A very brief presentation about current innovation in plastic materials before a sales team.

1. April 29, 2014
by R&D Dept.

2. Most Important Sources for Innovative Ideas

3. R&D-Business Vision
Zoom (only see some apples)

4. 200 m (see many more apples)
R&D-Business Vision

5. Grab low hanging apples
Innovation-Business Style, Now

6. 5….10….20 yrs Later
Bottom line more competitive, grab the higher
(requires higher level of innovation)

7. Features
• Biodegradable
• Renewable
Improvement-needs
• Mechanical property
• Barrier
• Thermal
• Fire retardant property
• Moisture sensitivity
• Compatibility
http://www.cnlushan.com/en/news/detail.aspx?MenuID=040402&ID=362
http://www.plasticstoday.com/articles/green-plastics-growth-spurt-global-bioplastics-capacity-double-201505242011
http://bioplastic-innovation.com/?s=market+study
• Starch-based plastics
• Bio-PET, Bio-PE, PLA, PHA, etc.
Bioplastics for Packaging

8. Nanomaterial in Plastics
• Nanoparticle-reinforced plastic
Features
• Extraordinary mechanical properties
• Superior physical properties
• Task specific functionalities
• Hi-tech applications
Challenge & format
• Dispersion
• Compatibility
• Masterbatch
• Compound
• Prill
Application examples
• Conductive plastics
• Tough plastics
• Gas barrier
• Composite membranes
• Magnetic plastics
• Smart plastics
Examples
• Nanofiber-plastic composite
• Clay-plastic composite
• CNT-plastic composite
• Nanometal-plastic composite
Toyota Motor nanocomposite commercialization, 24 yrs
http://www.nanowerk.com
http://www.packworld.com/sustainability/strategy/nanotechnology-packs-promise
Conductive fabrics

9. Nanomaterial in Plastics
US rigid food packaging market by
resin (million lbs)
US packaging barrier resin market
volume (million lbs)
http://bccresearch.com
http://www.packworld.com/sustainability/strategy/nanotechnology-packs-promise
It is predicted that nanotechnology will
change 25% of the food packaging business
in the next decade, that means a yearly over
$ 30 billion market

10. (More) Self Healing Plastics
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2014/mh/c3mh00061c#!divAbstract
http://techeverytime.com/2011/01/scientists-develop-self-healing-plastics/
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/140115-stanford-creates-touch-sensitive-infinitely-self-healing-synthetic-skin
Calm down Arnold, your
artificial skin can be
recovered within 2 hours.
Catalyst-free room-temperature self-healing elastomers
based on aromatic disulfide metathesis
Shape memory self healing plastic