Crystallization of 100%-Pure-PLA!
We look forward to your inquiries on it.
Company Profile
We will realize a society free from ocean and soil pollution caused by plastic waste.
Vision
Create a new 'plastics industry' using only plant-derived bio-raw materials along with motivated and passionate plastic-related companies in Japan and overseas
Mission
We confidently follow the "Royal Road of Biomass Plastic" by using only 100% PLA resin.
Strategy
We will assemble colleagues who agree with our way of thinking about plastics, and create an environment where we can work with mutual respect and confidence.
We seek quality that does not compromise both
"environmental friendliness" and "ease of use",
and will continue to research better raw materials.
Bio-X Inc.
Initiatives for SDGs
We support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
What the Crystallization of PLA products is all about.
NO WORRIES ABOUT DEMOFORMATION OF 100% PURE PLA-BASED PRODUCTS IN BOILING WATER!
Our Heat resistant injection molding method of 100% pure Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) brings us the amazing food trays and cutleries which are heat-resistant up to 150℃ to our daily lives, and which are perfectly biodegradable and compostable as well. The Namba Heat resistant injection molding method – the world’s first outstanding solution to make biodegradable plastics with heat-resistant for protecting our environment and reduce marine litter!
We, Bio-X Inc., have been aiming to achieve to manufacture biodegradable 100% pure Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) with heat-resistant WITHOUT any additives. Finally we have succeeded in developing biodegradable plastics with heat resistance up to 150°C ! Our chairman has been trying very hard to do so with his many years of experience and knowledge and get the answer for this heat-resistant problem!
Until now, PLA products have been molded into plastic and their shape has been deformed at about 60 ° C, so it has been considered unsuitable for tableware such as lunch boxes, cups, food trays and cutleries due to this weak heat resistance problem. It is high time for us to convey our technology to the world in order to popularize tableware and cutlery products made from PLA, a raw material for biomass plastic. As a result, we would like to contribute to solve the marine plastic problem in the terms of Reduce and Recycle among the 3Rs recycling categories.
For example, if a 100% PLA container is disposed of with food residue, it will eventually "return to the soil" due to microbial hydrolysis. It does not flow into the ocean, and even if it flows into the ocean and is ingested by fish because it is rich in nutrients and does not harm the body since PLA is made from starch extracted from corn and sugar cane. However, if a plastic is made by mixing biomass-derived raw materials with petroleum-derived ones, only the biomass part will be biodegrade, but the remaining petroleum-derived part will not be decomposed and will remain almost forever, and will eventually be destined to become ‘marine microplastics’, floating on the surface of the sea. Recently, it is often seen in the street the one with the mark "Bioplastic 30" or "Bioplastic 50", these are the one.
In addition, Recycle can generally only be recycled with 100% purified materials. I believe you can understand that if impurities are mixed together, even if it is melted and molded, it will not be re-productive anymore. Therefore, products that use 100% pure PLA can be easily recycled, especially in "chemical recycling,". This is a method of recycling waste as raw chemical materials through chemical processing on the process of reproducing. In fact, recycled plastics made through chemical recycling process look more beautiful, hygienic and inexpensive.
Regarding cost of PLA-based products, on the other hand, heat resistance problem has been solved with our own technology, and I believe that this cost problem, which is another concern, will definitely be solved if it is mass-produced around the world in the future. That's why we, Bio-X Inc. would like to form a group made up of plastic-related professionals with a common understanding and work as a "team" to manufacture and disseminate this 100% pure PLA product with heat resistance to whole world.
Shall we now stand up for protection of our environment and reduction of marine litter? We look forward to hearing from you. Thank you.
Our technology
As I mentioned before, we have succeeded in crystallizing 100% pure PLA, which is a "biomass plastic raw material that returns to the soil", and which is able to ensure heat resistance up to 150°C!
PLA is mainly composed of plant starch. In fish farms, it is used as bait, so it is not harmful even if you accidentally eat it, and if you dispose of it with food residue after use, microorganisms will decompose and return to the soil in tatters.
However, as I have said many times, PLA has a problem with heat resistance when made into a product, and it has a weakness that the product deforms its shape at about 50°C. In fact, clear-files made of 100% PLA can be deformed if it is left in the car in the middle of summer, and the shirt hangers for dry cleaners also are deformed fast.
Due to repeated researches and trials led by our Chairman, we have developed a technology that we can freely set the heat- resistance temperature of 100% PLA resin up to about 150°C on the process of manufacturing in accordance with the necessary temperature of the various kinds of plastic products.
The temperature of 150°C means that food containers can be heated using a microwave and there is no risk of deformation even if they are randomly placed in direct sunlight in the middle of summer season. The point is that this is meaningless unless it is 100% PLA. Additives and inorganic substances are ultimately harmful to the human body and the global environment, and are not suitable for recycling of the waste.
We are committed to "Heat resistant injection molding of 100% pure PLA" and would like to walk in the middle of the royal road of biomass plastics. Even if it is environmentally friendly, if it is not convenient, it will not spread to the whole world, we will end up with remaining the problem of marine plastics. We pursue quality that does not compromise on both "consideration for the environment" and "ease of use", and will continue to research raw materials more and to strive for protection of our environment and for reducing marine litter.