New Biobased Products Association Formed

The

Biobased Manufacturers Association (BMA) was launched on June 12 in Phoenix, Arizona to assist in the marketing and promotion of a wide range of biobased products—everything from alternative fuels and solvents to construction composites, paints, and bioplastics. “We see our mission as selling biobased instead of petroleum or synthetics,” according to Peter Nelson, a Board Member of the BMA. A press release announcing the formation of BMA touts the benefits of such products to farming while promoting greater reliance on renewable resources and independence from petroleum. The organization hopes initially to attract 200 to 400 members out of an estimated 2,500 companies involved with biobased manufacturing. For further details, visit

www.biobased.org or contact Mark Drake of Gemtek at 800/331-7022.