Additives & Blends Take PLA Upscale

摘要

The second coference on biopolymers hosted by NatureWorks LLC, Minnetonka, Minn. (natureworfcsffc.com), this April in Dallas, testified to the burgeoning interest in this new field of plastics. Attendance was up more than 50% from the first conference in 2008, Over 350 attended from 30 countries, plus 35 co-exhibitors, twice as many as before. Among the highlights were sessions on new product developments based on the company's Ingeo polylactic acid (PLA), as well as on additives and blending approaches to tailoring and enhancing PLA processing and performance, elevating it from mainly disposable uses into the semi-durable realm.