The increased production capacity (+36%) to be provided by
the plant in Patrica, Lazio
NOVARA and PATRICA, Italy,
Oct. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --
Following on from Terni, the Novamont group's historic site where
the production capacity of MATER-BI® compostable bioplastics is
110,000 tonnes a year, in Patrica, in the province of Frosinone,
Novamont has now started producing its compostable biopolymers in
the Mater-Biopolymer plant. This will enable production capacity to
be increased by 40,000 tonnes, in response to the strong growth in
demand for biodegradable and compostable products.
As well as improving production efficiency and providing a rapid
response to market demands, expansion of the Patrica site will also
enable the group to diversify its production sites and ensure an
ever greater range of products for different applications with an
increasingly high content of renewable materials.
The production of MATER-BI® at Patrica will complement the
current production of ORIGO–BI®, biopolyesters of renewable origin
that are components of MATER-BI®.
The Mater-Biopolymer plant in Patrica, which directly employs 90
people, was built following redevelopment of the former Mossi &
Ghisolfi PET plant and cost over 100 million
euros in investment. Producing 100,000 tonnes of ORIGO–BI®
annually, the new process has allowed the site to cut volumes by
half compared to the previous "traditional" type of production, and
to obtain products that have higher value and greater
specificity.
Mater–Biopolymer is a highly efficient plant, at the same time
satisfying quality, environmental and safety requirements. Its
complex system of utilities minimise costs and waste through the
recovery and reuse of waste, in terms of the circular economy and
sustainability.
"Start-up of MATER-BI® production in the Mater-Biopolymer plant
is a major achievement for our group and is the result of all the
work we have carried out in recent years in innovating and
industrialising our technologies," declared Catia Bastioli,
managing director of Novamont. "This further step forward, just one
year after inauguration of the second biopolyester production line,
consolidates our model for local area regeneration and our
integrated bioeconomy supply chain, which is based on new plants in
deindustrialised sites, a wide range of bio-based products designed
to safeguard soil and water, and behind which we have an important
network of collaborations and interactions".
The Novamont Group is world leader in the development and
production of bioplastics and biochemicals through the integration
of chemistry, the environment and agriculture. With more than 600
employees, it registered a turnover of €238 million in 2018 and
made continuous investments in research and development activities
(5% of its turnover and more than 20% of its staff); it has a
portfolio of around 1,800 patents. The group has its headquarters
in Novara, a production facility in Terni and research laboratories
in Novara, Terni and Piana di Monte
Verna (CE). The Novamont subsidiaries are based in Bottrighe
(RO), Patrica (FR) and Porto Torres (SS). Active in Germany, France and the
United States through commercial offices and a
representative office in Brussels
(Belgium). Novamont operates
through own distributors in more than 40 countries all over the
world.
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