{"id":45421,"date":"2017-08-28T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.plasticsnews.com%2Farticle%2F20170822%2FNEWS%2F308239998%2Fuk-bioplastics-start-up-seeking-global-partners"},"modified":"2017-08-24T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-24T09:35:40","slug":"floreon-seeks-new-collaborative-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/floreon-seeks-new-collaborative-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"Floreon seeks new collaborative partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Having gained pantents across globe protecting a range of PLA formulations with improved flow and impact properties, we are looking for innovative collaborative partners to demonstrate the technical performance and as a route to market for our fantastic technology.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d like to make it clear that we are a technology company, not a manufacturer. We are bioplastics specialists with patented technology, which we\u2019re looking to licence to producers and users. We\u2019re a small and innovative team looking to partner with like-minded organisations that can take the technology into the market,\u201d emphasised Floreon\u2019s CEO Shaun Chatterton. \u201cThis could be a compounder who can use our additive technology in their own formulations, a manufacturer or converter looking to work with us to develop new products or even an additive or raw material supplier. Another option is to collaborate with 3D printer OEM\u2019s or filament suppliers who can use the improved properties of Floreon\u2019s enhanced PLA filament to give them an additional and exciting new product line.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We have developed our technology into a range of demonstrator formulations for applications such as injection moulding, blow moulding, extrusion and of course 3D printing. These compounds are currently produced by a toll manufacturer in the UK and the commercial strategy is based on a case study approach, demonstrating the benefits that PLA with Floreon\u2019s additives can bring versus competing products.<\/p>\n<p>The company\u2019s patent covers ternary (three part) mixtures of PLA with other bioplastics such as polycaprolactone and polybutylene succinate. \u201cBy combining these further two plastics with PLA we can significantly increase the impact toughness of PLA without reducing significantly the tensile strength of the material,\u201d said Andrew Gill, Floreon\u2019s Technical Director. \u201cWe also see a significant increase in flow properties, which results in thinner mouldings and faster cycle times which is a benefit in manufacturing.\u201d<br \/>\nIf you are interested in collaborating with Floreon, please contact Deborah Jones using the contact information below:<br \/>\ndeborah.jones@floreon.com<br \/>\nPhone +447834198715<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A United Kingdom bioplastics start-up, Floreon, is seeking new collaborative partners to demonstrate&#8230;<\/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":[5847],"supplier":[7230],"class_list":["post-45421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioplastics","supplier-floreon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45421","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=45421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45421\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45421"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=45421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}