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Dust to dust: Thermoformed coffin made of biodegradable plasticsDust to dust: Thermoformed coffin made of biodegradable plastics

Although biodegradable plastics are seeing greater use in smaller packaging applications,  until now thermoforming of these for large, thick-walled parts from cut sheet has been very limited.

MPW Staff

January 28, 2009

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Biodegradable coffin by Bauer

Although biodegradable plastics are seeing greater use in smaller packaging applications,  until now thermoforming of these for large, thick-walled parts from cut sheet has been very limited. One processor, Bauer, which usually serves the automotive industry, has developed the extrusion and thermoforming processes sufficiently to now offer biodegradable coffins formed from the Arboblend material supplied by Tecnaro GmbH (Ilsfeld-Auenstein, also Germany).

Tecnaro takes lignin (a complex polymer found in plant cell walls) and compounds this with natural fibres (flax, hemp or other fibers) and natural additives to produce a composite.—[email protected]

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