New bio-based Sheet for food packaging.

A new thermoformable sheet made from bio-based resin has been introduced by Alcoa Kama, the sheet extrusion division of Reynolds Food Packaging in Hazelton, Pa. The extruded sheet will be made of a biodegradeable resin from Cereplast Inc., Hawthorne, Calif. Available in rollstock 10 to 42 mils thick, the sheet is aimed at food service, packaging, and other uses. Alcoa Kama is testing the material with selected thermoforming firms, and full commercialization is expected in first quarter of 2007.

Alcoa says Cereplast resins offer better value than other biopolymers because of their superior thermal stability. Cereplast also claims better strength, good stiffness, and lack of brittleness Brittleness

That characteristic of a material that is manifested by sudden or abrupt failure without appreciable prior ductile or plastic deformation. . Fully compostable Cereplast resins incorporate starch starch, white, odorless, tasteless, carbohydrate powder. It plays a vital role in the biochemistry of both plants and animals and has important commercial uses. and other biodegradable biodegradable /bio·de·grad·a·ble/ (-de-grad´ah-b'l) susceptible of degradation by biological processes, as by bacterial or other enzymatic action.

bi·o·de·grad·a·ble
adj. components, including PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD.

(language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. resin from Nature-Works LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol.

LLC - Logical Link Control , Minnetonka, Minn. Cereplast recently announced that it is nearing completion of a new production line, which will bring its capacity to 40 million lb/yr. That reportedly will make Cereplast the second-largest U.S. producer of bio-based resins. Tel: (310) 676-5000 * PT Direct: 884TK

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