Trade fair innovation – bioplastic for boards

JELUPLAST - bioplastics from JELUAt this year’s FAKUMA, the most important plastics processing trade fair in Europe, the German company JELU presents a new product in the form of a newly developed biocomposite that can be processed to produce stable boards. The material of the JELUPLAST® product group consists of food-safe polypropylene (PP) and wood fibres. The compound is a bioplastic of the new generation that is particularly environmental-friendly. It is:

  • formaldehyde-free
  • chlorine-free
  • phenol-free
  • neutral in odour
  • moisture-resistant
  • recyclable

Boards made from the new bioplastic from JELU are very solid and have very good ambient sound characteristics. JELUPLAST® can be processed to make interior furniture, garden furniture, door panels and many other items. The bioplastic can also be used in injection moulding to manufacture objects such as technical components, toys, kitchenware and many more products.

Bioplastic from JELU

For its JELUPLAST® bioplastics, JELU makes use exclusively of fibres obtained from selected woods that have uniquely defined properties. Only processed fibres that meet certain criteria, such as having a fixed grain size and being of the same type of wood, are used. This allows JELU to reliably set the biocomposite’s physical-mechanical properties to specific values. Bioplastics from JELU can be processed using injection moulding and extrusion as well as compression moulding. The compounds satisfy the German standards for use in foods and toys.

Fakuma, which is regarded as a forward-looking source of new ideas in the plastics processing industry, takes place from 14 to 18 October 2014 in Friedrichshafen, Germany. JELU will present its bioplastic at stand 2307 in Hall B2.

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