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Driving innovation through partnerships! Our 100% plant-derived KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet™ has been selected by injection molding machinery company NETSTAL for use in an innovative thin-wall packaging application.

Reducing our impact on the planet by reusing the recycled material from end-of-life #EPP parts while maintaining all mechanical properties of virgin EPP?  Kaneka makes it an innovative combination, not a choice.

Today, we had the honor to welcome Mr. Tom Vandenkendelaere and Mr. Pascal Arimont, Members of the European Parliament. This visit represents an excellent opportunity to highlight the latest developments in the areas of KANEKA’s bio-based and biodegradable Green Planet™ materials and applications.

We are pleased to share this exciting corporate news: Kaneka Corporation headquarters announced to significantly increase its production capacity for KANEKA Biodegradable Polymer Green Planet™ in Japan. 

As a lightweight and shock-absorbing material Kaneka EPERAN-PP is a vital resource for many applications in various industries. How to overcome the bead-shaped structure of expanded polypropylene while keeping all the advantages? Together with T. Michel Formenbau and key industry ...

At Kaneka Belgium, we adopted the necessary measures to respond swiftly and effectively to the COVID-19 pandemic — safeguarding our production and keeping our business operations up and running while prioritizing employee safety and wellbeing. Our organization’s office-based teams ...

Kaneka Eurogentec S.A. (Headquarters: Liège, Belgium), an affiliate of Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo), signed an agreement with INOVIO Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Headquarters: Pennsylvania, US) to manufacture COVID-19 DNA vaccine candidate, INO-4800. INOVIO is ... biotechnology com

The first LNG truck, powered solely by liquefied natural gas, left Kaneka Belgium in Westerlo-Oevel today on its way to Germany. The brand-new LNG trucks of transport company DE DECKER - VAN RIET will be used exclusively for the international transport of Kaneka MS Polymer™. This partnership ...

Kaneka Corporation (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Mamoru Kadokura) completed construction to increase production capacity of Kaneka Biodegradable Polymer PHBH™ (referred to below as PHBH™), on schedule at the Takasago Manufacturing Site (Hyogo Prefecture in Japan), and held a ...

Amid growing calls to cut back on plastic waste and deliver circular economy solutions, Kaneka is showcasing Kaneka Biodegradable Polymer PHBH™ technology at K 2019 (Düsseldorf, October 16-23), following recent food contact material approval in the EU, Japan and the US. The leading ...

Kaneka will use K 2019 (Düsseldorf, October 16-23) to highlight its wide portfolio of material solutions for the functional and foamed plastics industry. At its booth (Hall 6, stand 6A020), Kaneka will present state-of-the art polymer technology, including a major advancement in ...

Kaneka Biodegradable Polymer listed in the Plastic Implement Measure of the European Commission for all food typesAfter being added to the positive list*1 of the EU regulation on food contact materials and articles by the European Commission*2, Kaneka Biodegradable Polymer PHBH ...