Weekly Innovation News Round-up, May 6

Plastics development is a recurring theme in this week’s round up: Total Petrochemicals plans to modify one of the two polystyrene (PS) lines it acquired from Polimeri Europa at Feluy, Belgium, last year to produce a new generation expandable polystyrene (EPS). Total says its research teams have developed technology to produce the new polymer, which has improved technical and insulating properties compared with conventional EPS.   BioAmber (Minneapolis), a maker of biobased succinic and adipic acid, has completed a Series B funding round, raising $45...

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