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said to be easily scalable. “We can transfer the manufacture of thermoplas-
tic starch granulates to Grupa Azoty Compounding, where the production volume can be increased eight-fold,” said Grzegorz Kądzielawski, vice president at Grupa Azoty.
European PLA boost Total Corbion PLA has entered the engineering stage of building a 100,000 tonnes/year polylactic acid (PLA) plant in France. The company, a 50/50 joint venture between
Total and Corbion, says the plant in Grandpuits will be “the first of its kind in Europe” when it comes onstream in 2024. It says the plant would make it the global market leader in PLA, with its Luminay resins. The resins are bio-based and made from
The Bio-Flex family comprises fully biodegrad- able and compostable (according to EN 13432) grades. They are based entirely or partly on natural raw materials and are suitable for production of flexible films, as well as thermoformed and injec- tion moulded parts. SKYi Innovations has distributed FKuR products in India for around 10 years. The company is well established in the Indian compounding industry and claims to operate the country’s largest LFT production facility.
Polish production Poland’s Grupa Azoty has launched a 300 tonnes/ year pilot line for production of thermoplastic starch at its R&D centre at Tarnów. It is the com- pany’s first biodegradable product, and the move is said to be a response to the impending EU ban on non-biodegradable plastics for single use applications. “Production of biodegradable plastics, which can be decomposed in a completely natural and environmentally neutral process, is part of the European Green Deal and in line with our objec- tives,” said Tomasz Hinc, president of Grupa Azoty. “The lack of manufacturers of thermoplastic starch on the Polish market and in Central and Eastern Europe makes us a pioneer of TPS production. It is a niche that needs to be filled.” Grupa Azoty said it began working on its TPS
production technology in 2019 and filed a Euro- pean patent application this year. The process is
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renewable resources, offering a reduced carbon footprint versus many traditional plastics, says the company. It has awarded the front-end engineering design contract to NextChem, a subsidiary of Maire Tecnimont “This reinforces our commitment to the global bioplastic market as the first company to launch a commercial scale lactic acid to PLA capability in Europe,” said Thomas Philipon, CEO of Total Corbion PLA.
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Left: SKYi FKuR Biopolymers is a joint venture producing biodegradable, partially bio-based
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