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News<br />
Clearly much tougher<br />
Sukano announces unique impact modifier for<br />
transparent PLA applications<br />
Highly transparent polylactide (PLA) packaging with significantly<br />
enhanced impact resistance is now a reality, thanks to SUKANO®<br />
PLA im S550. The special feature of this revolutionary impact modifier,<br />
which has been optimised for use with FDA-approved food<br />
contact biodegradable PLA, is that it does not impair the transparency<br />
or the heat stability of the PLA. At a concentration of just<br />
4% impact resistance is improved by a factor of 10, so preventing<br />
cracks and splinters in PLA sheet and film during cutting or<br />
stamping. In comparison with competitive products SUKANO®<br />
PLA im S550, in addition to its compostability and excellent transparency,<br />
is highly cost-effective. In comparison with other products<br />
in the market this unique impact modifier is compostable and is<br />
above all highly transparent. PLA processors can use the impact<br />
modifier in combination with other Sukano PLA masterbatches,<br />
such as the PLA dc S511 slip/antiblock concentrate or white and<br />
black colour masterbatches, to produce a tailor-made blend with<br />
no loss of performance.<br />
www.sukano.com<br />
Impect strength of PLA film<br />
Impact strength of PLA film<br />
China‘s Livan to<br />
build plants in<br />
Hungary for<br />
20 million EUR<br />
Chinese packaging firm Livan Biodegradable<br />
Product Co. Ltd. will set up two plants<br />
in Hungary at a combined cost of HUF 5 billion<br />
(EUR 19.6 million) , the Hungarian Ministry<br />
of Economic Affairs has said.<br />
Livan will build plants in Alsózsolca and<br />
Edelény (eastern Hungary) in scope of a<br />
green-field investment. The deal is the first<br />
Chinese investment of this kind in Hungary.<br />
The plants, which will create 800 jobs,<br />
are to be built by 2009. Initially, it is planned<br />
to produce 50,000 metric tonnes a year of<br />
environmentally friendly packaging material<br />
and double that amount by a later date<br />
when Livan adds new capacities to the facility.<br />
The company will use corn to make<br />
packaging boxes for the food industry.<br />
1.4<br />
1.2<br />
Impact Strength ISO 6603/2 @ RT<br />
PLA film 500 µm with<br />
2% SUKANO ® PLA dc S511<br />
1.0<br />
Total Energy (J)<br />
0.8<br />
0.6<br />
0.4<br />
0.2<br />
0.0<br />
0% 4% 8%<br />
% S UKANO®<br />
PLA im S550<br />
bioplastics MAGAZINE [03/07] Vol. 2
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