First BASF plastic derived from
renewable raw materials

BASF has recently added an extraordinary new product to its plastic product line: Ecovio®, which is one of the completely biodegradable plastics. Ecovio is made of renewable raw materials and of Ecoflex®, the familiar BASF bio-degradable plastic on a petrochemical basis. The first item in this new product class is called Ecovio® LBX 8145 and it contains, aside from Ecoflex®, 45% by weight of polylactic acid (PLA). PLA comes from corn, a renewable raw mate-rial, and it is purchased by BASF. The first area of application will be flexible films used for shopping bags, among other things.

As a finished product or for other compounds

The main benefit of Ecovio® is that customers can use this material as a finished product, that is to say, directly and without any additional admixtures, for extruding biodegradable films. Moreover, tailor-made blends can be produced with this new plastic. To this end, customers can mix Ecovio® L as the base component with Ecoflex® or PLA in order to obtain softer or stiffer formulations, as desired.

biodegradable made of 45% renewable raw materials can be used with or without admixtures can be processed on conventional blown film lines

high melt strength and thermal stability can be welded very puncture- and tear-resistant can be printed in 8 colors

BASF’s PlasticsPlus™ covers a range of specialty plastics with the performance that you need. High-performance plastics, biodegradable materials, and foams: PlasticsPlus™ provides ideal solutions wherever plastics have to meet special requirements. We rate diversity and reliability, innovative solutions and partnership as key factors in providing value to our customers.

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