{"id":28096,"date":"2015-09-04T03:09:23","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T01:09:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=28096"},"modified":"2015-09-03T13:46:58","modified_gmt":"2015-09-03T11:46:58","slug":"bio-fed-takes-stock-of-the-first-12-months-as-a-new-player-in-the-global-bioplastics-sector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/bio-fed-takes-stock-of-the-first-12-months-as-a-new-player-in-the-global-bioplastics-sector\/","title":{"rendered":"BIO-FED takes stock of the first 12 months as a new player in the global bioplastics sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One year after the foundation of BIO-FED through the acquisition of the bioplastics division of a US-based biotechnology company by AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, European Bioplastics visited the member company at their production facility in Niederzissen in the southwest of Germany and spoke to Dr Stanislaw Haftka, Sales Director of BIO-FED. He draws the balance of what has been achieved over the past 12 months and takes a look at the company\u2019s prospects for what promises to be a bright future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve had a very successful start at BIO-FED. All our expectations have been exceeded and we are confident that this head start will provide for a sustained and strong growth in the coming months and years,\u201d says Haftka. BIO-FED produces and markets biodegradable and\/or biobased plastics under the brand name M\u02d1VERA\u00ae, including a range for film manufacture and a range for injection moulding applications. As a branch of AKRO-PLASTIC, BIO-FED is part of the international Feddersen Group, a group of companies focusing on worldwide trade, distribution, and marketing of engineering plastics, and machine manufacturing, with production facilities in Europe, China and Brazil.<\/p>\n<p>The BIO-FED team of specialists with many years of experience in developing, compounding, and marketing biodegradable and\/or biobased plastics is based at the BioCampus Cologne, Germany. The M\u02d1VERA\u00ae products are manufactured at AKRO-PLASTIC in Niederzissen, a location with an annual capacity of about 100,000 tonnes and a quality control as well as a development laboratory certified according to DIN EN ISO 17025.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBIO-FED benefits from the synergies created by being part of the Feddersen Group. Professional\u00a0raw material sourcing, product development, additive handling, compounding, quality control, processing and distribution allow BIO-FED to take a unique position in the bioplastics market,\u201d says Haftka. \u201cIt is our declared goal to further strengthen our business position and become one of the leading bio-compounders in the world,\u201d Haftka continues, and explains that BIO-FED is aiming to expand into the market of durable bioplastics and to work with other renowned bioplastics companies in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One year after the foundation of BIO-FED through the acquisition of the bioplastics division of a US-based biotechnology company by AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, European Bioplastics visited the member company at their production facility in Niederzissen in the southwest of Germany and spoke to Dr Stanislaw Haftka, Sales Director of BIO-FED. 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