioplastics have improved thermal stability, thereby opening the door for their use in engineering components.