{"id":177203,"date":"2026-05-28T07:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=177203"},"modified":"2026-05-22T11:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T09:53:45","slug":"biesterfeld-and-traceless-materials-form-strategic-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/biesterfeld-and-traceless-materials-form-strategic-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Biesterfeld and traceless materials form strategic partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n
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traceless\u00ae<\/sup>-FORM \u00a9 traceless<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Biesterfeld, one of the internationally leading distribution and service companies in the field of polymers, rubber, specialty chemicals and ingredients, enters into a strategic distribution partnership with traceless materials, a bioeconomy scale-up\u00a0pioneering plastic-free materials based on natural polymers.\u00a0Within the agreement, Biesterfeld will distribute traceless\u00ae<\/sup>-FORM, the company’s material grades for injection moulding, across Europe.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The traceless material is based on natural polymers derived from agricultural residues. Through a patented process, these polymers are extracted, functionalised and granulated to achieve thermoplastic properties, enabling processing on standard injection moulding equipment. traceless\u00ae<\/sup>-FORM can be processed on conventional machines (e.g. Arburg, Engel or JSW), is compatible with cold- and hot-runner systems and suitable for multi-cavity moulds. Processing temperatures of approximately 110\u2013130\u00b0C allow for efficient manufacturing and may reduce energy consumption compared to conventional polymers. The traceless\u00ae\u00a0<\/sup>material is certified 100% bio-based, plastic-free (SUPD compliant) and home-compostable (NF T 51-800),\u00a0and can achieve up to 91% lower CO\u2082 emissions compared to conventional plastics over production and disposal. Production is currently scaling up in Hamburg to enable industrial volumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather than aiming to replace conventional plastics across all applications, traceless\u00ae<\/sup> follows a complementary approach. Designed for the biological cycle, it offers a sustainable alternative in use-cases where the technical cycle cannot be effectively closed. Typical applications include injection-moulded parts with short lifecycles, such as single-use or temporary applications, as well as products with limited recyclability. The material is also suitable for applications where products are likely to enter the environment or where stricter regulatory requirements apply.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Florian H\u00fcter, Head of Sales Standard Polymers at Biesterfeld<\/strong>, says:\u00a0\u201cWith traceless materials as our partner, we gain new opportunities to shape applications beyond conventional boundaries. For Biesterfeld, this is an important step: we combine 120 years of experience with forward-looking solutions to actively drive the transition towards a circular economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anne Lamp, CEO and Co-Founder at traceless materials<\/strong>, explains:\u00a0\u201cThis partnership brings together two Hamburg-based companies with a shared ambition to redefine material standards in the industry. By combining Biesterfeld\u2019s distribution strength with our material innovation, we are taking a decisive step towards bringing plastic-free and bio-based materials from niche applications into industrial reality \u2013 strengthening resilient material solutions for European industry.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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About Biesterfeld SE <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Biesterfeld SE is the holding company of the Biesterfeld Group, one of the international leading distribution and service companies in the field of polymers, rubber, specialty chemicals and ingredients. Founded in 1906 in Hamburg, Germany, today the group has more than 1100 employees across more than 50 locations in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa and generates an annual revenue of 1.2 billion EUR (FY 2025). The fully family-owned company focuses on specialized market know-how, application-based technical advice and services and offers comprehensive product portfolios across numerous industries in the business units Standard Polymers, Engineered Polymers, Performance Polymers, HealthCare, Consumer, Industrial and Rubber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About traceless materials GmbH<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

traceless materials GmbH is a bioeconomy scale-up that produces the novel material traceless\u00ae<\/sup> from agricultural industry residues, pioneering plastic-free materials based on natural polymers. The Hamburg-based company focuses on scaling its resource-efficient production process to an industrial level. traceless\u00ae is already being tested in pilot applications and developed in collaboration with international partners from the packaging and e-commerce sectors. The company has received several awards, including the German Start-up Award and the German Sustainability Award, and was nominated for the Deutscher Zukunftspreis in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biesterfeld, one of the internationally leading distribution and service companies in the field of polymers, rubber, specialty chemicals and ingredients, enters into a strategic distribution partnership with traceless materials, a bioeconomy scale-up\u00a0pioneering plastic-free materials based on natural polymers.\u00a0Within the agreement, Biesterfeld will distribute traceless\u00ae-FORM, the company’s material grades for injection moulding, across Europe. The traceless […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":177223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","nova_meta_subtitle":"Distributor and material innovator aim to bring plastic-free injection moulding materials to market at scale","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[16380,5847,6026,10416,20578,25516,12679],"supplier":[13590,2092,2533,26379,18403],"class_list":["post-177203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biobased","tag-bioplastics","tag-biopolymers","tag-circulareconomy","tag-environmentalfootprint","tag-manufacturing","tag-recyclability","supplier-arburg-bv","supplier-biesterfeld-plastic-europe","supplier-engel-austria-gmbh","supplier-jsw-cement","supplier-traceless-materials-gmbh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177203","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=177203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177248,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177203\/revisions\/177248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177203"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=177203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}