Issue 04/2018

Report
“There’s nothing left to desire“ results Öko-Test
Besides Arboform und Arbofill, Arboblend is one of
Tecnaro’s basic formulas. And whether it concerns returnable
coffee-to-go beakers, organic freezer bags, coffee capsules,
cooking- or baby spoons, highest standards are valid for
food contact. Therefore, the German magazine Öko-Test
thoroughly tested the Ajaa Lunchbox made from Arboblend
and awarded it the overall rating “very high quality” and drew
a positive conclusion “there’s nothing left to desire“(6/2018
issue).
Tecnaro‘s biopolymers leave the factory in form of
granules. They are made from renewable raw materials and
are biodegradable or long term resistant. The materials can
be processed, for example, by injection molding, extrusion,
calendering, pressing, thermoforming and blow molding.
The trophies of Green Brands Germany, for example, are
made via 3D printing process. And by using an additive
manufacturing system Freeformer which is a revolutionary
manufacturing technology from Arburg, functionally
planetary gears (working similarly like a clockwork) are
made in a single work step, without further assembly.
Tecnaro also scores at another place on the playing
field: the ball Binabo from TicToys (Leipzig, Germany) has
accurately landed to the 2018 Football World Cup. Before
they start playing with the Binabo, children can assemble
it from pieces. However, from the Binabo parts, something
else may be assembled, too. This different football made
from Arboblend was designed based on an example from
Myanmar which is made from rattan fencing. And of course,
the new one is made from 100% renewable raw materials,
too.
Steadily in upward trend
With a team of more than 30 employees and thereof a lot of
highly qualified academics, the trend for Tecnaro is upwards.
Besides a high media attention, the number of prizes and
awards is increasing almost every year (see separate infobox).
Today, the level of being laughed at has overcome. Does
everything fit now? Shouldn’t the world embrace the German
pioneers for their rescue visions about plastic replacement?
And this in times in which the world’s oceans are in danger
of suffocating in plastic waste whirls. The reversal away from
fossil raw materials and oil to sustainable and renewable
resources was never before as topical as today.
Helmut Nägele, Managing director of Tecnaro, says: “like
the turn in energy politics, the raw material shift should be
propagated accordingly and repeated continually. It’s a fact
that the world’s resources of oil are finite. Already today, oilmultis
are buying forests on a large-scale in order to keep
at least their market power within global competition. “
Ajaa lunch-boxes
Binabo toy
Edding highlighters
Nighthawk Headphones
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