Around Blue Co., Ltd. (CEO Choi Jun-young) will participate in ‘KOPLAS 3 (14th International Plastics and Rubber Industry Exhibition)’ held at KINTEX in Ilsan for 18 days from Tuesday, March 5th to Saturday, March 2023th. He said he would.
Around Blue is a company that develops, produces, and commercializes CLC (Cross Linked Cellulose), a new bio-mass plastic material certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) as having 100% natural carbon content. CLC is the world’s first biomass plastic made based on covalent bonding technology between the molecular surfaces of cellulose-based materials, creating a virtuous cycle structure by recycling resource by-products. Accordingly, it has the characteristic that phase separation that occurs in other biomass plastics does not occur.
A company official said, “CLC can withstand heat resistance of 120 degrees, has strong physical properties, and the strength of the physical properties can be adjusted. Therefore, it can effectively replace petroleum-based plastics,” he said. “The raw materials for CLC are all natural by-products such as wood powder, rice husk, cornmeal, coffee grounds, beer grounds, and ginseng residue, and are non-toxic. It has characteristics. After being used as a product, it returns to nature and decomposes naturally, and the decomposition period can be adjusted depending on the application. “It is a good material with excellent price competitiveness as it can be manufactured without a complicated extraction process compared to existing biodegradable bioplastics,” he said.
We are participating in this exhibition to promote CLC materials and products, which are natural carbon certified bio bases, to the domestic market and to proceed with full-scale business.
Packaging Tray is a shock absorbing material that can replace the disposable packaging material market, and CLC Tray made using natural by-products can reduce carbon generated from existing paper molds or petroleum-based plastic materials. In addition, by adding an anti-static function, it can also be used as a tray to prevent damage to electronic products. Household items made from CLC will also be exhibited.
In addition, most jigs are currently made of acetal (POM), which has the disadvantage of generating formaldehyde (HCHO) during the molding process. The official explains that the jig made from Around Blue’s CLC new material does not generate formaldehyde (HCHO), does not warp, and has hard iron-like physical properties, so it can replace existing jigs. A jig is an auxiliary device that provides repeatability, accuracy, and compatibility in product manufacturing by fixing the parts in a certain position and preventing them from moving when processing machine parts in production facilities at a manufacturing plant.
An official said, “Through CLC, Around Blue is constantly working to establish new principles that future plastics must adhere to, improve the shortcomings of existing bioplastics, and solve environmental pollution problems with the goal of ultimately achieving carbon neutrality.” He said, “The key technology is not to take rotten materials and let them rot right away, but to return them to nature after using them for the desired period of time. Even though it is a biomass plastic, we decided to participate in this exhibition to take advantage of the opportunity to create the future through CLC materials and products that can utilize existing production methods such as injection molding and extrusion molding, which reduces the burden of material replacement. “He explained.
In addition, by introducing products using existing natural by-products such as wood flour, rice husk, and corn, as well as beer grounds, coffee waste, and red ginseng waste, the technology reduces greenhouse gases and reduces carbon by replacing petroleum-based plastics through a virtuous cycle mechanism by recycling them. We plan to let people know that sustainability can be realized.
With CLC, Around Blue is expanding its business scope to include not only household goods but also cosmetic containers and jigs. In 2022 alone, we generated sales of 3 million won from resin alone, and are actively expanding our business with the goal of achieving sales of over 100 billion won within this year. Accordingly, an official expressed his ambitious ambition, saying, “We will establish ourselves as a material that can replace petroleum-based plastics in various fields, and we will further strive to create a better planet by reducing carbon emissions.”
On the other hand, KOPLAS, which celebrates its 2023th anniversary in 27, provides a variety of attractions from raw materials for plastics to molds, processing machines, related auxiliary devices, automation solutions, printing, packaging, semi-finished products, and finished products, and presents the present and future of related industries. It provides a ‘place for the plastic rubber-related industry’. As it is held at the same time as the Korea Material·Composite Material and Equipment Exhibition (K-Mtech) and the International Mold and Related Equipment Exhibition (INTERMOLD KOREA), you can meet various products in one place.