Novara - Patrica (FR), 19 October 2018 – Today in Patrica (FR) is the day the Mater–Biopolymer plant opens. Mater-Bi is a company wholly controlled by the Novamont group, purpose of which is the manufacture of ORIGO–BI®,...
Novamont technology applied to cosmetics, using derivatives from renewable raw materials, means that readily biodegradable ingredients can be produced with performance comparable to traditional microplastics Novara, 27 September 2018...
Novamont’s keynote speaker Giulia Gregori will present Novamont’s bioeconomy model and analyse the case study of the separate organic waste collection in Stuy Town, NYC Novara – Washington DC, 13 June 2018 - The 22nd conference...
The Foreign Office has banned single-use plastic and the British Embassy in Rome is opting for disposable tableware and materials made of MATER-BI bioplastic for the birthday party in honour of Queen Elizabeth II Novara, 14 June 2018...
Conference in Kassel, Germany, shows comparison of bio-waste collection systems in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy Austrian composters present “All in Bio - Alliance for a plastic bag-free Austria” campaign Novara...
Nairobi, 5 December 2017 – During “Together against marine litter and micro-plastics”, the high-level side event held at the UN Environment Assembly taking place in Nairobi (Kenya), Christophe De Boissoudy, managing director of...
By the end of the first quarter of 2018, the production capacity of the subsidiary MATER-BIOPOLYMER will have increased from 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes/year of ORIGO-BI, the family of high-value polyesters with a high content of renewable raw...
Novamont is supporting the initiative Novara, 22 June 2017 – The Expédition MED 2017 scientific campaign sets sail today from the port of Fiumicino. For two months the crew of the Ainez will sail the waters of the central and...
At the environment summit in Bologna, Novamont has pledged to ensure minimum bio-based content of at least 40% across the entire MATER-BI bioplastics range, with some grades being 100% bio-based 150,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalents per year...
Novara, 3 May 2017 – Novamont commissioned IGlux Witzenhausen GmbH and Witzenhausen-Institut GmbH to conduct a scientific study into the behaviour of compostable food waste bags made from MATER-BI – the bioplastic made by Novamont...
Novamont is supporting the "RIDE GREEN" project aimed at increasing the environmental sustainability of the 100th edition of the Giro d'Italia Novara-Milan, 12 April 2017 – After the success of the first edition in 2016,...
OVER 80% AGREE WITH THE LAWS ON SHOPPING BAGS AND FRUIT AND VEGETABLE BAGS BUT INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ARE IN GREAT DEMAND Novara, 18 January 2017 – Over 92% of Italians go shopping at the supermarket with reusable plastic bags (fig. 1)...
At the K 2016 NOVAMONT presents the 4th generation of its MATER-BI bioplastics family now integrating 4 proprietary technologies, among which bio-butanediol. Thanks to collaboration with its partner Mobert, visitors to the Novamont stand will be...
Increasingly strong environmental performance and extraordinary mechanical and technical characteristics of solutions made using the latest generation of the Novamont bioplastics range Thanks to the collaboration with Mobert (Hall 3 E16),...
Novamont and Amut, a global leader in plastic extrusion, are working together to optimise thermoformed solutions produced with the new heat resistant grade of MATER-BI, ideally suited to the production of plates, trays, cups and lids The...
During K 2016, at the open house to be held at its plant in Troisdorf, Reifenhäuser Blown Film Polyrema will present the innovative cold stretch technology developed to improve the performance of film produced with the new grades of 4th...
Live production of bags for fruit and vegetables at the Saldoflex stand to demonstrate the performance of the new grades of fourth-generation MATER-BI Novara – Düsseldorf, 19 October 2016 – An unmissable demonstration will...
Novara – Düsseldorf, 19 October 2016 - NOVAMONT research has developed its own technology for producing hydroxymethylfurfural, furandicarboxylic acid and a series of polymers for captive use, based on the roots of the cardoon crop, which...
This chemical intermediate, with an estimated market of €3.5 billion, and a vast range of applications, has up till now only been obtained industrially using fossil sources. Representing an investment of over €100 million, the...
Italian bioplastics firm Novamont and French leading producer of plastic films Barbier Group announced today they have signed a partnership aimed at the development of a new kind of bioplastic light-weight bag for fruits and vegetables, as...
Novara/Milan, 24 May 2016 – The third and fourth generation Mater-Bi is now available for the production of fruit and vegetable bags in those European markets where demand for compostable solutions is growing, also as a result of new national...
MATER-BI and the innovative building blocks from renewable sources for biopolymers to take centre stage in Berlin on 5-6 November 2015 Novara, 5 November 2015 – Today marks the start of the tenth edition of the annual conference...
Novara-Milan, September 10th, 2015 – “Today we greet the world with a new corporate image, that reflects the DNA of our values, celebrates our evolution over the years into today’s Novamont, and demonstrates our desire to...
The initiative is part of the European Union programme designed to stimulate growth and employment in member states by developing the circular bioeconomy. Brussels, 23 July 2015 – “Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking” (BBI),...
Novara - Porto Torres, 28 May 2015 – “An extraordinary opportunity to disseminate the concept of bioeconomy, understood as territorial regeneration, that we are creating in Sardinia. Our goal is to get industry, agriculture, the research...
Novara - Lille, 8-9 April 2015 - The Plant Based Summit has established itself as one of the leading events for discussing innovation and the development of products made from renewable sources and associated regulatory and policy aspects. After the...
Novamont to present environmentally sustainable solutions for foodware, packaging and bioagriculture at BIOFACH 2015, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food. Preview of the first compostable yoghurt pot. Novara, 11 February 2015...
Starting with cardoon in Sardinia Novara - Rome, 23 January 2015 - “A project to establish an agricultural sector which respects the region, which enhances the value of abandoned and unirrigated land in order to feed into the first...
Novara, 21 February 2014 – Unicoop Firenze was the first large retailer to replace shopping bags made from traditional plastic with those made from Mater-Bi® and today it is confirming its environmental credentials by ensuring...
Over 200 experts from the sector from Europe and North America will meet to discuss a priority issue for governments throughout the world Novara, 19 February 2014 – The problem of waste requires a structured solution which must be adopted...
Near unanimous support for the collection of organic waste which stimulates more careful separation of other materials. Product testing shows a low contamination with non-compostable waste. Novara, 13 February 2014 –...