Tag: Germany

Fraunhofer leads project developing bio-based adhesives for folding boxes

January 7, 2025 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, folding boxes are considered sustainable packaging solutions for numerous everyday products – whether breakfast cereals, electronics, medicines, or perfumes. Made from paper and cardboard, folding boxes are resource-efficient in production, biodegradable, and easily recyclable. However, environmentally friendly adhesives are still lacking for completely sustainable manufacturing. Researchers at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research […]

Germany’s Add Wood exhibition demonstrates potential for 3D printing wood waste

January 6, 2025 | Rebecca Gendron

In Germany, the Add Wood exhibition is showcasing the many potential applications for 3D-printed timber, including a coffin and a sofa. Each item in the exhibit was made using EconitWood, a material produced by Additive Tectonics from leftover wood from sawmills and timber harvesting, mixed with a biobased magnesium carbonate binder. Esmée Willemsen’s contribution was […]

German city chooses HVO100 over electric due to better pricing

December 30, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, citing the high cost of electric buses, Northwest Mecklenburg, a district in Germany, has decided to make its existing public transport fleet more sustainable by switching to HVO100 biofuel instead of investing in new electric buses. This pragmatic choice was driven by the steep costs of switching to electric buses, with subsidies covering […]

SPIE installing world’s first industrial scale CCU facility for cement industry

December 25, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, SPIE is installing the world’s first industrial-scale Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) facility for the cement industry. The project, commissioned by Linde Engineering, is being carried out at Heidelberg Materials’ Lengfurt cement plant and is set to commence operations in 2025, with a capture capacity of 70,000 metric tons of CO₂ per year. […]

Hapag-Lloyd begins using Mabanaft’s B30 in Hamburg

December 16, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, Mabanaft has reached an agreement with the shipping company Hapag-Lloyd for the supply of B30 biofuel. A first test delivery of 1,000 metric tons of B30 VLSFO from Mabanaft’s Waltershof tank terminal was scheduled for December 12 in the port of Hamburg for the container ship Delaware Express. The delivery follows an extensive […]

EnviTec Biogas completes new biogas/solar power park

December 15, 2024 | Jim Lane

In Germany, EnviTec Biogas AG has completed its second solar park in Buckow, Brandenburg, where Niederer Fläming is producing green energy together with its existing biogas plant and the 65 MW PV park. With the start of operation in early October, it will be purchased at a fixed rate by the energy trading company Axpo […]

Neste to fill every new diesel-fueled BMW manufactured in Germany with HVO

December 12, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, Neste and BMW announced a collaboration for the supply of renewable diesel. BMW will purchase Neste MY Renewable Diesel and use the fuel for the initial fill of diesel vehicles leaving their manufacturing plants in Germany. This will see Neste’s renewable diesel being used in the BMW plants in Munich, Dingolfing, Leipzig, and […]

CropEnergies puts animal feed investment at Ensus UK plant on hold

December 11, 2024 | Meghan Sapp

In Germany, CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, is putting on hold the planned investment in a plant for the production of EnPro high protein animal feed at the production site of its subsidiary Ensus UK Ltd. in Wilton, UK. Currently, CropEnergies is investing in several major projects with high capital requirements. After intensive consideration, this decision was […]

Sustainable snowboards set to hit the slopes this season

December 9, 2024 | Rebecca Gendron

In Germany, engineering materials firm Envalior and Union Binding Company have partnered to introduce redesigned Travis Rice Falcor Signature Snowboard Bindings featuring Envalior’s Durethan Blue, an eco-friendly nylon made from 90% biobased and recyclable raw materials. Durethan Blue is crafted using a mass balance approach, ensuring that materials are sustainably sourced and traceable throughout the […]

BASF expands sustainable product portfolio at its Lemförde site

December 8, 2024 | Juan Pedro Tomas

In Germany, BASF said it has completed the certification program International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS at its production site in Lemförde, Germany to produce biomass-balanced thermoplastic polyurethanes. Also, the annual recertification according to REDcert2 was successfully completed for numerous thermoplastics and polyurethane systems. This allows BASF to expand its sustainable product portfolio and […]

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