I like to keep up with the nanocellulose scene so I’m featuring this item even though it’s a bit late and a bit thin. From the March 29, 2012 news item on Nanowerk,

CelluForce, the world leader in the commercial development of NanoCrystaline Cellulose (NCC), announced that it will participate in the Bioplastek Forum 2012 being held March 28-30, 2012 at the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia.

Dr. Wadood Hamad, Principal Scientist and expert in NCC, will present product development opportunities with NCC on March 29, 2012. The Forum will address the opportunity bioplastics represent in sustainability and environmental leadership for the chemical and materials industries, as well as the issues confronting the bioplastics value chain.

More specifically, Dr. Hamad’s session was titled, Advances in ‘New-to-the-World’ Bioplastics for Durables and concerns itself with making nanocellulose products economically attractive. From the 2012 BioPlatek Forum program page, here’s the session overview,

Most of the “new-to-the-world” bioplastics are more costly and have property shortcomings versus the petro-derived plastics they are attempting to replace. This session will examine what economically attractive modifications have been achieved for durable product applications.

You can find out more about CelluForce here.