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EarthShell and DuPont focus on food service wraps.


EarthShell Corp., Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is a city in California, United States. It is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 92,325. , USA, and DuPont, Wilmington, Delaware Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. , have formed a strategic alliance to focus on the US$ 1 billion global food service wraps market. The alliance combines EarthShell's patented composite material composite material or composite, any material made from at least two discrete substances, such as concrete. Many materials are produced as composites, such as the fiberglass-reinforced plastics used for automobile bodies and boat hulls, but the  technology with DuPont's knowledge of materials, development, manufacturing, and marketing to offer environmentally preferred packaging and systems to the food service industry, including restaurants, quick service, and convenience stores The following is a list of convenience stores organized by geographical location. Stores are grouped by the lowest heading that contains all locales in which the brands have significant presence. .

EarthShell and DuPont will identify opportunities that combine EarthShell Packaging with DuPont[TM] Biomax[R] hydro/biodegradable polyester coatings/films and technology. EarthShell Packaging can use Biomax in its disposable packaging such as bowls, plates, cups and sandwich wraps. EarthShell Packaging is manufactured using composite technology that combines inorganics such as limestone, with organics such as renewable starch. The packaging biodegrades in composting environments.
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Title Annotation:Trends and Ideas
Publication:Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper
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Date:Jun 1, 2002
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