Novamont Power Point

NovamontPioneer in Development of the Bioplastics Market

Ontario BioAuto Council-CPIA

April 2, 2008

Presentation Outline

• Novamont History

• Mater-Bi™

• Novamont’s new achievements- Origo-Bi™

NOVAMONT CONFIDENTIAL

MONTEDISONMONTEDISON

ERIDANIAERIDANIA

BEGHIN SAYBEGHIN SAY(VILVOORDE(VILVOORDE

RESEARCH CENTERRESEARCH CENTER

MONTECATINIMONTECATINI

(DONEGANI (DONEGANI INSTITUTE)INSTITUTE)

•HIMONT (PP)

•MONTEFIBRE (PET)

•VEDRIL (PMMA)

•MONTEFLUOS (FLUORINATED POLYMERS)

•FARMITALIA

•AGRIMONT

•ETC.

•CERESTAR (STARCH)

•CEREOL (OILS)

•ERIDANIA-BEGHIN SAY (SUGAR)

•CENTRAL SOIA

•PROVIMI

•AGRA

•ETC.

FERTECFERTEC(FERRUZZI RESEARCH AND

TECHNOLOGY))

INTEGRATION OF CHEMISTRY AGRICULTURE AND

ENVIRONMENT

NOVAMONT ORIGINS

-THE LIVING CHEMISTRY PROJECT (1989)-

FERRUZZIFERRUZZI


NOVAMONTHISTORICAL BACKGROUND

• 1989: FERTEC formed by MONTEDISON starting as a spin-off of IGD (Donegani Institute)(Main projects:materials, paper additives, biodiesel fuel, cobuilders for detergency, craking of carbohydrates)

• 1991: merger of FERTEC in NOVAMONT• 1994: NOVAMONT focus on materials• 1996: NOVAMONT acquired by BCI (Banca

Commerciale Italiana) merchant bank (today BancaIntesa, the major Italian banking group) and INVESTITORI ASSOCIATI (the largest private equity fund in Italy)


NOVAMONT PROFILE • Market pioneer and leader in the sector of biodegradable

materials with focus on renewable resources

• Tailor-made materials for a wide range of industrial applications (composting, packaging, hygiene, agriculture, food serviceware, tires) under the tradename Mater-Bi™

• Focus on research and development as the driving force of Novamont industrial development (>10% of turnover , more than 30% of the human resources dedicated to research)

• More than 100 articles, about 80 patent families, 9 awards, >90ML$ of investment



NOVAMONT PATENT PORTFOLIO

0

100

1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

YEAR

n° P

ATE

NTS

1997: ACQUISITION OF ALL WARNER LAMBERT PATENT

PORTFOLIO

2001: EXCLUSIVE LICENCE OF BIOTEC’S PATENTS IN THE

SECTOR OF FILM INDUSTRY


RENEWABLE RESOURCES

TAILOR MADE MATERIALS FOR APPLICATIONS

ECONOMICALLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY

SUSTAINABLE

CONTRIBUTION TOTHE SOLUTION OF

ENVIRONMENTAL/ TECHNICAL/

ECONOMICAL ISSUES OF A SECTOR OF

APPLICATION

NOVAMONTAPPROACH TO BIOPLASTICS

TECHNOLOGIES AT LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

LIVING CHEMISTRY FOR QUALITY OF LIFE


+

POLYMERIC COMPLEXING

AGENTS

DESTRUCTURIZED STARCH+ CHEMICAL MODIFICATIONSMILLING

STARCH CORN KERNEL

AMORPHOUS AMYLOSE AND

AMYLOPECTINE

COMPLEXED STARCH

NOVAMONT TECHNOLOGY


0102030405060708090

100

0 10 20 30 40 50 60

Pure cellulose

Mater-Bi(100um)

Mater-Bi(1mm)

Time ( Days)

% B

iode

grad

atio

n(C

O2/

ThC

O2)

MATER-BI AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION UNDER

CONTROLLED COMPOSTING CONDITIONS EN 13432


MATER-BI GRADES FOR FILM-BIODEGRADATION BEHAVIOUR-

TOTALLY BIODEGRADABLE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS:

• INDUSTRIAL COMPOSTING (EN13432, ASTM 6400-99,UNI15782)

• HOME COMPOSTING

• SOIL

NOVAMONT PLANT IN TERNI

CAPACITY: 20000 ton/year CERTIFIED ACCORDING TO ISO 9001 AND 14001


Injectionmolding

foaming

nanoparticlesFilm

blowing

extrusion

Thermofo

rming

MATER-BI GRADES

PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES


NOVAMONTMAIN MARKET SEGMENTS

• Agriculture

• Composting

• Food serviceware

• Hygiene

• Packaging

• Tires biofillers


MATER-BI GRADESFOR WASTE BAGS

• Yard waste and lawn

& leaf bags

• Food and

bio-waste bags

• Liners for restaurants


MATER-BI GRADESFOR MULCH FILM

SOME PROPERTIES OF MATER-BI STANDARD FILMS

0.1-222-6dg/minASTM D1238MFI

8-1625-45MPaASTM D882Strenght at break

150-600250-800%ASTM D882Elongation at break

100-200100-450MPaASTM D882Young’s modulus

6030-150N/mASTM D1938Tear strength

10080-100%Processability

15500-1000gr30umm2*24hLYSSYPermeability

-OK COMPOSTDINCERTCO

CEN13432DIN54900

Compostability

-1-5weeksVGS certificatesIn-use resistance: yard waste

PE FILMMATER-BI FILM

UNITPROCEDURETEST


OTHER MATER-BI APPLICATIONS


•BIODEGRADABLE AND COMPOSTABLE IN DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS

•PERFORMANCES COMPARABLE WITH TRADITIONAL PLASTICS

•PROCESSABILITY WITH STANDARD MACHINES AS FOR TRADITIONAL PLASTICS

•HIGH BREATHABILITY (>1000 gr30um/24h m2 (ISO 2528 condition B) WITH BIOLOGICAL BARRIER

•REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT (energy saving, resources saving, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions (epd) ) VS STANDARD AND BIODEGRADABLE NON RENEWABLE PLASTICS

MATER-BI: MAIN CHARACTERISTICS

ORIGO-BI TM: THE NOVAMONT POLYESTERS FROM RRM

A RESULT OF THE INTEGRATION OF NOVAMONT’STECHNOLOGY ON RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS FROM

VEGETABLE OILS WITH EASTMAN’S TECHNOLOGYPLATFORM (EASTAR-BIO Patent portfolio, Know-how )

(8/2004)


Eniv

ronm

enta

lC

osts

Technical Performances

ORIGO-BITM vs MATER-BITM

Environmental Costs vs technical performances

Mater-Bi

starchMater-Bi

ORIGO-BI

starchstarchstarch

COMPLEXING AGENTS


PSPHBPLA

PET

PP

LDPE

HDPEPCLPBS

EASTAR-BIOMATER-BI

MATER-BI

MATER-BI ORIGO-BI

ORIGO-BI

ORIGO-BIORIGO-BI0

1000

2000

3000

0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900ELONGATION AT BREAK (%)

MO

DU

LUS

(MPa

)TENSILE PROPERTIES

-MODULUS vs ELONGATION AT BREAK-COMPARATIVE DATA


THE BIOREFINERY INTEGRATED IN THE TERRITORY

•LOCAL RAW MATERIALS

•SPECIALIZED CROPS

•INNOVATION IN THE TERRITORY

•TERRITORY AS A LAB

•IMPLEMENTATION OF ADEQUATE STANDARDS

•READYNESS TO ABSORB NEW TECHNOLOGIES

•NEW INITIATIVES

NOVAMONT

S.I.N.C.R.O.

50-50 Joint Venture between

NOVAMONT and C.A.M.P.O.(cooperative of 600 farmersbelonging to COLDIRETTI)

BIOREFINERY

POLYESTERS FROM VEGETABLE OILS

MONOMERS FOR POLYESTERS AND CHEMICAL INTERMEDIATES

TRANSFORMATION OF CO/BY-PRODUCTS IN CO-MONOMERS AND ENERGY

COMPLEXED STARCH

TECHNOLOGY

STARCH NANOPARTICLES

CONCLUSIONS

1. MATER-BI : A RANGE OF TAILOR MADE MATERIALS WITH EXCELLENT TECHNICAL PERFORMANCES.

2. PRODUCTS DESIGNED FOR POSITIVE ENVIORNMENTAL IMPACT THROUGH THE FULL LIFE CYCLE (CRADLE TO GRAVE).

3. ORIGO-BITM THE NEW FAMILY OF RENEWABLE POLYESTERS (30-70%) TO ENLARGE THE RANGE OF NOVAMONT’S TAILOR MADE MATERIALS AND TO FURTHER STRENGTHEN TECHNICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCES


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