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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
London/Milan, 21 March 2016 – Aethic, the London-based skincare company that launched Sôvée, world’s only scientifically proven ecocompatible sunscreen, is to be the first cosmetics company to use a clear filmic packaging...
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, 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...