[Chinese Packaging News] Poly One Corp. has returned more than a decade of research from the Battelle Memorial Institute and successfully developed Geon BIO Bio-PVC modified materials.
PolyOne, which is headquartered in Avon Lake, Ohio, USA, introduced the flexible PVC modified material at NPE 2015 in Orlando, USA. The reFlex brand bio-based plasticization was provided by Bartle, a non-profit research and development organization in Columbus, Ohio. Agent.
Bartel developed the reFlex patent in 2002 and 2003, and later established cooperation with PolyOne in 2008. PolyOne began marketing reFlex at the end of 2012.
Rick Heggs, Battel’s senior marketing manager, said in an interview on April 15th: “The sales of plasticizers are a bit different from PolyOne’s traditional businesses. This is not the advantage area they are traditionally best at. But changes such as the Geon BIO Sex materials are their core business."
Alan Barcon, marketing manager of PolyOne Market Development, said in an interview recently that GeonBIO has obtained some commercial applications in the field of footwear and furniture, and also has potential application opportunities in medical devices, including surgical masks, and also has application potential in the field of toys.
Heggs said that the material can be used in any kind of home flexible PVC products. The reFlex bioplasticizer used by GeonBIO is based on soybeans and is approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and does not contain phthalates.
Barcon said, Geon BIO also has good thermal stability, can increase the frequency of use, and produce better results.
Heggs said that because of the abundant supply and low price of soybeans, soybeans are commonly used raw materials in bioplastics. He explained that the chemical properties of soybeans are also favored in chemical modification.
PolyOne is the exclusive licensor of Bater's reFlex bioplasticizers in North America and Asia. In Brazil and other parts of South America, the licensee of this technology is Nexoleum Bioderivados Ltda. of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Heggs said that Battel is considering adding a licensor in Europe and hopes to complete the work by the end of the year.
In addition to PolyOne, Battelle continues to work with Biobent Polymers, a US-based company that uses Battelle technology to produce soybean-based Panacea bioplastics. Biobent has received funding from Battle and UnitedSoybeanBoard.
Founded in 1929, Battle is the world's largest non-profit research and development organization with more than 22,000 staff in more than 60 locations around the world.