New specialty biodegradable plastic

BASF is now offeringa new biodegradable plastic, which has been optimized for two specific applications: for coating paper and for manufacturing socalled shrink films, which serve to easily wrap packaged goods. For this reason, the first two new plastic types are called Ecovio FS Paper and Ecovio FS Shrink Film. The new plastic has been presented to a technical audience for the first time at this year抯 conference of the European Bioplastics Association beginning of November. Sample material is already available. Initial production tests at customers? facilities have been successful. Introduction into the market at large is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010. Ecovio FS consists of the likewise new, now bio-based Ecoflex FS, biodegradable polyester made by BASF, and of PLA (polylactic acid), which is extracted from cornstarch. "The use of the new Ecoflex FS raises the proportion of bio-based material in Ecovio FS Shrink Film to 66% and that of Ecovio FS Paper to a full 75%," explains J黵gen Keck, who heads BASF抯 global business with biodegradable plastics. BASF East Asia T: +852 2731 0111 F: +852 2731-5634 Web: www.asiapacific.basf.com

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