Neste, Bugaboo, DSM Engineering Materials, and Fibrant partner to enable the first stroller portfolio made with bio-based materials

The majority of the Bugaboo Donkey strollers’ plastic parts are made using DSM Engineering Materials’ Akulon 100% bio-based B-MB polyamide 6, which in turn is made using bio-based feedstock from both Fibrant and Neste.

Kunststoffe, biobasiert

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Biokunststoffe

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Stroller Portfolio Made with Bio-Based Materials

Bio-Fed’s booth will be dedicated to the topic of bioplastics in all their facets, and will be run jointly with Akro-Plastic, AF-Color and parent company K. D. Feddersen.

Bio-Fed‘s K trade fair presentation is dedicated to the topic of bioplastics in all its facets.

Messe K-Kunststoffmesse

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Compound

Thermoplaste

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Polyethylen

Polypropylen

Organic – both Inside and Outside

Dupont is adding new, more sustainable grades to the Hytrel TPC-ET product family. Hytrel Eco B is based proportionately on renewable raw materials.

16:9

Kautschuk / Elastomere

Thermoplastische Elastomere

TPC with up to 72 Percent Biomass Content

The K 2022 offered an immense range of innovations and application examples for – and with more – sustainable materials. Interestingly hereby was that bio-based versions were extremely popular.

Shoes made from waste gas: genetically modified bacteria produce ethanol from waste gas, which is then used to create plastic, e.g. for the Cloudprime shoes from On.

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Streifinger, Florian

Polylactid

Polyamide

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Is Bio the New Standard?

PLA’s elongation at break and impact strength stand in the way of its broader use. PLA copolymers look like a promising solution.

A view of the production of the PLA copolymer compounds: the proprietary process combines chemical synthesis of polymers and production of compounds in a single process.

Targeted Improvement in Elongation at Break and Impact Strength of PLA

Copolymer instead of  Plasticizer or Blend

The flame-retardant requirements of E&E devices cannot be met with biopolymers. Research shows that this could soon be possible with bio-based flame retardants.

The addition of wood particles improved the flame resistance of the Bio-PA test specimens.

Flammschutzmittel

Flame Retardants for Biopolymers

TeaseBluepha and TotalEnergies Corbion collaborate to advance sustainable biomaterials solutions in China.

Dr. Teng Li, President & Co-founder of Bluepha (left), and Thomas Philipon, CEO of TotalEnergies Corbion

Development of Biopolymer Solutions in China

Metabolix is launching its new line of amorphouspolyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) grades to be used as performance additives for PVC and PLA. Production of the new materials is underway at a U.S. pilot plant and will ramp up to 600,000 pounds annual nameplate capacity during 2016. 

Performance Additives for PVC and PLA 

Amorphous PHA 

BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, is expanding its range of high performance foam products with the innovative, certified compostable particle foam ecovio EA. The product is predominantly biobased and, like all of the grades under the ecovio brand, it supports the biological cycle through its certified compostability. 

ecovio EA 

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Compostable Particle Foam with High Bio-Based Content 

Orange peels and carbon dioxide – that is all it took for researchers from Bayreuth University to make their new bioplastic. In addition to being organic, PLimC is said to feature the same properties as conventional plastics in terms of performance and variety of applications. 

Bioplastic PLimC from Orange Peels and Carbon Dioxide 

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Technik Trend

Orange Shell, Green Core 

FKuR Kunststoff GmbH, Willich, Germany, has developed a new technology for the production of compounds which can be processed into flexible packaging films with particularly low thickness and, at the same time, high puncture resistance. Films made from Bio-Flex FX 1120 and Bio-Flex FX 1130 are suitable for food contact and compostable according to EN 13432. Depending upon the type, the proportion of renewable raw materials is more than 50%. The processing of both FX types of Bio-Flex corresponds largely to standard PE processing. 

For Thin and Puncture Resistant Compostable Film Bags  

Folien

Verpackungsmaterial

Bio-Flex FX Series 

Excellent performance properties combined with low environmental impact were the main requirements made on new polyamide 6.10 grades developed for usage in media resistant pipe system in the automotive industry. Current application examples are pneumatic brake lines for trucks and, developed by Fiat Chrysler Automobile, tank breather hoses for passenger vehicles. 

Air Brake Pipes and Tank Breather Hose Made of Bio-Based Polyamide 6.10  

Extrusion

Naturally Effective 

A 7-layer micro blown film line that can produce not only narrow-width polyethylene film but also barrier and high-barrier blown films will be presented by Polyrema GmbH & Co. KG, Troisdorf, Germany. This machine can also serve as a semi-laboratory and production machine for developing formulations and laminates. The advantage of the micro blown film line is that it supports simple upscaling to larger production lines, thereby saving on development costs. 

Polyrema 

Blasfolienextrusion

Seven Layers for both Laboratory and Production 

adidas has partnered with AMSilk for the first premium innovation footwear made using silk biopolymers. The adidas Futurecraft Biofabric prototype shoe features an upper made from 100% Biosteel fiber, a nature-based and completely biodegradable high-performance fiber, developed by the German biotech company AMSilk. 

First 100% Biodegradable Performance Shoe 

Futurecraft Biofabrics 

Tough, elastic and resilient: Its outstanding properties make spider silk equally interesting to biologists and product designers. A German company has been successful in producing this fiber artificially. The material is named “Biosteel”, and it is designed for applications in high-tech textiles, for example in the areas of sports, medicine and military.  

Bionic High-Performance Fiber Biosteel 

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Fasern

Nature as a Role Model: Artificial Spider Silk for Textiles 

CJ Biomaterials and Revelop Received Red Dot Design Award

CJ Biomaterials and Revelop have been recognized with the German 2023 Red Dot Design Award for its PHA Head-Up Toothbrush.

CJ Biomaterials, Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and a producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biopolymers, has been recognized with the prestigious German 2023 Red Dot Design Award for its PHA Head-Up Toothbrush, developed in collaboration with Revelop, an eco-friendly design specialist.

Made with a blend of industrially compostable polylactic acid (PLA) and PHA, rather than petroleum-based plastic, the toothbrush has an enhanced environmental profile and was selected as the winner in the “Sustainable” category within the Design Concept discipline in the awards program.

Derived from nature and produced sustainably, PHAs can be used as building blocks to replace and improve the functional characteristics of a broad range of polymers in the production of finished goods or as starting points for sustainable chemistry. PHAs work well as modifiers to other polymers or biopolymers and can be used to increase bio-based content, accelerate biodegradation and improve the functional properties of resins and finished products. As one of only a few companies that are capable of mass-producing PHA, CJ Biomaterials is committed to impactful action delivering eco-friendly solutions with its extensive PHA technology platform.

The PHA Head-Up Toothbrush features an 8° angled brush head, which allows the toothbrush to efficiently dry and remain hygienic and bacteria-free, even when resting on a surface—also eliminating the need for a separate toothbrush holder or sterilizer, further contributing to its sustainability features.

“We hope recognition in the Red Dot Design Award will help to promote the advantages of PHA and accelerate the commercialization of PHA-based products by demonstrating the versatility of its applications in various end products,” says Max Senechal, Chief Commercial Officer of CJ Biomaterials.

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Developed with a blend of industrially compostable PLA and PHA, the PHA Head-Up Toothbrush was selected as the winner in the sustainability category.

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