
In Italy the chemical industry started to develop in the late nineteenth century and focussed on two key areas: petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals...

The bio-plastic industry is by now well established on the Italian industrial scene: nearly 50 companies with a total turnover of 370 million euros, in 16 regions...
Rather than in the past, the history of bio-plastics is set in the future: the industry’s room for development is huge and still fairly unexplored...
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