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

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Kunststoffe, biobasiert

Biokunststoffe

kunststoffe.de

Polyethylen

Polypropylen

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

Organic – both Inside and Outside

Products made from bio-based plastics must undergo the same testing procedures as conventional plastic products to access the market of the European Union (EU). Thereby a health risk for consumers is excluded. Biodegradable or compostable plastics must undergo additional tests.

Biodegradable plastics certified for industrial composting have to meet a fixed limit for heavy metals and other toxic and hazardous substances

16:9

Verbände, Institutionen, Messen

Dienstleistungen

Kunststoffhandel

Handel

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

Bioplastics Meet All EU Safety Standards

Bio-based plastics can lock away vast quantities of CO2 in durable, recyclable applications and make a real contribution to climate protection. All that is needed for this is the right product design and a functioning circular economy. By focusing more on this approach, the plastics sector has the chance to evolve into a key industry of a green economy.

Furniture and furnishings with a long service life are the ideal applications for bioplastics

20:7

How Bio-Based Polymers Can Help Sequester CO2 for the Long Term

Recycling

Umweltmanagement

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

Kunststofffasern

Verstärkungsstoffe

Kunststoff-Recycling

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Into the Future with Biopolymers

Different kinds of methods are available for the processing of bead foams. Common to all processes is the welding of the single expanded beads, which can be challenging. A research project shows that the process can also be carried out with blends of PLA and polyhydroxybutyrate-co-valerate PHBV.

Fig. 1. Sintering of the foamed beads takes place between the two melting points of the used polymer, which can be seen from the DSC curve (schematic diagram)

Blends of PLA and PHBV as Replacement for Expanded Polystyrene

Blend

Partikelschäumen

Schäumen / Reaktive Verarbeitung

Bio-Based Polymer Alternatives  for Bead Foams

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

A decade of successful collaboration between FKuR Kunststoff GmbH and India‘s SKYi Innovations LLP, acting as distributors of the FKuR bioplastics range, has laid the foundation for a promising presence in the Indian market.

Joint Venture SKYi FKuR Biopolymers started production of biodegradable, partially bio-based plastics (left to right): Amit Jagtap (Director SKYi FKuR Biopolymers Pvt Ltd.), Nikhil Kurankar (Head of Operations, SKYi FKuR Biopolymers Pvt Ltd.), Dr. Sachin Jain(Director at SKYi FKuR Biopolymers Pvt Ltd)

Unternehmen

FKuR and SKYi Establish Joint Venture in India

FKuR GmbH, Willich, Germany, has developed new Bio-Flex blends for the production of low gauge films which will biodegrade completely in garden compost at low, variable temperatures. 

Grocery bag made from the translucent Bio-Flex FX 1803 (© FKuR)  

Bio-Flex Home Compost Compounds 

For Home Compostable Films  and Packaging 

The right additive can enhance the processing and material properties of biodegradable polyesters. Blending a pair of additives into polyesters leads to much stronger effects.

The additive Vinnex 2525 increases the melt strength of PLA, helping to produce a robust blown film extrusion process and constant film thickness 

Additive Combination Improves Properties and Processability of Biodegradable Polymers

Additive

Teamwork for Better Performance

PEX Pipe Blue is the world’s first pipe portfolio made from PEX with renewable feedstock accredited by mass balance accounting under the International Sustainability & Carbon Certification Plus (ISCC PLUS) scheme.

The pipes are the world’s first variants to be made with ISCC Plus certified bio-based PE-X.

Kunststoff-Rohre

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Rohre, allgemein

Plastic Pipes with 90 Percent Smaller Carbon Footprint

Woodly’s heat-sealed bags serves for food-to-go products on long-distance trains.

“We are excited about the opportunity to offer a wood-based and sustainable packaging solution to VR and also to the travelling consumer at the restaurant car. The fact that Woodly is now a part of long-distance public transport is a great milestone for us,” comments Jaakko Kaminen, Woodly’s CEO. 

Carbon-Neutral and Wood-Based Plastic Material

At K 2022, it was clearly shown that with suitable materials not only can CO2 emissions be reduced, but also advantages in component design achieved.

The Japanese chemical company Asahi Kasei showed its concept vehicle at K 2022. The domed roof in particular could lead to a few changes in future automobiles.

With suitable materials CO2 emissions can be reduced and advantages in component design can be achieved.

Automotive Highlights of K 2022

Silikone

Elektromobilität

Mobilität

Streifinger, Florian

Polyamide

Polymethylmethacrylat

Polycarbonat

Suitable Materials for Smart  Vehicle Design

The market for products made of biologically degradable materials is still at the beginning of its development. Market mechanisms and basic legal conditions will solely determine whether this new group of materials is penetrating the market. 

Ecoefficiency: Plastics in Politics and Practice 

Products made from biodegradable materials (BMs) are slowly but surely gaining a foothold in the market. While packaging made from BMs can already be found on the shelves of major supermarket chains in England, the Netherlands, Italy and Switzerland, in Germany they are still awaiting the results of a pilot project on biodegradable packaging. These new polymers are also establishing themselves in other applications. 

Simulation Verpackung

Medizintechnik

Trends in Development and Markets of Biodegradable Materials: Back to Nature 

Polylactides (PLA) represent a new group of thermoplastics for packaging applications obtained from renewable resources. In extensive tests, the functional and thermoforming properties of PLA were compared with those of other polymers. 

Warmformen / Thermoformen

Compostable Material: Thermoformed Packaging Made of PLA 

For the first time natural thermosetting polymers can be made from gelatine-linseed oil blends. As composite materials with natural fibres they can compete in their mechanical characteristics with conventional thermosetting polymers and are problem-free biologically degradable. 

Biologically Degradable Plastics made of Gelatine and Natural Fibres: Natural Thermosets 

Stroller Portfolio Made with Bio-Based Materials

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

Specifically, the majority of the strollers’ plastic parts are made using DSM Engineering Materials’ Akulon 100% bio-based B-MB polyamide 6 (PA6), which in turn is made using bio-based feedstock from both Fibrant and Neste. DSM Engineering Materials uses a mass-balancing approach with renewable waste and residue raw material to enable a ~75% PA6 carbon footprint reduction compared to conventional PA6 and up to 24% of the entire stroller. 

Earlier in 2022, Bugaboo announced ambitious targets to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2035. As most of Bugaboo’s impact derives from its Scope 3 emissions, a transition toward lower fossil carbon materials is a key element of the company’s environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. This aligns closely with the ambitions of the other partners: DSM Engineering Materials’ ongoing ambition of a full alternative portfolio of bio-based and circular solutions, helping to defossilize the economy as part of its SimplyCircular initiative, Fibrant’s commitment to make the entire value chain more sustainable and Neste’s offering of Neste RE feedstock for polymers and chemicals.

While conventional Akulon PA6 is already an excellent-in-class for carbon footprint, according to the company, switching to Akulon 100% bio-based B-MB PA6 offers a significant carbon footprint reduction compared to conventional PA6 and helps to further de-fossilize the value chain. Used in the entire stroller line, the new material was developed by DSM Engineering Materials in collaboration with its partners Fibrant and Neste. Specifically, Neste provided renewable Neste RE, a feedstock for polymers made 100% from bio-based materials such as waste and residues, which was used to replace fossil feedstock in the value chain. DSM Engineering Materials, Fibrant, and Neste are all ISCC-Plus certified.

With identical mechanical performance and characteristics to conventional Akulon grades, this mass-balanced bio-based Akulon PA6 offers the quality and durability necessary to comply with Bugaboo’s strict safety standards, making it a drop-in substitution while enabling a CO2 reduction of up to 24% per stroller in line with the company’s ambitious ESG targets. Over the course of 2023, Bugaboo will transition its entire stroller portfolio to production with bio-based materials.

Neste Oyj  

https://www.neste.com

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.

2022-10-26 Neste

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