Packaging
New Renewable Offering Enters Packaging Market
Friday 25. April 2008 - DuPont expanded its renewably sourced portfolio of offerings for the packaging market with the launch of new DuPont Biomax TPS thermoplastic starch and DuPont Biomax PTT (polytrimethylterephtalate) injection moldable resin. The launch took place at the global Interpack packaging trade fair in Dusseldorf, Germany.
“Expanding our portfolio of solutions in renewably sourced packaging is a key strategy for DuPonts Performance Materials segment,” said Diane Gulyas, group vice president, DuPont Performance Materials. “These new offerings demonstrate the power of marrying DuPonts core competency in materials and polymer science with our leadership in bio-based technologies and renewable feedstocks to deliver offerings that provide comparable or better performance than the petrochemical-based materials they replace. They support our commitment to helping customers improve the sustainability of their value chains.”
Biomax TPS is a renewably sourced thermoplastic starch for packaging applications. The offering consists of sheet stock that contains 85-90 percent renewably sourced content for thermoformed trays and articles and resins for injection-molded parts and containers. Biomax PTT contains up to 35 percent renewably sourced content for packaging applications. It is especially suitable for use in injection-molded containers, cosmetic packaging and other parts where polyesters are used.
The new Biomax products join other high-performance polymers made with renewable resources including DuPont Hytrel RS thermoplastic elastomers, DuPont Sorona EP thermoplastic resins, DuPont Selar VP breathable films and renewably sourced grades of DuPont Zytel long chain polyamides.