Issue 04/2016
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Content<br />
Imprint<br />
Blow Moulding<br />
12 Bio-packaging of liquid dairy products<br />
16 Blow moulding of WPC bottles<br />
17 A new, cost-effective route to PEF<br />
Events<br />
10 Biobased Business Breakfast<br />
Toys<br />
22 Toymakers are the vanguard of material<br />
innovation<br />
24 Bio-alternatives for soft PVC<br />
26 PHA resins for toys<br />
28 Toys for a better future<br />
30 Toys are not child’s play<br />
31 LEGO looks for sustainable alternatives<br />
32 Cracking the Code of Durable Bioplastics<br />
for the Toy Market<br />
Materials<br />
36 BIO4 SELF<br />
Additives<br />
38 Sneaky peaky creatures depriving<br />
biolastics!<br />
Certification<br />
40 Confidence is good - DIN geprüft is better<br />
Basics<br />
42 Do Bioplastics need additives?<br />
Bioadditives?<br />
10 Years Ago<br />
44 Definition of “Bioplastics”<br />
<strong>04</strong>|<strong>2016</strong><br />
July / August<br />
3 Editorial<br />
5 News<br />
18 Application News<br />
46 Suppliers Guide<br />
49 Event Calendar<br />
50 Companies in this issue<br />
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Karen Laird (KL)<br />
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Layout/Production<br />
Ulrich Gewehr (Dr. Gupta Verlag)<br />
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Print<br />
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Deutschland, Maropack GmbH & Co.<br />
KG, and Neemann<br />
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