{"id":136627,"date":"2024-01-05T07:28:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T06:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=136627"},"modified":"2023-12-21T14:47:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T13:47:32","slug":"sulzer-launches-sulac-a-new-technology-for-lactide-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/sulzer-launches-sulac-a-new-technology-for-lactide-production\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulzer launches SULAC\u2122 \u2013 a new technology for lactide production\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"551\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2023\/12\/pla_plastic_3x2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136666\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5009074410163339;width:669px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2023\/12\/pla_plastic_3x2-1.jpg 827w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2023\/12\/pla_plastic_3x2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2023\/12\/pla_plastic_3x2-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2023\/12\/pla_plastic_3x2-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/media\/2023\/12\/pla_plastic_3x2-1-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>The licensed technology completes Sulzer\u2019s portfolio of licensed technologies for the manufacture of polylactic acid (PLA), an eco-friendly bioplastic. SULAC\u2122 supports the conversion of lactic acid into lactide, which is both needed to produce PLA and limited by current availability.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sulzer Chemtech developed SULAC\u2122 to meet market demand for the lactide biopolymer and ultimately facilitate the broad adoption of more circular and sustainable high-quality plastics. The licensed technology enables PLA producers to seamlessly integrate new lactic acid to lactide capabilities. It also facilitates delivery of a wide range of high-quality, competitive biopolymer grades, while improving operational efficiencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a leader in the global bioplastics market, Sulzer offers a broad technology portfolio and has equipment installed at nearly every existing PLA facility worldwide. Together with SULAC\u2122, its PLA production technology includes solutions for polymerization as well as lactic acid to lactide conversion and lactide and PLA purification, providing a comprehensive PLA service offering and all the benefits of a single provider.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Sulzer Chemtech Division President Uwe Boltersdorf<\/strong> comments: \u201cWe are delighted to strengthen our position in the PLA value chain for our customers, as we continue to support circular manufacturing practices and the use of sustainable materials.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The licensed technology completes Sulzer\u2019s portfolio of licensed technologies for the manufacture of polylactic acid (PLA), an eco-friendly bioplastic. SULAC\u2122 supports the conversion of lactic acid into lactide, which is both needed to produce PLA and limited by current availability.&nbsp; Sulzer Chemtech developed SULAC\u2122 to meet market demand for the lactide biopolymer and ultimately facilitate [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Sulzer enhances its leadership in biopolymers and circularity with its new process solution \u2013 SULAC\u2122 ","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[5838,5847,6026,15752],"supplier":[2138],"class_list":["post-136627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioeconomy","tag-bioplastics","tag-biopolymers","tag-polylactide","supplier-sulzer-chemtech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136627\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136627"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=136627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}