A trade show highlight of masterbatch manufacturer Lifocolor will be its biodegradable plant-based color concentrates. These are claimed to enable a closed-loop system for biodegradable plastics.

When it comes to long-term closed-loop recycling, it is not only the plastics that matter, but also the colorants employed. Lifocolor has developed masterbatches specifically for coloring recycled materials.

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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

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

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.

Compound

Thermoplaste

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.

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.

Silikone

Streifinger, Florian

Polylactid

Polyamide

Effektpigmente

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Andere Werkstoffe

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

Silikonkautschuk

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.

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Flame Retardants for Biopolymers

Terralene PP 2509 is a new polypropylene compound from FKuR Kunststoff GmbH, Willich, Germany, partially based on renewable resources and optimized for injection molding applications. 

Terralene PP 2509 

Partially Bio-Based PP Compound for Injection Molding 

Avery Dennison introduces the first self-adhesive PE filmic labels with a face stock that includes more than 80 % renewable content and offer brand owners the opportunity to meet their target on renewable resources in packaging, while continuing to benefit from the functionality and performance of a regular polyethylene label. 

For Label Applications 

Simulation Verpackung

Bio-Based Polyethylene Films 

Scanfill AB, a subsidiary of Scandinavia’s biggest plastic material compounder Polykemi AB, launches the environmentally friendly Scanfill Bio materials which are 50 % mineral-reinforced with the polymer part originating from renewable resources. 

Scanfill Bio Materials 

Verpackungsmaterial

Environmentally Friendly Packaging Material 

Jelu-Werk J. Ehrler GmbH & Co. KG, Rosenberg, Germany, offers the toy industry a material that combines the advantages of wood and plastic. Like plastic, Jeluplast can be molded three-dimensionally and offers wide scope for design, yet it also possesses the positive attributes of wood. The bioplastic thus attains greater strength and rigidity than plastic, which increases toy safety. In its warmth, feel and smell, the new material closely resembles wood. 

Bioplastic for the Toy Industry 

Jeluplast 

In general, the low melt stability and lack of strain hardening of commercial polylactide (PLA) biopolymer render it unsuitable for making foams which, if they can be produced at all, are at best of low quality. However, even polylactide can be foamed if it is chemically modified in the right way. 

Expandable Polylactides Produced by Reactive Extrusion 

Schaumstoffe und Vorprodukte

Extrusion

Schäumen / Reaktive Verarbeitung

Airy Standard Material 

Bioplastics are comparable to conventional materials, not only in terms of their mechanical properties. By adding simple mineral additives the fire protection of these materials is improved substantially. Different flame retardants were tested for a sandwich board from bio-based polyurethane with linen cover layers, and their performance has been proven. 

Fire-Protected Sandwich Panels Made from Natural Fiber-Reinforced Bio-Based Polyurethane 

Polyurethan

Flachfolien- und Plattenextrusion

Platten

Fasern

Good Fire Protection with Simple  Flame Retardants 

Royal DSM is extending its range of high temperature resistant bio-based polymers with the introduction of a new family of high performance polyamide 4T materials, partially produced from renewable resources, called ForTii Eco. These new materials fit with the growing need of faster, thinner and more sustainable devices in the electronics industry. 

High Temperature-Resistant and Bio-Based  

Elektronik

HV-Anwendungen / Hybridisierung / Elektrifizierung

High-Performance Polyamide ForTii Eco 

Particle foams based on renewable cellulose derivatives could be an alternative to oil-based expanded polystyrene. In the context of a development project, researchers demonstrated that cellulose-based particle foams can be produced with varying densities using conventional processing equipment. In addition, these materials do not require halogen-containing flame retardants. 

Particle Foams Made from Cellulose Esters for Large-Scale Production 

Baumaterial

Celluloseester, -ether

Polystyrol

Turning Trees into Foam 

Development of Biopolymer Solutions in China

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

Bluepha Co. Ltd, a synthetic biology company in China, and TotalEnergies Corbion, a global company in PLA technology, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to accelerate the market adoption of PLA/PHA-based solutions in China.

 The collaboration aims to bring together the expertise and resources of both companies to further advance the development of high-performance biopolymer solutions, combining Bluepha Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) with Luminy Polylactic Acid (PLA) technology.

“We are very excited about this collaboration with TotalEnergies Corbion,” said Dr. Teng Li, President & Co-founder of Bluepha. He continued: “TotalEnergies Corbion is a trustworthy partner and Bluepha PHA mixed with Luminy PLA would be as a Chinese saying ‘Adding wings to the tiger’. Together, the two companies can give more opportunities to our downstream partners and contribute to a more sustainable future.”

“By combining the complementary properties of these materials, we will significantly expand the application possibilities for brand owners seeking fully biobased material solutions,” said Thomas Philipon, CEO of TotalEnergies Corbion.

Under the terms of the MOU, Bluepha and TotalEnergies Corbion will jointly promote PLA and PHA market applications in China. Before the MOU signing ceremony, Thomas Philipon took a tour of the Bluepha PHA Biorefinery, which completed construction in October 2022 in Yancheng and recently began production of the Bluepha PHA product.

Bluepha PHA is a type of biobased and biodegradable polymer made from annually renewable resources, offering a reduced carbon footprint versus conventional plastics.

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

Dr. Teng Li (left) introduced Phase I of Biorefinery and future expansion plans to Thomas Philipon.

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Bluepha is a company dedicated to molecular and material innovation based on synthetic biotechnology founded in 2016. The company built its own specialized biology automation platforms to engineer microorganisms as a new way to design and manufacture molecules and materials that can provide better solutions to global sustainability and carbon neutrality.

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