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News<br />
Awards for High-Performance<br />
Bioplastics and Biocomposites<br />
In August of this year, Solegear Bioplastics, Vancouver,<br />
Canada, was chosen by Frost & Sullivan as the recipient<br />
of the <strong>2010</strong> North American New Product Innovation<br />
Award in the field of Bioplastics. This award recognizes the<br />
talents of Solegear’s R&D team, as well as the Company’s<br />
R&D partners: the University of British Columbia and the<br />
National Research Council of Canada.<br />
More recently, Solegear was proud to be awarded the<br />
BC Hydro Sustainability Prize for new companies, the BC<br />
Innovation Council’s Economic Impact Prize and the 2nd<br />
place winner in one of North America’s largest new venture<br />
competitions: The New Ventures BC Competition. Just a<br />
few days before printing this issue of bioplastics MAGAZINE,<br />
it was announced that Solegear has again been recognized<br />
for its innovative leadership with the <strong>2010</strong> CYBF (Canadian<br />
Youth Business Foundation) Best Green Business award.<br />
Founded in 20<strong>06</strong> the company has developed and is<br />
commercializing a suite of high-performance bioplastics<br />
and biocomposites intended for long-life and durable<br />
injection moulding applications. Having launched Polysole ®<br />
and Traverse ® resins in the summer of <strong>2010</strong>, the Company<br />
is now engaged in supplying these materials to customers<br />
across a variety of industries, including toys, health and<br />
wellness, construction, and automotive.<br />
Polysole is a 100% natural, non-toxic, biodegradable<br />
plastic, based off of the PLA platform. With properties<br />
of relatively low molecular weight, high impact strength<br />
and excellent elongation, this award-winning material<br />
is biodegradable at the end of its useful life. Polysole is<br />
a uniquely safer, more efficient and more sustainable<br />
high-performance bioplastic than petroleum-based<br />
incumbents.<br />
Traverse is a highly customizable natural fiber reenforced<br />
biocomposite. It can blend up to 60% natural fiber<br />
content with recycled or prime petroleum-based plastics.<br />
The fibers come from waste streams of traditional forestry<br />
and agricultural processes and include wood fiber, rice<br />
husk fiber, flax fiber and hemp fiber. Combining traditional<br />
performance with renewable technology, Traverse is a<br />
cost-effective, customizable and renewable biocomposite<br />
solution.<br />
The Company has developed unique formulations for<br />
these materials, based on Green Chemistry Principles.<br />
Polysole and Traverse are produced by Solegear using a<br />
proprietary production method that produces a pellet with<br />
unprecedented batch-to-batch quality and consistency. MT<br />
Pictures: Gala, nova-Institut<br />
Contact<br />
Lena Scholz:<br />
Programme, Innovation award,<br />
Press, Sponsor<br />
Phone: +49 (0) 22 33 4814–48<br />
lena.scholz@nova-institut.de<br />
www.biowerkstoff-kongress.de<br />
4 th International Congress on Bio-based<br />
Plastics and Composites & Industrial Biotechnology<br />
4. Biowerkstoff-Kongress 2011<br />
March 15 th – 16 th 2011, Maternushaus, Cologne, Germany<br />
Book now: www.biowerkstoff-kongress.de<br />
The conference will present the newest developments, investments and product placements<br />
from the leading countries in the European Union: France, Benelux and Germany,<br />
rounded off by highlights from Asia and America.<br />
Following speakers have already confirmed:<br />
Francesca Aulenta (BASF) n Wolfgang Baltus (National Innovation Agency, Thailand)<br />
n Marcel van Berkel (DSM) n Harald Häger (Evonik) n Christophe Luguel (IAR) n Hans<br />
van der Pol (Purac) n Jan Ravenstijn (TU Eindhoven, NL)<br />
The entire value chain of bio-based plastics and composites will be presented, from<br />
Industrial Biotechnology to recent market successes.<br />
All presentations are translated simultaneously into the English or German.<br />
For the fourth year running an Innovation Award will be awarded to the young, innovative<br />
bio-based industry. The competition seeks to encourage the development of<br />
new bio-based materials, along with suitable applications and markets for bio-based<br />
products.<br />
Dominik Vogt:<br />
Exhibition, Partner, Media partner<br />
Phone: +49 (0) 22 33 4814–49<br />
Fax: +49 (0) 22 33 4814– 50<br />
dominik.vogt@nova-institut.de<br />
www.solegear.ca<br />
Sponsor Innovation prize<br />
Sponsor<br />
Organiser<br />
market leader for twin screw<br />
extrusion systems<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [<strong>06</strong>/10] Vol. 5 <br />
nova-Institut GmbH | Chemiepark Knapsack | Industriestrasse 300 | D-50354 Huerth
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