Innovating without fundamentally altering existing processes is a challenge familiar to all industries, and plastic processing is no exception. So how can you integrate new bio-based and biodegradable materials without completely redesigning your industrial workflows?
The answer: by choosing materials specifically designed to fit your processes.
That’s exactly what CareTips® offers: an innovative, ready-to-use natural polymer that even helps reduce energy consumption!
Integrating Innovative Materials Into Manufacturing Processes Is Often a Challenge
Innovation often implies change, and in the industrial world, any change usually means a more or less long R&D phase.
When introducing new plastic materials with different physical properties (forming temperature, flexibility, viscosity, etc.), process parameters must often be adjusted to accommodate them.
However, if materials are difficult to inject, extrude, or blow mold, this R&D phase can become too time-consuming to meet industrial demands.
In the worst-case scenarios, some new materials may even prove technically or economically unprocessable. This is often the case with certain recycled plastics, whose inconsistent properties make it difficult to ensure reproducibility and quality.
For manufacturers, a material’s processability using existing equipment is just as crucial as its technical, economic, or environmental performance.
It’s the material that should adapt to the process, not the other way around!
When selecting a new material, manufacturers must consider three key questions:
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CareTips®, a bio-based, biodegradable, and ready-to-use material
CareTips® is an innovative polymer developed and patented by Lactips.
Made from natural proteins and plant-based, renewable resources, it is both bio-based and biodegradable.
But CareTips® offers even more: thanks to our pellets and blends, this turnkey material is directly compatible with standard industrial equipment.
Like any thermoplastic, it seamlessly integrates into processes such as injection molding, blown film extrusion, extrusion coating, aqueous coating, and more.
With CareTips®, Lactips Adapts to Your Processes
CareTips® enables a smooth transition to renewable materials, without heavy investment! |
CareTips®: lower energy consumption, smaller carbon footprint
The Lactips solution is bio-based and biodegradable, without generating microplastic pollution.
CareTips® also has a lower processing temperature compared to traditional plastics.
That means less energy is needed to shape it which is a major win both financially and environmentally!
Lactips, a 100% French company that supports you at every step
Want to integrate CareTips® into your products?
Lactips provides ready-to-use and customized solutions.
Our experts work closely with your teams to ensure smooth adoption and, if needed, we also offer technical support throughout the process.
Don’t hesitate to reach out to our team for more information!
