Cereplast Hybrid Resins® products are bio-based, replacing 50% or more of the petroleum content in traditional plastic products with bio-based materials such as starches from corn, tapioca, wheat and potatoes.

Environmental and Economical
Cereplast Hybrid Resins® products are cost-competitive with traditional petroleum-based plastic resin. With significantly more of the resin content derived from starches, the pricing of Cereplast Hybrid Resins® products is not as influenced by the volatile prices of oil. The price per pound of Cereplast Hybrid Resins® products is similar to the price of traditional polyolefin. Cereplast Hybrid Resins® products can be processed at the same cycle time as traditional plastics, but require less energy in the production process by using significantly lower machine temperatures.

Cereplast Hybrid Resins® Product Offering
The first product from the Cereplast Hybrid Resins® family (the Bio-polyolefins®) is Biopropylene 50™ (CP-BIO-PP-50), a 50% petroleum and 50% starch-based resin exhibiting similar physical characteristics as traditional polypropylene in the following areas:

– Heat deflection temperature
– Modulus
– Impact strength

Biopropylene™ resin can be used in a variety of manufacturing processing including injection molding, thermoforming, profile extrusion, and extrusion blow molding.

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