MOSCOW (MRC) -- Cereplast introduced Biopropylene (R) 109D and reported the commercialization of Cereplast Algae Bioplastics, reported Plastemart.
Cereplast identified a post-industrial algae source that does not rely on the commercialization of biofuel production, allowing the company to commercialize Cereplast Algae Bioplastics sooner than anticipated. Additionally, the Cereplast Research and Development team has discovered a post-industrial process that significantly reduces the odor that is typically inherent to algae biomatter.
Biopropylene 109D is an injection molding grade manufactured with 20% post-industrial algae biomatter. The algae biomass used by Cereplast are byproducts from algae biofuels and nutritionals, resulting from industrial processing to extract specialty chemicals. Biopropylene 109D can be processed on existing conventional electric and hydraulic reciprocating screw injection molding machines, and is recommended for thin wall injection molding applications.
We remind that, as MRC informed earlier, in the first half on 2012, Cereplast presented a new Cereplast Hybrid Resins grade - Hybrid 106D - a high starch, high melt flow polypropylene (PP) starch compound. Hybrid 106D is a proprietary formulation of high quality PP and starch blend that offers a unique combination of mechanical properties, ease of processing, and a highly aesthetic surface.
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