11th June 2012

2nd Advisory Board Meeting

Venue will be the Wöllhaf Conference Center at the Cologne/Bonn Airport in Germany. It is expected a time frame from around 11:00 h to around 15:00 h, including a lunch break. A detailed agenda will be sent to all advisory board members in due course.

31st March 2012

NEW! Join up and jump in - take advantage of groundbreaking results and be part of an existing advisory board!

Extension of deadline: Until May 31st your company is still invited to join us (5.750 € investment - price after release at least 6.500 €). For details and list of subscribers, please see below entry of 1st December 2011.

28th February 2012

NEW! Free online access to the "bioplastics producer database"!

Get evaluated and take advantage of extraordinary services:

• Every company that sends back a fully completed questionnaire will receive a free online access to the "bioplastics producer database" (6 months during 2013) in return.
• Every company listed in the "bioplastics producer database" and the final report will be visible to potential customers like international companies and brand owners (via online access and PDF).
• Receipt of a free summary of the study.

For details, please click "evaluation" on the left!

19th January 2012

1st Advisory Board Meeting in Cologne, Germany

Welcoming of the advisory board members (the study is being supported by 24 companies and associations which are members of the board, see below). Presentation of the concept and the goals of the study. Feedback by the members, clarification of details, discussion of ideas.

30th December, 2011

Further Expert Support

The project's expert team will be supported by Alok Adholeya, Ph.D Director, Biotechnology and Management of Bioresources Division and Reena Singh, Ph.D., Fellow and Area Convenor Centre for Mycorrhizal Research, from the The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), India. Mr. Alok Adholeya and Ms. Reena Singh will focus theier research on the Indian bioplastics industry.

1st December, 2011

Just launched: First comprehensive multi-stakeholder market study on "Bio-based Plastics in the World - Capacities, Production and Applications: Status Quo and Trends towards 2020"

Background

There is a wide agreement regarding the lack of a worldwide and solid market study on the fast growing bio-based plastics business. Until today, no coherent and fundamental inquiry of the worldwide bio-based plastics market has been made. Especially data on the rising Asian markets is insufficient.
As long as there exists a lack of basic data, growth of the global bio-based plastic market will be impeded due to insecurity and confusion. Thus, there is a need of a comprehensive, solid and worldwide market study. Many stakeholders, too, require reliable and detailed information.

Concept

Experienced market researchers from nova-Institute in co-operation with leading international bioplastic experts have developed a full concept for a multi-stakeholder market study solving this essential problem of uncertainty and established a competent team capable of delivering ambitious results.

Initial funding – “Share and win”

During a boarding phase from August to end of November 2011 all interested companies, institutes, associations and other stakeholders were invited to early subscription and to become a partner of the study, i.e. buying the full study in advance for a reduced price of 5,000 € (plus 19% VAT) – the price for the final report of the market study after release will be at least 6,500 € (plus 19% VAT). More than 20 organisations haven taken advantage of this unique opportunity and, thus, have provided the initial funding. Those partners will not only have full access to intermediate results, but also be part of the advisory board of the project, which will meet four times during the project. As a member of the advisory board partners can interact with the expert team, e.g. ask for intermediate results or place specific questions.

Join up and jump in

From January to 31st March 2012 nova-Institute invites all remaining interested stakeholders around the world to join up and
jump in!
If you invest 5,750 € (plus 19% VAT) before 31st March 2012, you will not only receive the final report and have full access to intermediate results, but also be part of the advisory board of the project, which will meet four times during the project (1st meeting end of January 2012). As a member of the advisory board you can interact with the expert team, e.g. ask for intermediate results or place specific data and, in addition, benefit from extraordinary networking opportunities!

Results

One of the main results of the study is to compile a complete list of all producers of bio-based plastics in the world and to set-up a corresponding database for later online access. The study will cover all kind of bio-based polymers and plastics - biodegradable and durable, thermoplastics, thermosets and elastomers - like starch blends, PLA, PHA/PHB, PBS, CA, Bio-PE, Bio-PDO and many more, including the main bio-based building blocks.

Subscribers

Among others, the following associations and companies have subscribed by mid of November 2011 and will join the advisory board:

Experts

• nova-Institute - Michael Carus, Lena Scholz, Janpeter Beckmann and Achim Raschka (DE) – Worldwide markets
• Clever Consulting - Dirk Carrez (BE) – European markets
• European Bioplastics - Harald Käb (DE) – Worldwide markets
• Bioplastic Consultant - Jan Ravenstijn (NL) – American and Asian markets
• NIA & TBIA - Wolfgang Baltus (Thailand) – Asian markets

For detailed information concerning the expert team, please click here.

Timeline

• With the experts’ kick-off meeting on November 22nd 2011 in Berlin, the market study is under way and due to be completed by the end of 2012.
• December 15th 2011: Completing the database system for collecting, structuring and analysing the market data.
• First meeting of the advisory board:  19th January, 2012

With kind regards,

Michael Carus (Managing Director)
nova-Institute for Ecology and Innovation , Chemiepark Knapsack , Industriestrasse 300, 50354 Huerth (Germany) , www.nova-institute.eu, Phone: +49 (0) 2233-48 14 40