Significant Extrusion Throughput Rate Increase Foaming NatureWorks Ingeo® Biopolymers with Turbo-Screws® Technology
Plastic Engineering Associates Licensing, Inc. (PEAL) is pleased to announce that as a result of further NatureWorks’ Ingeo® resin foam trials, PEAL’s technical team has increased the throughput rate for Ingeo® biopolymer extruded foam by an impressive 40% on a 4.5” x 6.0” tandem extrusion system.
During the last quarter of 2008, the technical team from Plastic Engineering Associates Licensing, Inc. (PEAL) conducted further NatureWorks Ingeo® biopolymer foam trials for the purpose of further increasing the already impressive throughput rate achieved on 4.5” x 6.0” tandem extrusion systems.
PEAL expects further and significant throughput rate increases as the Turbo-Screws® technology continues to advance the state of the art of Ingeo® biopolymer foam extrusion.
Turbo-Screws® technology for Ingeo® biopolymer foam extrusion is commercially operating and is available & ready for the foam food packaging industry today. PEAL is a preferred equipment supplier to NatureWorks LLC and Turbo-Screws® technology has been recognized by NatureWorks as the preferred technology for foam extrusion of NatureWorks’ Ingeo® biopolymers.
NatureWorks LLC is a stand-alone company owned by Cargill. Dedicated to meeting the world’s needs today without compromising the earth’s ability to meet the needs of tomorrow, NatureWorks LLC is the first company to offer a family of commercially available polymers derived from 100% annually renewable resources with cost and performance that compete with petroleum based packaging materials and fibers. The company applies its unique technology to the processing of natural plant sugars to create a proprietary polylactide polymer, which is marketed under the NatureWorks PLA and Ingeo fibers brand names. For more information visit www.natureworksllc.com
Plastic Engineering Associates Licensing, Inc. is a Florida corporation headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. It owns the exclusive patent rights to 7 U.S. and over 50 foreign patents on the Turbo-Screws® technology. For more information visit www.turboscrews.com