Global bio-degradable plastics era of great development
U.S. consulting firm Frost & Sullivan recently issued a report forecasts the next few years, although the packaging is still the major market for biodegradable plastics, but as in the automotive and electronics industry has opened up new fields of application, bio-degradable plastics rapid growth in market demand, and therefore the application in the packaging market, the ratio will gradually decline.Expand to new applications
Starch and other natural substances based biodegradable plastics products currently include the following: polylactic acid (PLA), polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA), starch plastics, bio-plastics, bio-General plastics (polyolefin and polyvinyl ethylene).
Biodegradable plastics because of their good biodegradability, the main hard and soft packaging material for food, which is the biggest stage of their applications. However, due to mass production of biodegradable plastics has not, to replace all the traditional plastic packaging is not realistic. Especially in the economic situation and downturn, customers pay more attention to cost-effective. Current bio-degradable plastics companies are trying to find a material that can play the best result of the use of methods, such as extending the shelf life of products, in order to develop their applications.
In addition to packaging materials used, people still managed to biodegradable plastics used in high-value and high performance engineering, application of such great potential. Currently, DuPont, Arkema companies already involved in the field. Also worth mentioning is the PLA, the improved performance has been increasingly used in automotive and electronics market. In addition, the natural fiber reinforced plastics in automobile interiors are used more and more and more, the next step of the coach-house designers to increase the amount of biodegradable plastics. Global automotive industry in 2010 will consume about 19 million tons plastic, bio-plastics in the automotive industry has great potential.
Plastics in electrical and electronic markets have great potential. In addition to mobile phone manufacturers are increasingly using the PLA in the phone casing, the biodegradable plastic will expand to other electronic products.
Agriculture and Chemical Company is the leading
Agriculture is the current biodegradable plastics market's most successful companies, because they can get low-cost raw materials. As the market pioneer, Cargill from biodegradable plastics business acquired considerable economic benefits. The company's traditional strengths of agriculture is not a sale of plastic, and now they are actively seeking to sell with the chemical industry cooperation, to expand the coverage of target customers. Furthermore, DSM and other chemical companies to consider for a rich product line also continued to introduce its product line variety of biodegradable plastics.
In addition to agricultural companies and chemical companies, the market also modified plastics suppliers. These companies through incorporation of various additives in plastics and even the traditional plastic particles to improve the performance of biodegradable plastics
