Ready for the green decade: 6th European Bioplastics Conference

12 September 2011

Worldwide bioplastics industry meets on 22/23 November 2011 in Berlin

Berlin, 08 September 2011. Ford, Danone, Sennheiser, Nokia, Toyota, Coca-Cola and
many more: ever since major brands and companies integrate bioplastic materials into
their products the bioplastic market has shown a new dynamic. On 22 and 23 November,
European Bioplastics unites the global bioplastics industry to showcase and assess the
latest trends and products as well as the development of the European market. The 6th
European Bioplastics Conference will take place at the Maritim proArte Hotel in Berlin.
How will the bioplastics industry continue to drive the evolution of plastics? What exciting new
developments will enter and influence the market? The 6th European Bioplastics Conference
will update all interested stakeholders on these questions. Once more the hosting association
European Bioplastics relies on the proven combination of an expert conference and an adjoint
product exhibition.

One of the keynotes this year will be held by Maurits van Tol, Vice-President Bio-based Chemicals
and Polymers at DSM, who focusses on the opportunities of biobased polymers worldwide.
Amongst others Dow (USA), Rhein Chemie (Germany) and Avantium (Netherlands) will
talk about investments, research projects and new developed materials.

Another highlight of this year's conference is the Annual Global Bioplastics Award which will
be presented by the Bioplastics Magazine. Applicants are invited to nominate their products,
services or developments. More details and the entry form can be downloaded from www.
bioplasticsmagazine.de/award.

"We are confident to satisfy every participants' demand for exchanging and gaining information
at the 6th European Bioplastics Conference. There will be ample opportunities to initiate
cooperations and to network", says Andy Sweetman, Chairman of European Bioplastics.
"We aim to set a new attendance record with 400+ participants in 2011", adds Hasso von
Pogrell, Managing Director of European Bioplastics. Until 29 September 2011 participants
still have the opportunity to book rooms at a special rate at the Maritime proArte. Booking is
possible directly via e-mail to the hotel or via the European Bioplastics Conference website
under: http://en.european-bioplastics.org/conference2011/home/venue.

More information about the event as well as the registration process is available at the conference
website: http://www.conference.european-bioplastics.org.

European Bioplastics is the European association representing the interests of the industry along the complete bioplastics' value
chain. Its members produce, refine and distribute bioplastics - plastics that are either biobased, biodegradable, or both.

Press contact:
European Bioplastics, Kristy-Barbara Lange, Head of Communications, Marienstrasse 19/20, 10117 Berlin
Phone +49 30 28482 356, press@european-bioplastics.org, www.european-bioplastics.org