{"id":64880,"date":"2019-07-15T07:32:50","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T05:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=64880"},"modified":"2019-07-10T14:30:53","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T12:30:53","slug":"imcd-and-lactips-enter-into-distribution-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/imcd-and-lactips-enter-into-distribution-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"IMCD and Lactips enter into distribution agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>France-based Lactips, the creator of the first fully biodegradable \u2018plastic free\u2019 material &#8211; and IMCD Group, a global leading distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients &#8211; have entered a distribution partnership to market Lactips\u2019 water-soluble, 100% bio-based and fully biodegradable raw materials.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-64882 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/wImage.php_3.png\" alt=\"wImage.php\" width=\"240\" height=\"194\" \/>The agreement will initially cover the Nordics and the French regions.<\/p>\n<p>Lactips, said Pascal Chabance, Head of Business Development and Sales, was looking for a leading distributor with a well-established footprint across Europe, strong technical sales expertise and a sustainable approach. \u201cIMCD meets all those criteria. We are starting with two pilot countries with a potential extension the rest of Europe,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick van Vugt, EMEA Director of IMCD Advanced Materials Business Group, added: \u201cLactips\u2019 thermoplastic pellet based on milk protein is a cutting edge innovation. We are pleased to have been chosen as a trusted partner to develop and expand their offer in various applications. With our skilled technical sales team and our in-depth market knowledge, we are convinced we can grow this sustainable business together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lactips material is water-soluble, edible and food contact approved. It is currently being launched on the market as fully bio-sourced packaging for detergent products. The company is planning a 2,500 sq.m plant in the medium term in order to increase production capacity to 3,000 tons a year and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>France-based Lactips, the creator of the first fully biodegradable \u2018plastic free\u2019 material &#8211; and IMCD Group, a global leading distributor of speciality chemicals and food ingredients &#8211; have entered a distribution partnership to market Lactips\u2019 water-soluble, 100% bio-based and fully biodegradable raw materials. The agreement will initially cover the Nordics and the French regions. Lactips, [&#8230;]<\/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":[5847,7105],"supplier":[2720,13216],"class_list":["post-64880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-bioplastics","tag-packaging","supplier-imcd-group","supplier-lactips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64880","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=64880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64880\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64880"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=64880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}