{"id":36934,"date":"2016-08-26T07:20:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T05:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=36934"},"modified":"2016-08-24T14:32:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T12:32:11","slug":"solegear-awarded-u-s-patent-for-high-performance-bioplastics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/solegear-awarded-u-s-patent-for-high-performance-bioplastics\/","title":{"rendered":"Solegear Awarded U.S. Patent for High Performance Bioplastics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:SGB) (\u201cSolegear\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) announced today it has been granted US Patent 9,416,255 titled \u201cCompositions Comprising Polylactic Acid, Bentonite, and Gum Arabic\u201d. The patent broadly covers the synthesis of bio-based additives along with polylactic acid (\u201cPLA\u201d) to deliver a number of key performance characteristics required for rigid packaging and durable goods applications.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This proprietary technology enables Solegear to reformulate everyday products and packaging using plant-based materials that deliver equal or better performance than traditional petroleum-based plastics. While others have achieved this by creating composite materials that may include a certain percentage of plant-based material, Solegear\u2019s commitment to Green Chemistry adds additional rigor to ensure no additives that have been identified as potentially hazardous to human health or the environment are used to meet performance, processing or price requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur product development team is focused on developing bio-based materials that can truly replicate what has traditionally only been possible with petroleum-based plastics and additives,\u201d said Michel Labont\u00e9, CTO of Solegear. \u201cThis patent highlights our team\u2019s long-term commitment to creating innovative, breakthrough materials that use the maximum possible bio-based content and no chemicals of concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Paul Antoniadis, Solegear\u2019s CEO, further added: \u201cThis is a very important milestone that clearly demonstrates Solegear is doing something different. What\u2019s really exciting for our team is that we go beyond the materials to create real-world products and packaging. They get to see these inventions come to life on retail shelves and know that we are truly making a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n

Technology from Patent 9,416,255 was used in the development of Solegear\u2019s good naturedTM<\/sup> brand of home and office organization products. Independently verified by the USDA BioPreferred\u00ae<\/sup> program, good naturedTM<\/sup> products contain an industry-leading 85% plant-based material and no BPAs, phthalates or other potentially harmful additives.<\/p>\n

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About Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc.<\/h3>\n

Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:SGB) is an innovator in the field of next generation bioplastics made from annually renewable plant-based sources. Committed to the principles of Green Chemistry, Solegear is driven by its mission to create healthier, safer and stronger communities by fundamentally changing the way plastics are made.<\/p>\n

Solegear\u2019s proprietary bioplastic formulations, Polysole\u00ae<\/sup> and Traverse\u00ae<\/sup>, are designed to meet today\u2019s social and corporate requirements to lower carbon emissions, reduce waste and remove toxicity typically associated with traditional petroleum-based plastics. Together with its partners, Solegear custom engineers, produces and distributes its high-performance bioplastics as resin, sheets and finished goods with some of the highest percentages of renewable, plant-based materials currently available in the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. (TSX-V:SGB) (\u201cSolegear\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d) announced today it has been granted US Patent 9,416,255 titled \u201cCompositions Comprising Polylactic Acid, Bentonite, and Gum Arabic\u201d. The patent broadly covers the synthesis of bio-based additives along with polylactic acid (\u201cPLA\u201d) to deliver a number of key performance characteristics required for rigid packaging and durable […]<\/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":"","nova_meta_subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5572],"tags":[12365,10408],"supplier":[2124],"class_list":["post-36934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-additives","tag-greenchemistry","supplier-solegear-bioplastics-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36934","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=36934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36934\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36934"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=36934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}