Floreon, the plant-based plastic specialist
The Addiplast Group is proud to announce its collaboration with Floreon, with whom it is now working hand in hand to transform and shape the plastics industry of tomorrow into a more sustainable industry.
Introducing Floreon
Floreon is a recognized and award-winning company in the field of sustainable materials technology. Floreon’s unique patented formulations use plant-based plastic (PLA) and improve its performance, making it up to ten times stronger than conventional PLA. Floreon’s high performance allows it to compete with traditional fossil-based plastics while offering a carbon footprint up to six times lower than ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene), for example. Thanks to the skills and experience gained through ten years of research and development, Floreon has expanded the potential of PLA beyond the manufacture of single-use products to include sustainable applications. In addition, as Floreon’s materials come from renewable resources, they are suitable for both composting and recycling, contributing to the circular economy.
Corinna Jacobs (Floreon Sales Manager)
Presentation of the Addiplast Group R&D department
ADDIPLAST GROUP is a major European player in the compounding of technical plastics, with three production sites in France and a production capacity of 40,000 tons/year. It is a family-owned company that embodies values and principles such as innovation, agility, and technological development.
« Recycled, bio-based, biodegradable », are frequently used terms that reflect the growing awareness of environmental issues in the plastics industry. FLOREON is an organization that aims to shape the future of plastics processing: its expertise in polylactic acid (PLA) has enabled it to develop several products for a wide range of markets.
In 2019, when the partnership between the ADDIPLAST Group and FLOREON began, the ADDISCIENCE® (editor’s note: the ADDIPLAST GROUP’s R&D center) was very receptive and enthusiastic about the idea of working together and developing PLA. ADDISCIENCE®’s extrusion and characterization equipment and its experience in thermoplastic compounding* were put at FLOREON’s disposal, with everyone aware that they were helping to transform the future of plastics by creating more environmentally friendly products. FLOREON’s strength also lies in its ability to inspire everyone to get involved. It is therefore with undisguised enthusiasm that ADDISCIENCE® will continue to move forward with FLOREON to research and develop the plastics of tomorrow.
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Quentin Boulard (Head of Product Development and Formulation, Addiplast Group)
Presentation of the Addiplast Group sales department
ADDIPLAST GROUP offers 100% renewable solutions. Single material, resistance, durability, performance, and antimicrobial properties are now possible using this patented sustainable materials technology.
The approach covers all markets and transformation processes (injection molding, extrusion blow molding, sheet extrusion, biaxially oriented films, calendering). We offer industrial composting and domestic composting materials. These products are marketed under the ADDIBIO Renew® range.
For example, the percentage of consumers who expect coffee capsule brands to take environmental responsibility is growing rapidly. We have a solution for coffee capsule injection molding that is biocompostable through natural composting and home composting, offering high performance in terms of oxygen and vapor barrier, high temperature resistance, and high pressure resistance for both thin and thick walls.
Customers are very enthusiastic about developing their own biocompostable products for industrial and/or home composting.
Each brand and each company has its own strategy regarding the environmental approach of its products. The R&D, sales, and marketing teams at the ADDIPLAST group are available every day to design the materials of tomorrow that are best suited to each strategy.
Edouard Chantegraille (Export Sales Manager, Addiplast group)