Increasing environmental awareness on part of product manufacturers and the desire to reduce dependency on oil are the leading drivers behind the US$2.4 bln global market for biorenewable chemicals (BRC) in 2010. This steadily growing market has experienced a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.8%, a growth trend that is going to increase as the world resumes a more normal production page and new bio-based chemicals such as bioethylene come to market. By 2015 the BRC market will be worth US$6.8 bln, a CAGR of 22.8% between 2010 and 2015. The largest region for BRC sales continues to be the U.S., which captured 21.6% of the market in 2009. Read more in Biorenewable chemicals market to be worth US$6.8 bln by 2015 at a CAGR of 22.8%

Hard hit by the global economic slowdown in 2009, the European polymer blends and alloys market is on the upswing again. The uptrend can be attributed mainly to high growth potential in Eastern Europe, particularly for electronics applications. The sector is estimated to have earned revenues of Euro 346 mln in 2009 and estimates this to reach Euro 453 mln in 2016. Read more in Engineering polymer blends suppliers have to widen markets to grow in the developed economies like that of Europe

A new research allows for nanotube networks to be used to make transistors as well as flexible integrated circuits. Development of a new production method could make it possible to manufacture superior-quality, flexible, electronic products at an extremely affordable price. The groundbreaking method relies on growing the nanotubes in atmospheric pressure gas and gathering them with a filter. To know more about the quick and effortless method of making high-performance, thin-film transistors on plastic substrate, read Cheaper electronics possible with new Carbon Nanotube Transistors

An industrial scale production process has been developed for manufacture of pure carbon-nanotube fibers that could lead to revolutionary advances in materials science, power distribution and nanoelectronics. This has been possible with the discovery of the "ultimate" solvent for all kinds of carbon nanotubes (CNTs). New three-dimensional shapes can now be made from CNTs using a new manufacturing process called "capillary forming". The new miniature shapes have the potential to harness the exceptional mechanical, thermal, electrical, and chemical properties of carbon nanotubes in a scalable fashion. Read more in An industrial scale production process makes pure carbon nanotube, new process gives shape to carbon nanotube