{"id":164668,"date":"2025-06-26T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T05:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=164668"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T09:02:16","slug":"sulzer-inaugurates-state-of-the-art-biopolymer-engineering-and-scale-up-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/sulzer-inaugurates-state-of-the-art-biopolymer-engineering-and-scale-up-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Sulzer inaugurates state-of-the-art biopolymer engineering and scale-up center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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Picture from left: The inauguration ceremony on the evening of June 11th with Tim Schulten, Division President Sulzer Chemtech; Suzanne Thoma, Executive Chairwoman of Sulzer; Carmen Walker Sp\u00e4h, Director of Economic Affairs for the Canton of Zurich; and Michael K\u00fcnzle, Mayor of Winterthur \u00a9 Sulzer<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Sulzer opened today its fourth location in Switzerland. The Innovation Technology Hub (InTecH) in Winterthur T\u00f6ss will further enhance Sulzer\u2019s research and development capabilities in advanced polymer processing and recycling. With 3\u2019150 m2<\/sup> of laboratory and research space, this strategic investment is part of the company\u2019s ongoing commitment to sustainable innovation.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the growing global population consuming more products and services, the amount of plastic used for packaging, electronics or construction has steadily increased. Traditionally, these plastics are made from fossil sources. Biopolymers such as PLA (Polylactic Acid) and PCL (Polycaprolactone) can be produced from renewable sources, are designed for biodegradability and have a much lower carbon footprint. They contribute to solving two major environmental challenges: carbon emissions and plastic waste.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leading biopolymer technology<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sulzer is the leading technology and critical equipment supplier for the production of PLA, the most important bioplastic used today. The company\u2019s leading technology is used at most PLA plants, playing a key role in projects such as India\u2019s first sugarcane-to-bioplastic facility, large-scale PLA production in China and the world\u2019s largest PLA production facility, currently under construction in the United Arab Emirates. With the new facility in Switzerland, Sulzer continues to invest in the growing biopolymer market.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Suzanne Thoma, Executive Chairwoman of Sulzer,<\/strong> said: \u201cAfter the opening of our innovation technology hub in Singapore in March last year, the new site in Switzerland will further accelerate the development and deployment of new biopolymers. It demonstrates our ongoing commitment to overcoming our customers\u2019 challenges and fulfilling our mission of serving essential industries and contributing to a prosperous economy and sustainable society.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Pilot plants, laboratory, testing units<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Together with Sulzer experts, customers will finetune their product offerings for the needs of targeted end-markets. InTecH is equipped with film, molding, foam and extrusion lines, enabling biopolymers to be shaped with precision to meet specific customer requirements such as durability, flexibility and biodegradability. Thanks to the equipment provided, prototype production is possible on a scale ranging from kilograms to a few tons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tim Schulten, President of Sulzer\u2019s Chemtech<\/strong> division, said: \u201cWe are looking forward to supporting our customers in developing smart materials and circular business models. This hub is all about customized solutions \u2013 whether it\u2019s purifying materials, producing sustainable foams from recycled materials or developing biobased plastic solutions. Our team is ready to tackle the biggest challenges in polymer processing and sustainability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Sulzer\u2019s innovation and technology hubs have a strategic global footprint, with sites in the US, Asia and Europe, each built around specialized expertise. The hubs are equipped with everything innovative companies need to transform next-generation technology from theory to reality \u2013 from battery and plastic recycling, sustainable aviation fuels, biopolymers, carbon capture utility and storage, among others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sulzer opened today its fourth location in Switzerland. The Innovation Technology Hub (InTecH) in Winterthur T\u00f6ss will further enhance Sulzer\u2019s research and development capabilities in advanced polymer processing and recycling. With 3\u2019150 m2 of laboratory and research space, this strategic investment is part of the company\u2019s ongoing commitment to sustainable innovation. With the growing global population […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":164694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Innovation Technology Hub\u00a0is equipped with film, molding, foam and extrusion lines, enabling biopolymers to be shaped with precision to meet specific\u00a0customer requirements such as durability, flexibility and biodegradability","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572,17143],"tags":[6843,11270,5838,5847,6026,7105,10453],"supplier":[2138],"class_list":["post-164668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","category-recycling","tag-biochemicals","tag-biodegradability","tag-bioeconomy","tag-bioplastics","tag-biopolymers","tag-packaging","tag-recycling","supplier-sulzer-chemtech"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164668","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=164668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164668\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/164694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164668"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=164668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}