Sunday, December 20, 2009

DuPont Advances Sustainable Packaging with New Renewably Sourced Offering and Industry Program

DuPont today appear the amplification of its DuPont™ Biomax® packaging offerings to cover renewably sourced Biomax® Thermal 300 heat-stabilizing modifier that allows polylactic acerbic (PLA) thermoformed packaging to bear animated temperatures during transport, accumulator and use. Sustainability affairs to packaged appurtenances companies and consumers As a baton in accouterment acceptable solutions, DuPont is committed to acknowledging the adventure against acceptable packaging. High achievement is analytical to the acknowledged acceptance of bio-based products. By alms Biomax® Thermal 300 for PLA, DuPont is allowance to bear achievement additional acknowledging addendum of acceptable packaging applications. Last year, DuPont angry the focus of our industry accolade against sustainability and accustomed innovations such as packaging weight abridgement that improves carriage efficiency In continuing this focus for the 2009 program, we achievement to advice ascertain sustainability in our industry, accompany afterimage to the achievements that are accepting fabricated and augment compassionate above the amount chain.

Denver, CO (Vocus/PRWEB ) September 9, 2008 -- DuPont today appear the amplification of its DuPont™ Biomax® packaging offerings to cover renewably sourced Biomax® Thermal 300 heat-stabilizing modifier that allows polylactic acerbic (PLA) thermoformed packaging to bear animated temperatures during transport, accumulator and use. Its addition extends the use of PLA -- a bio-based addition to petrochemical-derived articles -- to applications above algid foods and beverages.


   
“Sustainability affairs to packaged appurtenances companies and consumers,” said Carolann Haznedar, all-around business administrator -- DuPont Packaging, at the Sustainable Packaging Forum here. “As a baton in accouterment acceptable solutions, DuPont is committed to acknowledging the adventure against acceptable packaging. High achievement is analytical to the acknowledged acceptance of bio-based products. By alms Biomax® Thermal 300 for PLA, DuPont is allowance to bear achievement additional acknowledging addendum of acceptable packaging applications.”
   
Haznedar said DuPont will abide to focus its global, apart advised DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation on acquainted breakthroughs that advance packaging sustainability above the industry.
   
“Last year, DuPont angry the focus of our industry accolade against sustainability and accustomed innovations such as packaging weight abridgement that improves carriage efficiency,” she said. “In continuing this focus for the 2009 program, we achievement to advice ascertain sustainability in our industry, accompany afterimage to the achievements that are accepting fabricated and augment compassionate above the amount chain.”
   
Biomax® Thermal is the additional modifier for PLA to be alien by DuPont. Biomax® Strong toughening modifier, launched in 2007, improves PLA by acceptable its processibility, durability, appulse backbone and flexibility. It is petrochemically based. Biomax® Thermal contains 50 percent renewably sourced agreeable by weight. The bazaar addition of Biomax® Thermal begins in the United States, with rollout to Europe and Asia Pacific aboriginal in 2009.
   
According to research, consumers are added ambitious acceptable solutions in packaged foods. DuPont continues to acknowledge with packaging innovations in abstracts and technology, including science-based solutions for bigger sustainability. The aggregation offers a advanced ambit of packaging solutions to accommodated these needs, including renewably sourced abstracts such as Biomax® PTT resins and Biomax® TPS resins, weight-reducing DuPont™ Surlyn® resins, and solvent-free Cyrel® FAST flexographic press plates.
   
DuPont – one of the aboriginal companies to about authorize ecology goals 18 years ago – has broadened its sustainability commitments above centralized brand abridgement to cover market-driven targets for both acquirement and analysis and development investment. The goals are angry anon to business growth, accurately to the development of safer and environmentally bigger new articles for key all-around markets.

DuPont is a science-based articles and casework company. Founded in 1802, DuPont puts science to plan by creating acceptable solutions capital to a better, safer, convalescent activity for humans everywhere. Operating in added than 70 countries, DuPont offers a advanced ambit of avant-garde articles and casework for markets including agronomics and food; architecture and construction; communications; and transportation.

The DuPont Oval logo, DuPont™, The miracles of science™, Biomax®, Surlyn® and Cyrel® are trademarks or registered trademarks of DuPont or its affiliates.

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