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Phabuilder Presents "Phamily" at the Go!PHA Congress: A New Era for PHA Materials

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Thursday, October 12, 2023

Sherry Xu, chairwoman of Phabuilder, explained that the Phamily initiative serves as a conduit between academic research and commercial production.

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  • Sherry Xu, chairwoman of Phabuilder, explained that the Phamily initiative serves as a conduit between academic research and commercial production.
  • She stated, "With over 150 types of PHA monomers available, each can be imagined as a toy brick, the potential combinations might number in the billions.
  • In cooperation with Tsinghua University in Beijing, Phabuilder plans to release several PHA-based materials with varying properties, with more to come in the future.
  • Phabuilder is a startup in cutting-edge synthetic biology boasting over three decades of PHA study and advancements in Halomonas generations.

ABP Introduces Reduced Plastic Packaging

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Monday, October 7, 2019

COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ABP has today announced the introduction of new sustainable packaging for a number of its European customers.

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  • COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. 7, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- ABP has today announced the introduction of new sustainable packaging for a number of its European customers.
  • The packaging includes recyclable card coupled with thin film of peel away plastic.
  • ABP revealed the new packaging at the Anuga Food Fair in Cologne this weekend.
  • In Ireland, ABP this year became a founder member of Plastics Action Alliance, a collaboration of nine of Ireland's leading agricultural processing and food businesses that have come together to make the plastic packaging in their respective supply chains more sustainable.