Asia ? The Future Bioplastic Giant

Introduction: This whitepaper provides an overview of Asia?s developing bioplastic market, the necessity for the same, its overall impact on Asia?s packaging market and the sourcing opportunities it opens in the future with Thailand expected to become the central hub. Main: Major markets in Asia like Thailand, Japan, China and India are currently adding bioplastic production capacities supporting Asia?s target to become the largest bioplastic market by 2016. Thailand, which is set to become the bioplastic hub, could function as one of the sourcing centers for bioplastic resins and products alike. Asia?s growing packaging market is also set to benefit from the rapidly developing bioplastic industry.