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Teknor Color Now Supplies Bio-Based Concentrates for the Plastics Industry's Biodegradable Resins
DN Staff
June 16, 2010
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With the recent development of color concentrates for usewith PHBV bioplastics, Teknor Color Co.now provides fully bio-basedcolorants for the four most widely processed bio- and petrochemical-basedbiodegradable resins, the company announced today.
Each of the concentrate series is now in commercial use, isclassified as a bio-based material in accordance with ASTM D6866, and meetsASTM D6400 requirements for composting in an aerobic facility.
The Teknor Color bio-based product range includesconcentrates with four different carrier polymers that are compatible,respectively, with these four biodegradable resin families:
PHBV. The newest series of color concentrates developedby Teknor Color Company were formulated for this subclass of thepolyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastic family. PHBV is polyhydroxyl butyrate /valerate.
PHB. In 2009, Teknor Color collaborated with Telles to developcolor concentrates for use with that company's MirelTM PHB (polyhydroxylbutyrate) bioplastics, part of the PHA class.
PLA.Teknor Color introduced concentrates for use with polylactic acid bioplasticsin 2008 and has since supplied colorants for a wide range of PLA applications.
PBAT. For use with this petrochemical-based biodegradablecopolyester, Teknor Color now offers concentrates with either bio-based orpetrochemical-based carrier resins.
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