The green building movement is gaining momentum. The increased demand for sustainable and healthy buildings, from investors and tenants, has resulted in extensive effort from leading property developers to achieve green building status for the properties over the past years.

Coating manufacturer Teknos is developing a new, bio-based barrier coating for food packaging together with biosourced materials company Brightplus. The objective of the cooperation is to develop bio-based and biodegradable solutions for more environmentally friendly food packaging.

Volvo Group and SSAB have signed a collaboration agreement on research, development, serial production and commercialization of the world’s first vehicles to be made of fossil-free steel. Volvo plans already this year to start the production of concept vehicles and components from steel made by SSAB using hydrogen.

First real-life operation of a stationary fuel cell by Bosch and Stadtwerke Bamberg Bosch and the Bamberg public utilities are for the first time using a stationary fuel cell to produce electricity and heat in a city district. The stationary fuel cell at the central bus station in Bamberg supplies more than 20 four-person households with climate-friendly electricity. The heat generated provides an adjacent bakery with heating and hot water. Bosch wants to invest a three-digit million euro amount in stationary fuel cells by the end of 2024.

 3D printing solutions provider Maker3D and biobased materials company Brightplus have co-developed a new ecological BrightBio ®  3D printing material. These new bio and side-stream based filaments  will be available in June 2021.

In collaboration with the four companies, a process has been developed to be the first in the world to produce compostable bioplastic from food and feed production by-products.  A biopolymer plant is being built in the new city to pilot the production of bioplastics on an industrial scale.

ZEISS and Williams Racing announced a partnership with ZEISS becoming an Official Supplier of the team ahead of the 2021 FIA Formula One World Champi onship.

The forest industry’s PulPaper rescheduled to March next year and Virtual pre-PulPaper will be organised this spring on 29 April 2021. The online event, free for visitors, interestingly opens up the themes of next year’s event and offers four keynote speeches.

Metso Outotec is adding two new products to its Nordtrack TM  mobile crushing and screening range. The Nordtrack S2.5 mobile screen is a small size, versatile scalping screen designed for small job sites and a variety of applications. With a compact and light-weight structure, a highly efficient two-deck screen, and a wide selection of different screening media, it is the perfect solution for construction contractors with frequent changes in site locations or simply as a rental unit.

Nestlé announced today that it will introduce bio-based lids and scoops made from sugar cane and its byproduct for a range of its nutrition products for infants and children.