BIO-BASED COMPOUNDS | MATERIALS
Safa BioWorks plans to expand downstream into PLA polymer manufacturing and to license its technology in other date palm-growing regions such as California, New Mexico, and Arizona in the US.
New grade for BOPLA The latest from US-based Natureworks, which produces Ingeo brand PLA polymers, is the Ingeo Extend 4950D grade for biaxially oriented PLA (BOPLA) film. The company said that BOPLA can be stretched up to seven times in the transverse direction on equipment originally designed for polymers such as PP. The resulting film would be useful for packag- ing applications that carry food residue and would be suitable for composting, such as condiment packets, snack and candy packaging, and lidding for coffee pods or creamer containers. The new material is designed for faster compostability than existing PLA grades, and is also produced more efficiently, which lowers its production cost. “Brand owners and film
producers are increasingly asking for lower cost biaxial films for compostable food packaging, and Ingeo Extend 4950D biaxial films are ideal to replace small- format food packaging made from persistent polymers such as polypro- pylene,” said Roger Tambay, Chief Growth Officer for NatureWorks. “These packages are difficult to recycle due to challenges in sortation, or the inaccessibil- ity of end-use markets for recyclates. Naturally,
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small-format packaging films are a better fit for composting, not recycling, and with this new platform and the Ingeo Extend 4950D grade, we can meet this demand beyond niche applications or a single product line, achieving production at a scale that makes replacing fossil- based persistent plastics with compostable bio- based materials more
feasible than ever.” US PLA and PHA produc-
er Danimer Scientific filed for bankruptcy in March, but in June was given new life through an acquisition by US-headquartered com- pounder Teknor Apex. The privately held Teknor Apex has a more than 100-year history of investing in sustainable materials, and its shareholders place a high priority on the vision of
being a sustainable com- pany, it said. The company’s venture-fund arm has been investing in sustainable- material start-ups in the past few years, and even before the Danimer acquisition viewed bioplastics as part of its long-term strategy. Now it expects bioplastics to be a big part of its growth over the coming decades. “The quality of the Danimer employees, the
Lower Color Consumption and Maintain Color Quality
• Detects minor color deviations (ΔE) in real time
• Automatically adjusts color to maintain color specs
• Reduces scrap and downtime • Eliminates line operator QC involvement
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