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AGENACOMP®
Your home-compostable & bio-based biopolymer for flexible packaging
AMITROPLAST®
An important ingredient in your bioplastic compound
AGENACOMP®
– Properties and Applications
Our expertise in BIOPLASTICS
AGENACOMP® combines thermoplastic starch with a biodegradable polymer which can be implemented in your existing set-up. It has excellent mechanical properties regarding flexibility and formability and is home-compostable. AGENACOMP® can be tailored to meet the specific requirements of different applications, such as flexible packaging films, mulch films, or 3D-printing.
Bags
Proctective Packaging
Non-woven Fibers
Multilayer Films
3D-Print
AGENACOMP®
– Your compound for film extrusion
Our expertise in BIOPLASTICS
Our AGENACOMP® is home compostable and contains up to 50 % renewable materials. It allows to extrude films of less than 10µm by standard film extrusion equipment.
Our Starch
- Renewable and regional raw material
- Non-genetically modified
- Starch from Austria
Our AMITROPLAST®
- Specialized thermoplastic starch
- The way to your unique biopolymer compound
Our AGENACOMP®
- Combination of AMITROPLAST® technology with bio-degradable polymers.
Your Film
- Biodegradable
- Home-compostable
- Bio-based
Product Characteristics
AGENACOMP® is easy to process in your existing set-up and has excellent mechanical properties.
- Natural
- Biodegradable
- Versatile
- Home-compostable
- No microplastic residues
- Colorable
- Recommended for multi- & monolayer
| Density (g/cm3) | approx. 13 |
| Particle size (mm) | approx. 4 |
| Melt Volume Rate MVR (190 °C, 2.16 kg) (cm3/10 min) | approx. 2 |
Product Types
AGENACOMP® F30
- Excellent mechanical properties, comparable to PE
- Perfect for mulch films
AGENACOMP® F40
- Bio-based carbon content 33%
- Good processability with high starch proportion
AGENACOMP® F50
- Sustainability boost: Bio-based carbon content 40%
- Cost efficient: High starch content
AGENACOMP® F51
- Sustainability boost: Biobased carbon content >50%
- Easy to process with conventional processing equipment
AGENACOMP® F61
- Sustainability boost: Bio-based carbon content >60%
- Easy to process with conventional processing equipment
Bio-degradation & Composting
Home-compost conditions (28 °C and less) of a 15 µm film AGENACOMP®.
Start
After 2 Weeks
After 4 Weeks
Certifications
AGENACOMP® is certified according to EN 13432.
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AMITROPLAST®
– Properties and Applications
Thermoplastic Starch
With the AMITROPLAST® product family, AGRANA provides a user-friendly thermoplastic starch for extrusion, film blowing, injection molding and 3D-printing.
Our AMITROPLAST®products allow users to incorporate significant amounts of thermoplastic starch into bioplastic compounds and thus, to create tailor-made polymer compounds that are processable by using standard polymer equipment and capable of adding extra value to innovative products.
Product Characteristics
AMITROPLAST®, thermoplastic starch can be added to polymers to increase the bio-based content and improve the biodegradability.
- 100% Bio-based
- Cost-effective
- Biodegradable
- Versatile
Our Starch
- Non-genetically modified
- Renewable and regional raw material
- Starch from Austria
Our AMITROPLAST®
- Biodegradable
- Home-compostable
- The way to your value-added bio-polymer compound
Your Compound
- Combination of AMITROPLAST® technology with bio-degradable polymers.
Your Product
- Tailor made products with customized properties
AMITROPLAST®
– Your thermoplastic starch for extrusion and injection
Extrusion & Thermoforming
- Carrier bags
- Fruit and vegetable bags
- Protective packaging
- Wastebags & bin liners
- Non-woven fibers
- Technical films
- Forestry applications
- And many more
Injection Molding
- Agricultural clips and guides
- Plant pots
- 3D print filament
- Cutlery
- Packaging
- Sanitary products
- And many more
Product Characteristics
Bio-based
AMITROPLAST® has a bio-based carbon content of 100% and allows you to reach easily 40 % of renewable resources or more in your products.
Film
A 20µm film, based on a compound that consists of 40% AMITROPLAST® and 60 % biodegradable polyester results typically in an extensibility of approximately 300% and a tensile strength of 35 MPa.
No Smoke
The new technology of AMITROPLAST® significantly reduces the development of smoke during film blowing.
Stretching
Stretching increases the tensile strength, whereby values in a range of 60 MPa are accomplished (depending on the applied draw-ratio).
Injection Molding & Thermoforming Recyling
Compounds containing AMITROPLAST® can be recycled and fed back into the process.
| Density (g/cm3) | approx. 13 |
| Particle size (mm) | approx. 4 |
| Melt Volume Rate MVR (190 °C, 2.16 kg) (cm3/10 min) | approx. 2 |
Certifications
AMITROPLAST® is biobased, bio-degradable and can be disposed of in a home or industrial composting environment.
