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6th EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS CONFERENCE- November 2011

A new offer of plant-based resins for the plastics industry

L. MENTINK Product Manager ROQUETTE

6th EUROPEAN BIOPLASTICS CONFERENCE


About ROQUETTE Group

Gaalene : a new starch-based resins range

Carbon footprint and environmental properties

Main technical properties of these resins

Applications and uses

Content


Roquette - Lestrem (France)

About Roquette Group

Human Nutrition Pharmaceuticals / Cosmetics Paper & Specialties

Animal Feed

Employees : 6 600Turnover : 2.5 Billion Worldwide : Presence in more than 100 countries Natural Raw Materials : 7 Million tons / year (100% plant based)Product range : 700 types of products from starchProduction sites: 18 (Europe, United State, Asia) R&D : 300 researchersR&D Budget : More than 50 Million

Roquette is one of the world leaders in starch industry


Green Chemistry

New monomers and biotech processes

Nutrition & Health

New functional ingredients for food and pharmaceutical markets

New microalgae-based additives and ingredients

New products portofolio resulting from Roquette innovation programs

New plant-based resins for the plastic markets


Plastic converters

Starch-based monomers( isosorbide, succinic acid )

Starch-based plasticizers

Renewable Plant ProductionsWheat, Maize, Potato, Pea

White biotechnologyGreen Chemistry,Green Chemistry,

Functionalization

Natural Polymers(Native or modified)

Monosaccharides(glucose, dextrose, polyols)

Chemical companies

Gaalene

Thermoplastic resins

Roquette new offers for the plastics industry

Bio-refined starch products


. in response of customers needs for more ecofriendly products

Buy a sustainable product, is first:

A product produced localy : 51%

A product that respects the environment : 34%

A product with a low cost during use : 31%

A product that meets a real need : 29%

Case of Sustainable consumption in France Study Ethicity / Ademe - March 2011


and as source of innovation for brand owners

Coca-Cola November 2009 Volvic September 2010

Coca-Cola Plant-Based JourneyCoca-Cola Plant-Based Journey

Sundown 2011 / 2012

Brand owners communicate on plant origin rather than end of life

Plant-based is used in press / media rather than bioplastic

A medium level of bio-based content in the products is retained.


Availabity of arable land in the world

Availability of arable land for the security

of mankind

2009

Study conducted in 2009(French Gouvernment request)

''The amount of land used in cultivation and not yet cultivated are extensive across the world, especially in South America and Africa.''

The world's arable land appears much higher than the area needed to ensure food security of humanity.''

''This conclusion remains true even in adopting the assumption of relatively slow growth in yields, according to a scenario of a sustainable green revolution", even excluding the cultivation of all forests and all the areas currently protected and even taking into account the plausible effects of global warming.'


PLANT-BASED PLASTICS

Durable(Recyclable)

Biodegradable(Compostable)

Green PEGreen TPU, Green PETPA11, PA6-10 PTT

PLACompounds PLACompounds Amidon Compounds cellulosePHB / PHBV

What is Gaalene ?

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TECHNICAL

LOCALSUSTAINABLE

NATURAL

What is Gaalene ?


Starch : the second most abondant polymer in Nature

Starch = Energy storage form in plants thanks to photosynthesis

Starch = Polymer of Glucose ((2R, 3S, 4R, 5R)- 2, 3, 4, 5, 6-pentahydroxyhexanal).

Starch = Natural mixture of 2 types of :

AMYLOSE : [p~0, n~300] Mw ~ 0.1 million daltons AMYLOPECTINE : [p,n]A,B,C Mw ~ 50-500 millions daltons


Starch compoundsand

Starch blends

Gaaleneresins

today used to produce different types of bioplastics

Blends by extrusion(granular starch or TPS)

FunctionalisationGrafting

Building blocks (lactic acid, succinic acid)

Polymerisation

Bacterial Polymers

ExtractionPurification

PHB , PHBV

Hydrolysis

Green ChemistryWhite biotechnology

Glucose

PLA , PBS, PC

Starch from Renewable Plant Productions


AND LACTATES

OXIDISEDGLUCOSE SYRUPS

CARAMEL COLOUR

MALTO DEXTRINS GLUCOSESYRUPS

MODIFIEDSTARCHES

NATIVE STARCHES

LYCASINMALTITOLSYRUPS

CATIONIC ANDANIONIC STARCHES

DEXTRINS

EXTRUDED STARCHES

MALTITOLPOWDER

PULP

PROTEIN PREGELATINISEDSTARCHES

HYDROLYSATE

STARCH SLURRIES

CORN STEEP LIQUOR

GERM CAKE

OIL

CORNGLUTEN FEED

MAIZEGLUTEN MEAL

FIBRE

CYCLODEXTRINS

MODIFIEDCYCLODEXTRINS

LIQUIDSORBITOL

XYLITOL

FIBREAND GUMS

WHEAT GLUTEN

BRAN

MANNOSE

MANNITOL

SORBITOLPOWDER

ISOSORBIDELIQUIDSORBITOL

DEXTROSE

GLUCONICACID

GLUCONATES

GLUCONO-DELTA-LACTONE

MAIZE

WHEA

T

POTA

TO

PEA

LACTIC ACID

GRAFTEDSTARCHES

GAALENERESINS

Gaalene resins : fully integrated in Roquette portofolio


A contribution towards a better environment

Gaalene starch-based resins means :

1. Non GMO bio-based origin,

2. Local farming from plants well adapted to our climates (wheat) without irrigation,

3. Excellent yields of production (low farmland used) allowing crop rotations beneficial to the soil, flora and fauna,

4. Joint production of very high nutritional value products (proteins, fibers) for use in human food (bread, pasta, etc.) and animal feed : 1 ton of Gaalene allows the joint production of 0.3 tons of nutritional products


Comparative ecoprofil of plastics

0,450,450,450,45

Including photosynthesis, the Carbon footprint of Gaalene resins is veryinteresting (less than 0.45 kg CO2 eq./kg )

This is a great reduction of CO2 emissions compared to usual plastics ( -70% compared to polyolefins and - 90% compared to ABS).


At end of life, Gaalene resins can be sorted easily with NIR technology (demonstration conducted with company Pellenc Technologies)

Resins recovered can be reused alone or mixed with polyolefins.

In this case, the mechanical properties remain good even after at least 5 cycles of injection.

The production scraps can be recycled directly after grinding in industrial units.

Gaalene : fully recyclable in polyolefin streams


Basic properties

Valu

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reati

on

Environmental

benefits

New properties

Value creation with Gaalene resins

Gaalene resins allow important

environmental benefits.

Gaalene resins have specific

properties and offer new

functions.

Gaalene resins have adapted

mechanical properties.


5 to 13 KJ/m2Charpy notched impact strength

15 20 %Cristallinity (DSC)

70 to 900 %Elongation at break

400 to 1300 MPaFlexural modulus

Gaalene resins

52% minBiobased content

50 to 90 CHDT B (0,45MPa)

40 to 110 cm3/10minMVR (190C / 10kg)1.10 to 1.12Density

7,80

2,80

1,301,24 1,20 1,15 1,10 1,07 1,05

0,91

7,80

2,80

1,301,24 1,20 1,15 1,10 1,07 1,05

0,91

A wide range of properties.

A rheology adapted to the main conversion processes

Low density (- 30% compared to PLA or starch compounds)

Gaalene resins main properties


0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

4000

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000

Elongation at Break (%)

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PLA

PHB

PS

PP

HDPEPBS

PCL LDPE

Mechanical properties of Gaalene resins

GAALENE906 PF

GAALENE734 PJ


Visual finish possibilities :

Coloration Paint

Many opportunities for finishing

Printing Gluing,

Tactile possibilities :

Soft touch Grip

Shock absorber


Thin films from mono to multi-layers by extrusion blowing Molded parts by injection, directly of after compounding, Bottles by extrusion blow molding.

Gaalene resin references are compatible with :

Gaalene resins range for various applications


Bio-based films with Gaalene resins

Printed shrink filmsMonolayer or Multi-layerCarrier bags

Multilayer Laminated Stand-up packaging


Injection molded parts with Gaalene

Injection molded containers with Gaalene

Technical parts based on Gaalene /glass fiber compounds


Bottles produced with Gaalene resins

Extruded and Co-extruded Bottles with Gaalene


Elise by Starck, The professional solution for sustainable development

Waste basket designed with Gaalene


Gaalene Awarded

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

NOVA INSTITUTE COPERION - March 15th 2011

www.gaialene.com

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