{"id":74056,"date":"2020-04-20T06:44:56","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T04:44:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rss.nova-institut.net\/public.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.plasticsnews.com%2Fnews%2Fnexeo-adds-biologiq-biopolymers-north-american-lineup"},"modified":"2020-04-17T12:44:31","modified_gmt":"2020-04-17T10:44:31","slug":"nexeo-plastics-and-biologiq-sign-distribution-agreement-for-north-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/nexeo-plastics-and-biologiq-sign-distribution-agreement-for-north-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Nexeo Plastics and BioLogiQ Sign Distribution Agreement for North America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Nexeo Plastics has signed an agreement with BioLogiQ to distribute their specialty biopolymers in North America, serving companies desiring to incorporate high-quality, more sustainable materials into their manufactured products. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologiq.com\/bioblend\" target=\"_blank\">The BioBlend<\/a><sup>\u00ae<\/sup> family of products include cost-effective, bio-based content (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologiq.com\/nuplastiq\" target=\"_blank\">NuPlastiQ<sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/a>) with polyolefins, and compostable\u00a0 solutions that fit applications in blown and cast film extrusion, blow and injection molding and thin-wall thermoforming.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to join the Nexeo Plastics partner family and bring more sustainable solutions to the plastics industry.\u201d said Brad LaPray, founder and chief executive officer at BioLogiQ. \u201cThere are clear synergies to partner BioBlend<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> solutions with an industry leader like Nexeo Plastics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Effectively immediately, Nexeo Plastics will carry and distribute BioLogiQ products in Canada, the United States and will provide logistics in Mexico, to include BioBlend<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> XP, BioBlend<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> XD and BioBlend<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> BC product lines. Custom products to fit niche or specialty requirements can also be developed and produced leveraging BioLogiQ\u2019s compounding expertise.<\/p>\n<p>The BioBlend<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> family of products incorporate NuPlastiQ<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> BioPolymer \u2013 a thermoplastic starch (TPS) created from potatoes or other plant-based renewable feedstocks \u2013 providing low crystallinity and high modulus strength, making plastic items potentially stronger than those made with pure polyolefins. NuPlastiQ BioPolymers offer a stable shelf life, retain normal plastic functionality, can enhance strength even with reduced thickness, and are more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologiq.com\/innovation-technology\" target=\"_blank\">beneficial<\/a> to the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are excited to partner with BioLogiQ to market their leading BioBlend products to customers seeking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biologiq.com\/innovation-technology\" target=\"_blank\">sustainable, high-performance materials<\/a>,\u201d said Shawn Williams, president and chief executive officer of Nexeo Plastics. \u201cTheir insights and creative materials deliver performance while addressing the ongoing calls of sustainability, bio-friendly and energy-saving characteristics of today\u2019s modern manufacturers and consumers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nexeo Plastics has signed an agreement with BioLogiQ to distribute their specialty biopolymers in North America, serving companies desiring to incorporate high-quality, more sustainable materials into their manufactured products. The BioBlend\u00ae family of products include cost-effective, bio-based content (NuPlastiQ\u00ae) with polyolefins, and compostable\u00a0 solutions that fit applications in blown and cast film extrusion, blow and [&#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":[6026,11966,11857],"supplier":[14400,16963],"class_list":["post-74056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bio-based","tag-biopolymers","tag-plastics","tag-sustainable","supplier-biologiq","supplier-nexeo-plastics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74056","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=74056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74056"},{"taxonomy":"supplier","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/supplier?post=74056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}