{"id":3176,"date":"2025-11-26T17:37:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T17:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/?page_id=3176"},"modified":"2026-01-28T22:27:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T22:27:29","slug":"kaneka-americas-holding-inc-announces-the-creation-of-a-new-biopolymers-division-headquartered-in-houston-texas-to-start-selling-plant-based-degradable-plastic-compounds-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/press-releases\/kaneka-americas-holding-inc-announces-the-creation-of-a-new-biopolymers-division-headquartered-in-houston-texas-to-start-selling-plant-based-degradable-plastic-compounds-in-the-united-states\/","title":{"rendered":"New Biopolymers Division headquartered in Houston"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"learn-more\" class=\"wp-block-getwid-section alignfull getwid-section-content-custom-width\" style=\"margin-top:\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__wrapper getwid-padding-left-large getwid-padding-right-large getwid-padding-mobile-left-medium getwid-padding-mobile-right-medium\" style=\"padding-top:;padding-bottom:50px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-wrapper\" style=\"max-width:1130px\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background-holder\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__background\" style=\"background-image:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(255,255,255) 0%,rgba(247,251,254) 100%)\"><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__foreground\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__content\"><div class=\"wp-block-getwid-section__inner-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-row alignfull  root-eb-row-ujott\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-row-ujott \"><div class=\"eb-row-root-container eb-row-ujott\" data-id=\"eb-row-ujott\"><div class=\"eb-row-wrapper\"><div class=\"eb-row-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-column  root-eb-column-iyuud\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-column-iyuud \"><div class=\"eb-column-wrapper eb-column-iyuud\"><div class=\"eb-column-inner\">\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading kane-ace-mx has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#0066a6\">Kane Ace MX<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2\" style=\"color:#003cff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/kaneace-mx-product-guide\/\" title=\"\">Product Guide<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3\" style=\"color:#003cff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/kaneace-mx\/coatings\/\" title=\"Coatings\">Coatings<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4\" style=\"color:#003cff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/kaneace-mx\/adhesives\/\" title=\"Adhesives\">Adhesives<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\" style=\"color:#003cff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/kaneace-mx\/composites\/\" title=\"Composites\">Composites<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6\" style=\"color:#003cff\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kaneka.com\/kaneka-americas\/kaneace-mx\/comparison\/\" title=\"Comparison\">Comparison<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading kane-ace-mx has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-7\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color:#0066a6\">Contact Us<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8 wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"color:#393939\"><span style=\"color:#003cff;\">Request Info<\/span><br><br>Phone: 1-800-526-3223<br>Fax: 281-447-0757<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background contact-line is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#0065a5;color:#0065a5\"\/>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-column  root-eb-column-sn5vw\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-column-sn5vw \"><div class=\"eb-column-wrapper eb-column-sn5vw\"><div class=\"eb-column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-68756c34 product-guide\"><h2 class=\"uagb-heading-text\"><strong>Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc. announces the creation of a new Biopolymers Division headquartered in Houston, Texas to start selling plant-based degradable plastic compounds in the United States.<\/strong><\/h2><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by Christiane Waldron | Apr 23, 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc. is proud to announce the creation of the new Biopolymers division based in Houston. Kaneka\u2019s PHBH is a plant-based product that offers both flexibility and heat resistance. It is produced via a novel bio-fermentation process which uses renewable plant oils as feedstock. Our products are not only bio-based and bio-compostable in aerobic, anaerobic or marine environments, they are also strongly resistant to heat and can act as a barrier to water vapor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our grades are stable under everyday usage conditions. Given the right conditions, under either anaerobic, aerobic or marine conditions in the natural environment, the products will begin to biodegrade.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHBH has been granted Food Contact Approval by the FDA and is suitable for all food packaging products. PHBH can be formed into many products such as cups, cutlery, food trays, plates, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kaneka has been producing PHBH since 2011 and is currently expanding its facilities in Takasago, Japan. Kaneka hopes to find an alternative solution to the current single-use plastic products as the company recognizes the need to bring to market a plant-based product that will help reduce the Ocean and Landfill pollution. Currently, it is estimated that about 8 Million tons of plastic end up in the Ocean every year which has created a massive environmental issue in the world\u2019s Oceans*&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For further information about Kaneka\u2019s PHBH, please contact<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Christiane Waldron<br>Director of Business Development<br>Kaneka Americas Holding, Inc.<br>Biopolymers Division<br><a href=\"mailto:Christiane.waldron@kaneka.com\">Christiane.waldron@kaneka.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Reference Source<\/em><\/strong><br>*<a href=\"https:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2015\/02\/150212-ocean-debris-plastic-garbage-patches-science\/\">https:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2015\/02\/150212-ocean-debris-plastic-garbage-patches-science\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1780,"menu_order":38,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3176","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - 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