Issue 03/2016

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Dongguan Xinhai
Dongguan Xinhai Environment-Friendly Materials Co.,Ltd
have been engaged in production of raw materials and finished
products for flexible packaging, especially biodegradable/
compostable ones according to EN 13432 or ASTM D6400.
Their raw materials can be distinguished into the the following
two categories:
1. Cornstarch based resins to be blended with PE (in order to
enhance the biobased content, but NOT biodegradable)
2. Bioplastics, biodegradable/compostable according to
EN 13432/ASTM D6400 (certified by Vinçotte with the Ok
compost certificate No. S361).
Dongguan Xinhai’s raw materials offer good physical
properties and processability. For companies that consider
to start production of biodegradable and compostable films
and bags, according to Martin Ran of Dongguan Xinhai,
the company can offer the most economical and satisfying
solutions.
www.bioplasticxh.com
Hanfeng:
Suzhou Hanfeng New Material Co. Ltd. from Kunshan
devote themselves to research, manufacturing and supplying
of various biodegradable resins, mainly based on starch.
According to the ASTMD 6866 standard, their products
show a biobased content of more than 60 %. The materials
derived from natural resources are 100 % compostable
(EN 13432 certified). By using corn as their main raw
material, they guarantee the raw material is 100 % organic
with no contaminants. The materials can be used for food
applications. With a temperature range of -20 °C to 120 °C
they are even microwavable.
www.biohanfeng.com
Xinyuan packaging
Xinyuan packaging Co., Ltd, from Qufu, Shandong Province,
China, a company with more than 200 employees, produces
100% biodegradable raw materials and finished products. It
can be distinguished into four categories: film products, nonwoven
products, foaming products and moulding products.
Samyang
Samyang, headquartered in Soeul, Korea, is a chemical
company that among other things makes essential materials
for a broad range of industrial sectors, including electric and
electronic material, automobiles, textiles, environmental
engineering, foods and agriculture. Samyang’s chemical
operations are developing special purpose products and
alternative materials to ensure that life in the future to
be convenient and plentiful. Areas of endeavor include
engineering plastics, industrial fibers, PET bottles, PET bottle
recycling, ion exchange resins, TPA, and electronic materials.
At Chinaplas Samyang presented for example their biobased
isosorbide, which can be used to make Bio-Polycarbonate (by
combining isosorbide, diphenyl carbonate and comonomers)
or PEIT (Polyethylene isosorbide terephthalate, see picture)
and other products such as plasticizers or bio-polyester as
bio-powder-coatings.
www.samyang.com
The products can be degraded into water and CO 2
within
90 days in a compostable environment without any pollution.
The biodegradable products, which are certified to the various
worldwide standards including the American Standard ASTM
D6400, the European Standard EN13432, and the Australian
Standard AS4736, currently are all exported to Australia,
England, Italy, and America, etc. At present the company is one
of the leading enterprises in the field, as of a spokesperson.
One of the new products is – as they claim it - the world’s
first and only 100 % compostable non-woven bags, certified
as to ASTM D6400 (BPI), EN13432 (Vinçotte OK compost), and
the Australian Standard AS4736. The bags are made from PLA
non-woven fabric.
kevin@xinyuanpak.com
26 bioplastics MAGAZINE [03/16] Vol. 11