San Donato Milanese (MI), 18 October 2023 - Versalis announces that it now holds the entire share capital of Novamont, of which it already owned 36%. The transaction, announced on 28 April and authorised by the relevant authorities, was...
San Donato Milanese (Milan, Italy), 28 April 2023 – Versalis – Eni's chemical company and a shareholder of Novamont (36%) – and Mater-Bi – a company controlled by Investitori Associati II and NB Renaissance –...
AMHERST, Mass., U.S. / Novara, Italy (March 13, 2023) – OrthoLite®, the global leader of sustainable, performance and comfort insoles and footwear materials solutions, and Novamont, the international leader in the development, production...
Düsseldorf – Novara, 19 October 2022 - Novamont, a Benefit Company, certified B Corporation and world leader in the green chemistry sector, has always been committed to developing biodegradable and compostable products, obtained from...
Mix-Me, the multivitamin and multimineral nutritional supplement produced by DSM Nutritional Products, designed to combat malnutrition in developing countries and already distributed for years in numerous countries reaching millions of consumers,...
Novara – Askim, Sept 5th2022 - The Board of BioBag International AS has appointed Patrik Fogelström as new CEO of the BioBag Group and Managing Director of the parent company BioBag International AS, which from 2021 are part of Novamont...
Prestigious award in the “Environment” impact category Novara, 18 July 2022 – Novamont does it again! Novamont has been a Benefit Corporation and B-Corp certified since 2020, and in 2022 it was once again named a...
Novara - Terni, 30 June 2022 - An agreement has been reached on Novamont’s request to make use of the Wage Guarantee Fund instrument (CIG) at the Terni production site. On 17 June, at the Confindustria Umbria headquarters in Terni, the...
San Donato Milanese (MI) - Novara, Italy, March 29, 2022 - Versalis and Novamont are strengthening their partnership to reinforce synergies in the ecological transition of green chemistry, leveraging what has been built so far to maximize spin-offs...
Cologne (Germany) / Porto Torres (Sassari, Italy), January 27, 2022 – Specialty chemicals company LANXESS, and Matrìca, JV between Versalis (Eni) and Novamont, have partnered to produce sustainable biocide preservatives from renewable...
Working with farmers to combat climate change Coldiretti and Novamont have launched their plan for the development of agriculture 4.0, which has grown by 20% over the last year, generating record revenues of €540 million. The...
The operation creates the most vertically integrated group in the bioplastics industry and allows the Italian B-Corp to further expand into Northern/Eastern Europe, North America and Australia Novara, Italy / Askim, Norway, 12 January 2021...
The world’s first plant for generating a new monomer to produce biomaterials from renewable sources will be completed in Terni. Bottrighe (Rovigo) will be the most efficient facility in Europe for the production of chemical...
Novara (Italy), 20 July 2020 – Novamont’s commitment to be a force for global regeneration with higher purposes than mere profit was strengthened today by being awarded the ‘B Corp’ Certification. The Italian bioplastic...
Novara/Milan, 15 July 2020 – Bioplastics manufacturer Novamont unveiled this week a new iPad and iPhone app called ‘Food Scrap Recycling Truck’ that helps teach kids how to sort food waste and to value the environmental benefits of...
Novara, 31 March 2020 – The new grade of MATER-BI for extrusion coating and extrusion lamination on paper, board and other substrates which can be composted in standard industrial plants is now ready for the market. Developed through work...
Novara – Nuremberg, 12 February 2020 – A new milestone for organic farming and soil protection. Novamont's MATER-BI bioplastic, which is used for the production of soil-biodegradable mulching films in compliance with European...
Works with a wide range of packaging machines No need to make new investments NOVARA, Italy, Feb. 11, 2020 - A fundamental breakthrough in Novamont's range of biodegradable and compostable films for food packaging 5 years...
Among this year's innovations are new MATER-BI grades for fruit and vegetable bags with increased renewable material content and for compostable 5-layer barrier film Novara – Düsseldorf, 16 October 2019 – Novamont's new...
Novara - Lainate, 16 October 2019 – Two prominent Italian research and technology companies, both with extensive patent portfolios and recognised as leaders in biochemicals and functional materials, have joined forces to develop solutions to...
The increased production capacity (+36%) to be provided by the plant in Patrica, Lazio Novara - Patrica (FR), 16 October 2019 - Following on from Terni, the Novamont group's historic site where the production capacity of MATER-BI®...
A 10 million-euro investment with the support of Invitalia Novara - Terni, 16 October 2019 – In October 2016, on the occasion of the last edition of K, the no. 1 fair for the plastics and rubber industry, Novamont had announced the...
But no tolerance for irresponsible behaviour: marine biodegradability to be seen merely as a factor mitigating ecological risk Novara - Rome, 2 July 2019 - Is it possible to solve the huge problem of marine plastic pollution by using...
Against a backdrop of growing global awareness of the importance of environmental protection, the Embassy of Italy in London has launched “Zero-Waste Embassy[1]”, aiming to reduce significantly the environmental impact of the...
Novara - Patrica (FR), 19 October 2018 – Today in Patrica (FR) is the day the Mater–Biopolymer plant opens. Mater-Bi is a company wholly controlled by the Novamont group, purpose of which is the manufacture of ORIGO–BI®,...
Novamont technology applied to cosmetics, using derivatives from renewable raw materials, means that readily biodegradable ingredients can be produced with performance comparable to traditional microplastics Novara, 27 September 2018...
Novamont’s keynote speaker Giulia Gregori will present Novamont’s bioeconomy model and analyse the case study of the separate organic waste collection in Stuy Town, NYC Novara – Washington DC, 13 June 2018 - The 22nd conference...
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...
Conference in Kassel, Germany, shows comparison of bio-waste collection systems in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy Austrian composters present “All in Bio - Alliance for a plastic bag-free Austria” campaign Novara...
Nairobi, 5 December 2017 – During “Together against marine litter and micro-plastics”, the high-level side event held at the UN Environment Assembly taking place in Nairobi (Kenya), Christophe De Boissoudy, managing director of...
By the end of the first quarter of 2018, the production capacity of the subsidiary MATER-BIOPOLYMER will have increased from 50,000 to 100,000 tonnes/year of ORIGO-BI, the family of high-value polyesters with a high content of renewable raw...
Novamont is supporting the initiative Novara, 22 June 2017 – The Expédition MED 2017 scientific campaign sets sail today from the port of Fiumicino. For two months the crew of the Ainez will sail the waters of the central and...
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...
Novara, 3 May 2017 – Novamont commissioned IGlux Witzenhausen GmbH and Witzenhausen-Institut GmbH to conduct a scientific study into the behaviour of compostable food waste bags made from MATER-BI – the bioplastic made by Novamont...
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,...
OVER 80% AGREE WITH THE LAWS ON SHOPPING BAGS AND FRUIT AND VEGETABLE BAGS BUT INFORMATION AND EDUCATION ARE IN GREAT DEMAND Novara, 18 January 2017 – Over 92% of Italians go shopping at the supermarket with reusable plastic bags (fig. 1)...
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...
Increasingly strong environmental performance and extraordinary mechanical and technical characteristics of solutions made using the latest generation of the Novamont bioplastics range Thanks to the collaboration with Mobert (Hall 3 E16),...
Novamont and Amut, a global leader in plastic extrusion, are working together to optimise thermoformed solutions produced with the new heat resistant grade of MATER-BI, ideally suited to the production of plates, trays, cups and lids The...
During K 2016, at the open house to be held at its plant in Troisdorf, Reifenhäuser Blown Film Polyrema will present the innovative cold stretch technology developed to improve the performance of film produced with the new grades of 4th...
Live production of bags for fruit and vegetables at the Saldoflex stand to demonstrate the performance of the new grades of fourth-generation MATER-BI Novara – Düsseldorf, 19 October 2016 – An unmissable demonstration will...
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...