FKuR, producer of high performance bioplastics, has launched two BIO-FLEX products that exclusively use GMO-free PLA. BIO-FLEX F6513 and BIO-FLEX F6611, both based on PURALACT\u00ae Lactides from Purac, are made from GMO-free feedstocks and can achieve temperature resistance up to 130\u00b0C. Combining technological performance with the GMO-free aspect results in a high quality PLA based product especially designed for those brand owners, retailers and consumers requiring a GMO-free product. The products are pleasant to the touch, have a pearlescent gloss and are biodegradable. BIO-FLEX F 6513 is ideally used for injection molding, whereas BIO-FLEX F 6611 has been developed for thermoforming.<\/p>\n
High heat capabilities with PURALACT Lactides from Purac<\/b>
Purac’s solutions for high performance PLA unlock bioplastic potential for high temperature applications, such as microwavable food packaging and hot beverage cups, and also for durable applications in a range of high end markets, such as automotive, carpet, clothing and consumer electronics and appliances. PURALACT\u00ae L & D based homopolymers – known as PLLA and PDLA – are the key to this improved heat performance and are commercially available from Purac.<\/p>\n
Sustainable, GMO-free feedstocks<\/b>
Purac is a member of Bonsucro and SEDEX, which forms a part of Purac’s sustainable sourcing initiative. Bonsucro is a global, multi-stakeholder, nonprofit initiative dedicated to reducing the environmental and social impacts of sugar cane production. Purac exclusively uses “GMO-free” feedstocks to produce its PLA monomers.<\/p>\n
Next generation biomass feedstocks<\/b>
Purac is actively involved in various fundamental research and development programs to develop cellulose-based, non-food raw materials into a sustainable feedstock for PLA. Purac is investigating some specific, currently available, by-product streams that can be used as PLA feedstock. Purac is committed to having a pilot facility using these alternative feedstocks in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FKuR, producer of high performance bioplastics, has launched two BIO-FLEX products that exclusively use GMO-free PLA. BIO-FLEX F6513 and BIO-FLEX F6611, both based on PURALACT®<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[],"supplier":[302,622],"class_list":["post-16366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","supplier-fkur-kunststoff-gmbh","supplier-purac-sa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16366\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16366"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=16366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}