Biopolymers

Biocomposites

Connect with @aimplas FEBRUARY 2016

Over 15 years of experience working in biopolymers
from...
Over 15 years of experience working in biopolymers from...
 FLAX HEMP WOOD JUTE

Fibres and fillers from renewable

sources

CELLULOS SISAL RICE KENAF

E HULLS
More than
20 pilot plants
for plastic material
processing
Customize
d
solutions
for
different
sectors
R&D Projects
Since 1997 our experience in biopolymers and
biocomposites continues to grow.

Ove

6 330
r

projects participating
companies

4
Analysis and
testing
Physical and thermal properties
Mechanical properties
Optical properties
Performance against external agents
Rheology
Identification and characterization:
Polymers
Additives
Fillers
Residual substances
Biodegradability

Internationally accredited laboratories

according to ISO/IEC 17025
Technical assistance
Development of plastic products made of
biodegradable and bio-based materials.
Conformity with current standards
concerning biodegradable / compostable
products.
Economic studies of production costs.
Machinery, tooling and auxiliary equipment
purchase for the processing of biodegradable
materials.
Suitability for food contact.
Failure analysis.
Cooperation agreement with DIN CERTCO.
Certification of products made of compostable
materials. Certification of bio-based products.
Seminars and events

V International Seminar on
Biopolymers and Sustainable
Composites 6&7 March 2014

Workshops and technical

seminars specialized in
biopolymers and customized
for specific sectors.
Training

Extrusion of biodegradable materials for

different applications.
Market, applications and viability of
thermoplastic and thermoset
biocomposites.
Biodegradable/compostable plastic
materials. Trends and developments.
Thermoset biocomposites; market,
applications, raw material and aspects
related to the processing of thermoset
biocomposites.
Competitive Intelligence
Access to strategic information on biopolymers through:

Customized newsletters
Technology watch reports
Patents
Regulations
Patents
Procedure to obtain thermoplastic
starch and thermoplastic starch
obtained by this procedure:
ES2364831
Green Aircraft interior panels:
US2012148824 (A1)
Bio based biodegradable polymer.
EP13001565,4 Patent pending.
Applied with SAMCA-NUREL
 Biopolymers Projects

BREAD4PLA PLA4FOOD PHBOTTLE COBAPACK

BIOBOTTLE BIO4MAP WHEYPACK ECOALIM

CALPE BIOPOLI BIOTUBO BIOPFARM

ECOPLAST BRIGIT NATURTRUCK CAYLEY

BIOFOC PICUS ECOBIONET HYDRUS

DRIUS BIOPOLIM A BUGWORKERS PLAPACK

DES-BIO BIOSTRUCT NATEX

 BREAD4PLA
Bread and pastries packaging made from bread waste

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a 100% PLA

biodegradable thermoplastic film for bread and
pastries, recovering waste from the bakery
industry. The packaging consists of a minimum of
95% materials from renewable sources.

Consortium: AIMPLAS CETECE ATB BANGOR UNIVERSITY

www.bread4pla-life.eu
 PLA4FOOD
Biodegradable and active packaging for prepared fruit and vegetables

OBJECTIVE: Development of an active biodegradable

packaging for fresh-cut fruit and vegetables,
manufactured with thermoplastics obtained from
renewable sources (PLA-polylactic acid) functionalized
with natural additives that give it antioxidant,
antibacterial and antifungal properties.

Consortium: AIMPLAS DOMCA ADDCOMP ALESCO POLYRAZ PROYMEC TROYKA

STRAUSS TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FRAUNHOFER ICT

www.aimplas.es/proyectos/pla4food
PHBOTTLE
Biodegradable packaging for juices with antioxidant
properties, elaborated with sugars present in waste water

OBJECTIVE: To add value to the waste from the juice

industry benefitting from the sugars and other waste
that is rich in carbon, nitrogen and oxygen present in
the waste water from this industry to elaborate new
juice packaging, biodegradable and with antioxidant
properties.

Consortium: AIMPLAS AINIA CTRICOS Y REFRESCANTES EUROPEAN FRUIT JUICE

ASSOCIATION (AIJN) OMNIFORM TNO SILVEL LOGOPLASTE INNOVATION LAB INSTITUTO
NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGA INDUSTRIAL (INTI) MEGA EMPACK LOGOPLASTE DO BRASIL
VANGUARDIA SD DE RL

www.phbottle.eu
COBAPACK
More economic and ecological plastic packaging
for precooked meals

OBJECTIVE: New technology based on co-injection

reducing in half the processes necessary to
manufacture the packaging, reducing thus the price.
The package consists of a sandwich structure with
recyclable exterior layers and one intermediate high
barrier biodegradable layer.

Consortium: AIMPLAS D'APPOLONIA

IATA-CSIC HEINZ HIGH
TECHNOLOGY MASTERBACHES
CRIIMPLASIVEL
Polypropylene (PP) or High ImpactPolystyrene
PEPI-PLAST TERMOPLASTI-PLAMA
(HIPS)
DEM
www.cobapack.eu
BIOBOTTLE
Biodegradable solutions for packaging of liquid dairy
products

OBJECTIVE: Creating multilayer plastic bottles, as well

as bags to package liquid dairy products which are not
required to be separated of the rest of the organic
wastes at the end of their brief lifespan.

Consortium: AIMPLAS VLB OWS CNR VIZELPAS ESPAOPLAS ALMUPLAS ALJUAN

www.biobottleproject.eu
BIO4MAP
Transparent and high barrier biodegradable film and
sheet for customized modified atmosphere food
packaging
OBJECTIVE: Developing an innovative fully biodegradable
and recyclable, multilayer, barrier and transparent
structure for fresh pasta and different types of cheese that
requires customized Modified Atmosphere Packaging
(MAP). At least polylactic acid (PLA) and polyvinyl alcohol
(PVOH) will be combined. A biodegradable coating based
on natural waxes will cover the outer layer to increase the
package barrier against water vapour.

Consortium: AIMPLAS HYCAIL BOBINO PLASTIQUE ABO AKADEMI ALTONI-KELDERMAN

SACHSENMILCH CENTRAL QUESERA MONTESINOS VALLS PLSTIC

www.bio4map.eu
WHEYPACK

Reduction of CO2 emissions by the PHB use obtained from whey:

demonstration in dairy products packaging

OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate environmental and socio-

economic benefits of a biodegradable dairy products
packaging material with a lower environmental impact
through the reduction of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
in comparison with current petrol-based food packaging
materials. The biodegradable food packaging material
developed will be Polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) that will be
obtained using a process of microbial fermentation from a
by-product (whey) that comes from the cheese industries.

Consortium: AIMPLAS AINIA CENTRAL QUESERA MONTESINOS EMBALNOR

www.wheypack.eu
ECOALIM

Thermoformed biodegradable packages for fatty food

packaging
OBJECTIVE: Development of thermoformed,
biodegradable transparent packages, ideal for
containing fatty foods.

In regard to its potential degradation in compost

conditions, a 90% mass loss over two months was
observed.

Consortium: AIMPLAS AZTI-TECNALIA CTAEX IAT

CALPE
Development of food packages, based on
biodegradable materials, with high barrier and
recycling properties
OBJECTIVE: Development of multi-layer, sustainable
and recyclable packaging, using biodegradable
materials to contain mainly pre-cooked food
substituting current packages.

Consortium: AIMPLAS GRANZPLAST MELNIK TERMOFORMAS DE LEVANTE ARTIBAL

GMEZ MADRID SOLUCIONES INDUSTRIALES
BIOPOLI
Improvement of printing on biodegradable plastics

OBJECTIVE: Improving printing properties on

commercial biodegradable polymeric film
adequate to obtain single-use bags.

Consortium: AIMPLAS AIDO

BIOTUBO
Biodegradable plastic packaging for cosmetics

OBJECTIVE: Substitution of polyethylene tubes

for cosmetic products with biodegradable
material, taking into account the long life cycle
of these product; about two years and a half.

Consortium: AIMPLAS AINIA GERMAINE DE CAPUCCINI PETROPLAST FERRO SPAIN

BIOPFARM
Biodegradable packages for cosmetics and drugstores

OBJECTIVE:

Obtaining low capacity packages to be applied

in drugstore products: cream, gel, shampoo,
mouthwashes

Consortium: AIMPLAS ALMUPLAS TALLERES PENA TALLERES RUBLA

ECOPLAST
New biocomposites for the automotive industry

OBJECTIVE: New biocomposites made of

biopolymers reinforced with natural fibres,
nanofillers, minerals and additives, adapting the
conventionally used methods in the automotive
industry and other innovative processing techniques,
to achieve the required properties for its validation
and application in a vehicle.

Consortium: AIMPLAS NANOBIOMATTERS CTAG FRAUNHOFER PALLMAN

UNIVERSIDAD DO MINHO PURAC BIOCHEM FKUR PLASTICS VTT BIOMER MEGATECH
PIEP GRUPO ANTOLN INGENIERA

www.ecoplastproject.com
BRIGIT
New tailor-made biopolymers produced from
lignocellulosic sugars waste for highly demanding fire-
resistant applications
OBJECTIVE: To develop bio-based composites for high-
tech fire-resistant applications. The use of these
biopolymers in combination with natural fabrics (flax,
hemp,...) will be mainly in the passenger and goods
transport sector (aeronautics, train, buses, shipping,
trucks,..). The new panels will be recyclable, lighter, with
a broad processing windows, high production capacity
and low embodied energy.

Consortium: AIMPLAS ULUND UNIVERSITY UNIVERSIDAD DE CANTABRIA BIOTREND

SILICOLIFE AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS AVECOM BANGOR NEXTEK DAREN
LABS GREEN SOURCE ADDCOMP PROFORM XPERION AEROSPACE SOLARIS CENTRO
RICERCHE FIAT
www.brigit-project.eu
NATURTRUCK
New bio-composite from renewable resources with improved
thermal and fire resistance for means of transport

OBJECTIVE: To develop injected plastic parts for the

commercial vehicles industry made with thermoplastic
composite materials from renewable resources (modified
polylactic acid and natural fibres), with improved thermal,
flame retardancy properties and high quality surface
finishing to be used in car internal parts. Those
biocomposites will be a real alternative to low-gloss
standard ABS grades at a competitive cost.

Consortium: AIMPLAS CTAG IWNIRZ QUMICAS DEL VINALOP BULMA TECNOLOGA

BAVE RE8 POLYCOM PLASCAM VOLVO

www.naturtruck.eu
CAYLEY
Ecological panels for the aeronautics industry

OBJECTIVE: Development of interior panels for the

aeronautic industry and other means of transport (ships,
railway, vehicles) made of materials from renewable
sources, as well as biodegradable and/or recyclable
materials. The parts can be used in the cladding of side
walls, ceiling, fairing, and interior compartments of
different vehicles.

Consortium: AIMPLAS INVENT LINEO BOEING

www.cayley.eu
BIOFOC
More fire-resistant biomaterials for train interiors

OBJECTIVE: Development of new biomaterials for

substituting plastic parts of train interiors that thanks
to the use of flax and hemp as reinforcement of the
plastic material give it more rigidity and resistance.
Moreover, the fire-resistance of the developed pieces
increases.

Consortium: AIMPLAS FERRO SPAIN PIEL, S.A. VOSSLOH ESPAA TALLERES XQUER
PICUS
Biodegradable plastic fiber for twines
to stake creeping plants and nets

OBJECTIVE:

To develop a 100% biodegradable plastic fibre to be

used in two specific applications: Twines used for
staking and propping crops in greenhouses, and nets
for packaging low-weight agricultural, marine and non
food products.

Consortium: AIMPLAS HILATURAS MACIA ABORNASA AGRCOLA ALICANTINA TERRLOIRE

CANTELO NURSERIES PVAXX RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT AUSERPOLIMERI EXTRICOM GMBH
FOURN POLYMERTECHNIK GMBH PERA INNOVATION UNIVERSITY OF PISA (UNIPI)

proyectos.aimplas.es/picus
ECOBIONET
Industrial implementation of biodegradable and
compostable nets for packaging

OBJECTIVE: Industrialization of manufacturing process

of four types of biodegradable and compostable nets
for agriculture and marine products, obtained through
extrusion melt-spinning process. Thanks to the
seedling logo they can be distinguished from
conventional nets.

Consortium: AIMPLAS TECNARO CRISTOBAL MESEGUER ECOPLAS OWS

proyectos.aimplas.es/ecobionet
HYDRUS
Biodegradable plastic pipes and drippers

OBJECTIVE:

Development of biodegradable plastic pipes and

drippers for micro-irrigation systems in order to solve
collection and elimination problems at the end of the
useful life of this type of pipes, especially in seasonal
crops.

Consortium: AIMPLAS UNIVERSITA DI PISA TNO ORGANIC WASTE SYSTEMS EXTRULINE

SYSTEMS VIVEROS DEL BAIX VINALOP FKUR TOTRA PLASTIKA FORMFLEX METAZET

www.hydrusfp7.eu
DRIUS
Industrial implementation of a biodegradable and
compostable flat micro-irrigation system for agricultural
applications
OBJECTIVE: To industrialize the process and
technologies related to the fabrication of
biodegradable-compostable micro-irrigation systems
(pipes and drippers) obtained through extrusion and
injection technology, for agriculture crops. The main
applications of the system to be developed in DRIUS
will be crops of small plants such as strawberries and
tomatoes with short periods of farmings, less than a
year.

Consortium: AIMPLAS ORGANIC WASTE SYSTEMS EXTRULINE SYSTEMS METZERPLAS

www.drius.eu
BIOPOLIM A
Advanced polymers production from waste

OBJECTIVE: The development of a technological

solution for industries that generate urban, industrial
and agricultural wastes of biological precedence,
which allows their transformation in biopolymers
obtaining biofuel and high added value products.

Consortium: AIMPLAS PLASGEN WP DIVISION TRANSFORMADOS

BUGWORKERS
Development of bionanocomposite materials based on
PHB obtained from bio-mass for the electric-electronic
sector

OBJECTIVE: Product development for the electric-

electronic sector made from agricultural residues
through nanocomposites made of PHB.

Consortium: AIMPLAS NETCOMPOSITES BIOTREND NATURSTOFF-TECHNIK WETLANDS

BIOREFINERY BH INDUSTRIES EXTRUDER EXPERTS PROMOLDING PROFORM FERMAX
ARCELIK FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TCNICO TECNALIA

www.bugworkersproject.eu
PLAPACK
Biodegradable transparent clothes hangers

OBJECTIVE:

Development of biodegradable transparent plastic

products made from new PLA compounds with high
impact-resistance.

Consortium: AIMPLAS PLSTICOS ERUM CONDENSIA QUMICA ENVAPLASTER PAPEL

PLAST PACK NANOBIOMATTERS RESEARCH CRIIMPLA
DES-BIO
Biodegradable plastic casing

OBJECTIVE:

Development of biodegradable plastic

casing as a substitution of cardboard in
fireworks sector.

Consortium: AIMPLAS PLSTICOS GAMN

BIOSTRUCT
Bioplastics reinforced with wood fibres

OBJECTIVE: Development of new bioplastics

obtained from renewable sources, reinforced with
wooden or cellulose fibres aimed for the manufacture
of products in industrial sectors such as construction,
automotive, packaging, and white goods sector.

Consortium: AIMPLAS FRAUNHOFER TCKT VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND HENKEL AG &
CO KGAA ADDIPLAST SAS ACCIONA INFRAESTRUCTURASUPM-KYMMENE OYJ LENZING AG HAIDLMAIR
EUROPEAN COMPOSITES INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION EUCIA TECNARO NETCOMPOSITES ENGEL AUSTRIA
SCHELLER SYSTEMTECHNIK PJH PARTNERSHIP CONDENSIA QUMICA INDESIT COMPANY TITK NOVEM CAR
INTERIOR DESIGN METALLTECHNOLOGIE

www.biostructproject.eu
NATEX
Biocomposites for semi-structural applications

OBJECTIVE: Use of natural fibres (flax and hemp) and

bio-resins from agricultural residues and vegetable oils
for semi-structural applications.These innovative
biocomposites are applied in sectors such as the
automotive, energy systems, agricultural machinery
and naval construction.

Consortium: AIMPLAS NETCOMPOSITES EUCIA FORMAX AGCO EKOTEX TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF

DENMARK THE INSTITUT FR VERBUNDWERKSTOFFE GMBH CEMO ASFIBE PIEL TRANSFURANS
CHEMICALS THE INSTITUTE OF NATURAL FIBRES AND MEDICINAL PRODUCTS (IWNIRZ) AALTO UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ABENSI ENERGA

www.biostructproject.eu
 Biodegradable and bio-based
materials with a higher thermal-
resistance through reactive
extrusion

Interesting for companies that demand high temperature-resistance

for their products, for instance sterilization products, pasteurization
 Development of PVOH grades more
cost-effective than EVOH

Interesting for applications that need high barrier and require the
substitution of high barrier materials as EVOH.
 Elimination of volatiles and other
contaminants through vacuum
extraction and CO2

Interesting for the plastic recycling sector and products needing to

eliminate odours and other contaminants.
 Starch film with a higher native
starch quantity than commercial
grades

Interesting for manufacturing companies of blown film extrusion for

any application.
 Compostable nets and staking
twines

Interesting for the agricultural sector.

 Wood Plastic Composites (WPC),
composites with natural fibres with
advanced properties (foaming,
flame retardant, biodegradable,
antimicrobial...)

Interesting for companies that require these kind of products in

sectors such as construction, furniture, agriculture, packaging
 Polypropylene (PP) with natural
fibre reinforcement

Interesting for manufacturing companies of PP parts in general.

 Compounding technologies for obtaining
biodegradable materials (starch for
injection, improvement of PLA
mechanical and thermal properties, PLA-
starch combinations, PVOH processing,
use of natural fibres, plasticisers, plastic
modifiers, foaming, etc.)

Interesting for companies from any sector that wish to manufacture

their products from biodegradable materials.
 Biocomposites made of glass
fibres and resins from sources
with a higher renewable carbon
content

Interesting for companies from the construction, urban furniture,

marine, automotive sports and leisure sectors, among others.
We work with leading companies and
SMEs committed to innovation
Thank you

Contact us:
www.aimplas.es
info@aimplas.es
Tel. 96 136 60 40

www.linkedin.com/company/aimplas
Twitter: @aimplas