SubscribeIngeo™ biopolymer is set to take center stage at the European Bioplastic Conference in Berlin this year.
Made by NatureWorks LLC, Ingeo™ is the first and leading commercially scaled biopolymer in production in the market today. Proof of that comes from recognizing there are more than 100 global Ingeo™ brand partners producing a full range of lifestyle innovations in over 20 different applications and selling today in 70,000 point of sales worldwide.
Ingeo™ innovations presence at the conference
At this conference, this list grows to include new introductions in the beverage sector with Sant’ Anna, who are presenting their new Ingeo™ Biobottle for their renowned premium mineral water. It is the first commercial scale bottled water producer marketing an Ingeo™ Biobottle in Europe. Its owner, Alberto Bertone, had a presentation on November 5th titled: ‘The Eco-Sustainable Revolution Can Start from Mass Market Products’.
“I decided to experiment by bottling the mineral water with an innovative material derived totally from plants about one year ago” says Bertone“I imported Ingeo™ bioplastic directly from the USA to produce bottle preforms. And so with the policy of our Piedmont based company focused very much on the environmental aspects of this project, we can calculate that if 50 million of our new bioplastic bottles each weighing 27 grams replace the same quantity of PET bottles, we will save 13,600 barrels of crude oil, or the same amount of energy it takes to supply electricity to 40,000 people for an entire month”.
On the second day of the conference, November 6th, Eamonn Tighe of NatureWorks LLC gave a presentation “Non Woven Growing Activities”, highlighting the key role and contribution Ingeo™ nonwovens make in the world of packaging, personal care and more.
Ingeo™ Innovative Products Showed
News at this conference was the announcement from MID and Telecom Italia that they are launching eco., an ‘Eco’ cordless telephone made from Ingeo™ bioplastic. This breakthrough product combines high-spec design, thanks to a close collaboration with the MID product design studio, plus environmental credentials thanks to NatureWorks LLC, and the very latest in instinctive electronic technologies, offering full circle creative innovation to the consumer at large.
Sleever International, who makes wrap sleeve for pharmaceutical, perfume, cosmetics, food and homecare brands, and is a pioneering world leader with the functional sleeve concept, is now marketing Ingeo™ biopolymer across a wide range of packaging and sleeve applications satisfying a supply chain demand for better, more responsible products for brand partners today.
You could also see the reality of Ingeo™ lifestyle products including:
Bottles from Sant’Anna (Italy) , Primo Water (USA), The Good Water Company (New Zealand) and Cool Change (Australia).
Food packaging from Wal-Mart (USA), Leclerc (Canada), Carrefour (Belgium) and Marks & Spencer (UK)
Foodservice from Ilip (Italy) and Coop (Italy)
Bioplastic Casings from Sony (Japan) and Cargo Cosmetics (Canada)
Personal Care Products from Naturač (Italy) and Valor Brands (USA)
Apparel from Girbaud (France), Gattinoni (Italy), and Ecomako (Japan).
Homeware from Ennerev (Italy), Akti-Med (Germany), Zucchi (Italy), Molina (Italy).
Ingeo™ Resin Distribution Secured
The variety and value shown here comes not only from the eco-credentials associated with Ingeo™, but also the fact that in Europe, commercial Ingeo™ partners can leverage a next day delivery service to increase their efficiencies, thanks to a new master license agreement signed with Resinex to warehouse and distribute this ingenious new material on demand. This model has been rolled out globally to all regions with a series of licensing agreements signed to make sure partners can plan and produce Ingeo™ products in the sure knowledge that biopolymer supply is backed with a secure system in place.