DuPont Announces New Series in Collaboration with Braskem
DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers (DuPont) announced that it is launching a new series of a renewably sourced tie-resins and polymer modifiers in collaboration with Braskem, as an extension of the DuPont Bynel and DuPont Fusabond resin families. The products are designed to either meet or exceed the performance of equivalent petroleum-derived products and add to the growing DuPont suite of solutions for increased sustainability.
They are also fully recyclable in polyethylene (PE) waste-streams.Through the partnership, which was officially announced at this year's European BioplasticsConference in Berlin, Germany, DuPont will use renewably sourced PE from Braskem to produce materials thatare drop-in alternatives to the company’s conventional petroleum based tie-resins and polymer modifiers. Assuch, users can achieve enhanced environmental credentials without any sacrifice in performance orprocessibility.– These two materials are used in many applications across a number of industries, said ShannaMoore, global sustainability director, DuPont Packaging & Industrial Polymers. We are committed to helpingcustomers achieve their goals for enhanced sustainability of their offerings. Through our dedicated research anddevelopment efforts and partnerships, such as this one with Braskem, we are able to successfully address ourcustomers' desires to reduce their overall carbon footprint.– Braskem is engaged to turning this development of Bynel and Fusabond resin families into along and fruitful partnership with DuPont, said Marcel Nunes, business director for Braskem’s RenewableChemicals. We know that the use of drop-in biopolymers in products for the multi-layer packages and filmsindustry is a trend, and this business will show great growth.The polyethylene developed by Braskem usesrenewably sourced sugar cane ethanol instead of petroleum-based materials. According to Braskem, thei rproduct, which is trademarked “I’m green” Green Polyethylene, offers a positive environmental impact incomparison with the petroleum-based polyethylene because across the complete supply chain, it captures and fixes CO2 from the atmosphere.Braskem's commitment to the environment and its approach to sustainable manufacture attractedDuPont, in addition to the fact that both companies have strong environmental mission statements. DuPont hasextensive know-how in the design of multilayer packaging structures and in formulations of polymer compounds.Combining this know-how with new materials will enable further penetration of bio-based polymers into moresophisticated structures.