Market to Witness New Biodegradable Plastic for Special Packaging
BASF is now offering a new biodegradable plastic. It goes by the name of Ecovio® FS and it has joined the existing Ecovio product line. BASF has optimised this new plastic for two specific applications; for coating paper and for manufactur¬ing the so-called shrink films, which serve to easily wrap packaged goods. For this reason, the first two new plastic types are called Ecovio FS Paper and Ecovio FS Shrink Film. The sample material is already available. Initial production tests at customers’ facilities have been successful. Introduction into the market, at large is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010.
BASF is now offering a new biodegradable plastic. It goes by the name of Ecovio® FS and it has joined the existing Ecovio product line. BASF has optimised this new plastic for two specific applications; for coating paper and for manufactur¬ing the so-called shrink films, which serve to easily wrap packaged goods. For this reason, the first two new plastic types are called Ecovio FS Paper and Ecovio FS Shrink Film. The sample material is already available. Initial production tests at customers’ facilities have been successful. Introduction into the market, at large is scheduled for the first quarter of 2010.
