15 March 2018
DETAILS
global technology leader in Poly Lactic Acid (PLA)
and lactide monomers,
announces that it has successfully started up
its 1 kTpa PLA pilot plant in Rayong, Thailand.
The pilot plant started up in December 2017
and over the past two months
has produced a broad range of Luminy® PLA resins.
Upon completion, Total Corbion PLA’s production facility
in Thailand will produce a broad portfolio of
Luminy® PLA neat resins: from
* standard PLA to innovative, high heat resistant PLA,
to satisfy customer requirements
for a wide range of markets
from packaging to consumer goods, fibers and automotive.
Francois de Bie
Senior Marketing Director
"Our customers have been looking forward to
testing and validating our Luminy® PLA resins”
“With the successful start-up of the pilot plant,
Luminy® PLA from the pilot plant
is now available for customer sampling”.
In addition, the pilot plant is being used
to train operators and to get a head start on
the required product certifications and regulatory needs.
In future, Total Corbion PLA will also be able
to use the pilot plant for product development.
Simon Goldney,
Plant Director
With the start-up of the pilot plant, Total Corbion PLA
is gearing up to become
a world scale producer of PLA: on the same site,
Total Corbion PLA’s Lactide plant
is being expanded to 100 kTpa
and a 75 kTpa PLA polymerization plant
is under construction.
“Since ground breaking in November 2016,
the project has amassed
more than 2.2 million safe working hours to date”,
“The PLA polymerization plant is on track
to deliver its first commercial quantities of PLA
during the second half of 2018.”
For more information on
how to make the switch to biobased PLA,
or to obtain sample material for trials,
please contact us.
The first Luminy® biopolymer
from Total Corbion PLA’s pilot plant in Rayong, Thailand.
Luminy® PLA biopolymer ready for shipment to customers.
Quality inspection of Luminy® biopolymer pellets
produced from Total Corbion PLA’s pilot plant in Rayong, Thailand.
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