{"id":2622,"date":"2022-04-14T14:18:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T12:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sc2leje1101.universe.wf\/natureplast-biopolynov-2017-retrospective\/"},"modified":"2025-03-25T09:10:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T08:10:33","slug":"natureplast-biopolynov-2017-retrospective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/natureplast.eu\/en\/natureplast-biopolynov-2017-retrospective\/","title":{"rendered":"NATUREPLAST \u2013 BIOPOLYNOV: 2017 RETROSPECTIVE"},"content":{"rendered":"

NaturePlast-Biopolynov went in 2017 through a major evolution of its activity on 3 main points:
\n\u2013 New investors integration
\n\u2013 1st industrial extruder line acquisition
\n\u2013 Expansion of the biocomposites derived from by-products range developed by the company<\/p>\n

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INTEGRATION OF THE COOPERATIVE AGRIAL IN OUR CAPITAL<\/h2>\n

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AGRIAL<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is a 14 000 members farmers agricultural cooperative which transforms and commercializes their productions in 4 activity fields: milk, fruits and vegetables, beverages and meats. Originally from Normandy, Agrial has grown steadily since its creation to become\u00a0one of the three French agricultural cooperative group<\/strong>\u00a0with a presence in Europe, Africa and the United States.<\/p>\n

So as to expand and to create activity synergies, Agrial has joined NaturePlast investors at the end of 2017. One of Agrial\u2019s main goal is to work with NaturePlast on its waste and by-products recovery leaning to the production of\u00a0new biobased and\/or biodegradable plastics materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As part of a local development promoting\u00a0circular economy<\/strong>, the goal is next to create products or packaging that can be integrating in several businesses of the group, from agricultural activities (mulching film, plant pots, plant clips, etc) to alimentary products commercialized (bags, trays, bottles, caps, etc).<\/p>\n

For 2 years,\u00a0NaturePlast<\/strong>\u00a0has worked in partnership with Agrial on the manufacture of biocomposites integrating bioplastics and by-product or waste from the group (cereals, fruits, vegetables, etc). This work is driven by the\u00a0COPROPLAST<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0project, funded by the Normandy region and FEDER funds in order to develop new bioplastics materials for Agrial\u2019s needs and on a broader level, the plastic industry.<\/p>\n

Agrial\u2019s force and the end of the R&D work on their by-products recovery will allow NaturePlast to lead, at short term, more ambitious industrial projects and to support the bioplastics market evolution and the regulation in Europe and France (ban of some plastic bags in 2017, ban of single use products like cotton buds or ban of disposable cutlery in 2020, etc).<\/p>\n

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1ST INDUSTRIAL EXTRUDER LINE ACQUISITION<\/h2>\n

The evolution of NaturePlast activity for more than 10 years, has been a chance to increase the bioplastics processing and characterization equipments in 2017. In addition to the twin-screw extruder used for the formulation development in Biopolynov R&D center,\u00a0NaturePlast has invested in its 1st twin-screw industrial extruder adapted to the needs of our activity and application markets<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The extruder line was designed to produce\u00a0bioplastics compounds<\/a>\u00a0derived from raw materials and additives (in the form of pellets, powder or liquid) but also\u00a0biocomposites<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0containing fibers or by-products<\/strong>\u00a0for which often more technicality is required for their processing. Dosage, granulation and drying systems and the possibility of screw profile adaptation were developed in collaboration with an expertise firm and equipments manufacturers.<\/p>\n

This first industrial line will be shortly duplicated by others equipments with a bigger production capacity in respond to the market yet to come.<\/p>\n

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BY-PRODUCTS RECOVERY IN THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY<\/h2>\n

Since 2015, NaturePlast produces and commercializes a\u00a0biocomposites<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0range\u00a0filled with by-products<\/strong>\u00a0(derived from cereals, shellfishes, shells, pits, etc) and\u00a0vegetal fibers<\/strong>\u00a0(hemp, flax, wood, etc).<\/p>\n

Most of these fillers are from the French territory, the goal being to incorporate by-products or local waste into different polymers in order to work to the promotion of\u00a0circular economy<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0by-products recovery<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

These sectors have been selected for their\u00a0industrial viability<\/strong>, in terms of volumes and quality (reproducibility of batches) and their environmental relevance. These by-products come mostly from the food industries, like shellfishes, algae, fruits and vegetables, etc and from the agricultural world like vegetal fibers (wood, flax, hemp, miscanthus, reed, bamboo) and derived from cereals (wheat, corn, etc).<\/p>\n

Innovative biocomposites resulting from this work have also an\u00a0environmental benefit<\/strong>\u00a0thanks to the waste and by-products recovery in new bioplastics materials. They can for example, be reused by the by-products supplier: generate waste could be useful to produce a product or a packaging usable by the company (ex: use of hemp\u2019s by-products to manufacture fence posts).<\/p>\n

Thanks to these biocomposites,\u00a0atypical design<\/strong>\u00a0can be made which wouldn\u2019t have been possible by simple coloration. This differentiation for industrials and consumers is immediate to the view of the develop product. This is not the case with most of the bioplastics raw materials which aspect is quite similar to the conventional polymers.
\nThe available products list is non-exhaustive, new by-products sectors can be identified and validated according to the need.<\/p>\n

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