Issue 02/2019
Highlights: Thermoforming Building & Construction Basics: Biobased Packaging
Highlights:
Thermoforming
Building & Construction
Basics: Biobased Packaging
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Spectalite Group<br />
Spectalite, headquarted in Heidelberg, Germany with<br />
manufacturing units in Quzhou, Zhejiang, PR China,<br />
is a global supplier of natural fiber reinforced material<br />
compounds and sheets for applications in the automotive,<br />
personal care, houseware, toys, agriculture and gardening<br />
industry. Spectalite is manufacturing durable grades with<br />
traditional thermoplastics (Spectadur) as well as 100 %<br />
biodegradable and biobased materials (Spectabio). The<br />
material comes in compounds and sheets. All grades<br />
are reinforced with mechanically extracted, performance<br />
bamboo fibers, rice husk, wheat straw/husk or other<br />
natural fibers; they are available for injection, extrusion,<br />
thermoforming and press moulding.<br />
Spectalite and Evegreen, a bioplastics manufacturer<br />
out of Slovenia, jointly developed a series of 100 %<br />
biodegradable products to replace single-use items<br />
made out of non-biodegradable plastics in the gardening,<br />
agricultural and hydroponics aindustry. The use of<br />
Spectalite´s Spectabio material effectively reduces the<br />
constantly rising traditional plastics accumulation in the<br />
environment.<br />
Spectalite´s fiber reinforcements in their proprietary<br />
material formulations do not only improve the mechanical<br />
performance of the final part, they also help to adjust<br />
the speed of biodegradation to customer expectations.<br />
Finally, the reinforcements decrease the material cost<br />
significantly compared to similar materials that are<br />
made out of biopolymers only. Only when end-consumer<br />
products, like plant or hydroponic pots, come with a really<br />
attractive price, end customers will accept eco-friendly<br />
solutions on a mainstream scale.<br />
Sneak Peek at Concurrent Events<br />
The show will not only feature more than 3,500 exhibitors<br />
but also will organize a series of concurrent events to<br />
explore how upstream and downstream enterprises can<br />
work together to overcome business hardships, enabling<br />
the packaging industry to flourish.<br />
• With “consumption upgrade” and the rapid growth<br />
of the young population, consumers look for<br />
aesthetically pleasing, environmentally friendly<br />
and healthy products of better quality which can fit<br />
their needs. Experts from different fields, such as<br />
world-leading suppliers of green materials, major<br />
manufacturers of the flexible packaging industry and<br />
product brands will be invited to the forum “Innovative<br />
Development of Packaging Materials under the<br />
New Consumption Trend” to explore how innovative<br />
development of functional packaging materials can<br />
respond to the new consumption trend.<br />
• The “Plastics Recycling & Circular Economy<br />
Conference and Showcase” will be held in Guangzhou<br />
on May 20, <strong>2019</strong> (a day before the opening of<br />
CHINAPLAS) with the themes of “Material Science<br />
for Sustainability”, “Recycling Technology” and<br />
“Environmental Packaging”, focusing on issues which<br />
participants in the industry are concerned with.<br />
Visitors can enjoy admission discount through online<br />
pre-registration from now till May 13, <strong>2019</strong>, at an earlybird<br />
rate of USD 7.5 for a four-day pass. To pre-register,<br />
please visit www.ChinaplasOnline.com/prereg.<br />
www.ChinaplasOnline.com<br />
www.spectalite.eu | www.bioplasticpot.com 5.1C27<br />
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