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Firms Target High-Heat Bioplastic

by Alexander H. Tullo
May 19, 2014 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 92, Issue 20

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Credit: Corbion Purac
Food trays made from heat-resistant PLA.
Food trays made out of a heat resistant polylactic acid.
Credit: Corbion Purac
Food trays made from heat-resistant PLA.

Bioplastics compounder FKuR and lactic acid specialist Corbion Purac are developing polylactic acid (PLA) resins with high heat resistance. Purac points out that poor high-temperature performance has been a drawback to the biobased plastic, which it says can have difficulty maintaining dimensional stability even in ambient summer temperatures. One of the first fruits of the company’s development work is a heat-resistant PLA food tray.

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