Novamont Bioplastics and bio-based products at K 2019

摘要

AMONG this year's innovations are new MATER-BI grades for fruit and vegetable bags with increased renewable material content and for compostable 5-layer barrier film.Novamont's new R&D and engineering achievements were showcased at K2019.A new grade of Mater-Bi with a renewable raw material content of over 50% is now available for fruit and vegetable bags,meeting both industrial and also domestic compostable characteristics required by Italian,French and Austrian market regulations.Thanks to a collaboration with Novamont's German partner Reifenhaeuser now lasting numerous years,during the fair visitors were taken to Reifenhaeuser's Troisdorf site,just a short drive from Dusseldorf,to directly see the extrusion tests on Mater-Bi fruit and vegetable bags.Customers will thus be able to see for themselves that the new Mater-Bi solution,with an increased percentage of renewable material content,can be used to produce film for high-quality bags with excellent mechanical strength and good transparency.Visitors could first-hand see the transparency and mechanical characteristics of biodegradable and compostable bags produced with 50% of renewable content.This is an absolute first for the compostable food packaging sector,making it possible to combine compostability and gas barrier properties.