Issue 05/2023

Application News
PHA/PLA-blend for
premium skincare
products
RIMAN to blend CJ Biomaterials’ patented PHA
technology with PLA in packaging for premium skincare
INCELLDERM products
CJ Biomaterials (Woburn, MA, USA), a global leader in
the manufacture of PHAs, announced on August 23, 2023,
that it is working with RIMAN Korea to blend its patented
PHA technology with polylactic acid (PLA) to create
packaging for Riman’s premium line of INCELLDERM
products. The new packaging is more environmentally
friendly and helps reduce Riman’s usage of fossil-fuel
based packaging for its skin care products in line with
Riman’s sustainable packaging initiatives.
PHAs work well as modifiers to other polymers or
biopolymers and can be used to increase biobased
content, accelerate biodegradation and improve the
functional properties of resins and finished products.
The company produces its PHA under the brand name
PHACT , which stands for PHA + Action, demonstrating
CJ Biomaterials’ commitment to help preserve the planet.
The combined PLA-PHA material will be used to
package Incellderm Active Cream EX, Dermatology
First Package Booster EX and Vieton Oil Mist, all offered
through Riman Incellderm brand. These three products
alone account for more than 5.4 million unit-sales each
year, and the company plans to gradually expand use of
CJ Biomaterials’ PHA across more of its product line.
Riman and CJ Biomaterials also intend to broaden their
collaboration to develop 100 % PHA solutions for injection
moulding applications.
This is another in a series of collaborations CJ
Biomaterials has entered to develop products based on
its PHA technology. Over the past year, the company has
also announced agreements with NatureWorks, Dongil
Platech, Banila Co., CJ Olive Young, and others. AT/MT
www.cjbiomaterials.com
Compostable singleuse
packaging for
extra virgin olive oil
ADBioplastics (Valencia, Spain) and the oils and dressings
producer and marketer, Capricho Andaluz (Córdoba, Spain),
have developed a compostable single-use packaging for extra
virgin olive oil together.
The material used for this single-use packaging is “PLA-
Premium”, which has been developed by ADBioplastics.
It is an industrial compostable bioplastic and is able to be
disposed of in the organic bin (where permitted). These
single-use products will be marketed in the coming months,
initially under the Capricho Andaluz and Borges brands.
According to ADBioplastics, PLA-Premium improves
elongation at break by up to 70 % compared to conventional
virgin PLA, making it less brittle and more elastic. The
material has further improvements such as better toughness
and impact resistance, cycle times and density that are
comparable to PET, improved barrier properties (water
vapour and oxygen), and transparency levels similar to PET.
This important innovation adds to the already consolidated
sustainability strategy of the Borges group, which works
daily to reduce its environmental impact, through the
TecnoBi product line, which consists of grades specifically
designed for processing by cast extrusion and blow moulding
technologies. These grades are OK Compost certified by TÜV
Austria, which guarantees that, under industrial conditions,
the material reaches the disintegration stage within a
maximum of 3 months.
In addition, this material is suitable for food contact in
accordance with the applicable European legislation (FCM),
allowing its use in packaging applications for food, beverages,
cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and other products. AT
www.adbioplastics.com
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