European Bioplastics elects new board

On 16 May 2013, the general assembly of European Bioplastics elected a new board to represent the association and its members for the coming two years. François de Bie (Purac) was elected as Chairman. Mariagiovanna Vetere (NatureWorks) and Stefano Facco (Novamont) are vice-chairpersons.
Further members of the Board are: Jürgen Keck (Basf), Peter Brunk (Biotec), Rainer Schweda (Braskem), and Johnny Pallot (Roquette).
With an annual growth rate of more than 20%, the biopolastics industry is developing dynamically in a more and more growing number of application fields, but, as François de Bie stated, "in our society many consumers, brand owners and converters are not yet aware of the benefits of bioplastics. Today we are at the brink of the bioplastics revolution and a lot of work still needs to be done".