Media Release – 24 June 2009
Australia’s Cardia Bioplastics® appoints
Muehlstein as distributor for the Americas
Australian based global supplier Cardia Bioplastics has appointed H Muehlstein & Co as distributor for its
portfolio of resins derived from sustainable resources for the Americas. Cardia Bioplastics is the new
international name for the Biograde Limited business.
Announced at NPE 2009 (National Plastics Exhibition) in Chicago, the agreement enables Muehlstein to offer
customers the comprehensive range of Cardia Bioplastics sustainable resins for packaging and plastic products.
Muehlstein represents international producers of plastic resin and is a leading distributor of polymers worldwide.
Muehlstein Vice President and General Manager Dave Skoczen said the Cardia Bioplastics range will provide “green”
polymer choices for customers. “As the ‘green space’ grows, we have looked for a supplier with a full palette of
sustainable options. The Cardia Bioplastics range provides customers with that choice,” he said.
“Depending on their specific product and sustainability needs, customers can choose from hybrid or fully compostable
resins. These materials can be converted with standard processing equipment for blow moulding, coating, extruding,
film, and injection moulding,” said Dave Skoczen.
Cardia Bioplastics Managing Director Dr Frank Glatz said the Muehlstein agreement completes the company’s global
distributor roll out. “We are delighted to have this partnership with Muehlstein, one of the largest distributors in the
largest market,” said Dr Frank Glatz.
“Growth for the sustainable resins market is driven by changing public attitudes and corresponding regulatory
requirements. Another driver for sustainable packaging is the growing certainty that ‘peak oil’ is coming closer.
Packaging and plastics businesses know that eventually higher oil prices will erode their competitiveness and their
profit margins, and they want packaging and plastic products solutions based on sustainable resources,” he said.
In recent months, Cardia Bioplastics has also appointed Marubeni Europe, Greener Works and F2DP Industries as
regional distributors in Europe, Unic Technologies in South East Asia, Orica Marplex in Australia and its own Biograde
business distributes in China.
Customer choice for sustainable solutions
Dr Frank Glatz said the new Cardia Bioplastics branding enabled the company to align its products more closely with
customers’ needs. “Our range delivers solutions across a range of sustainable resin technologies to offer each
customer a choice of solutions for their packaging or plastics product applications,” he said. The Cardia Bioplastics
range includes:
Cardia Biohybrid® resins – These products are a blend of renewable thermoplastic materials and traditional
polyolefins. Hybrid resins allow manufacturers to embrace sustainable packaging early with existing equipment,
and enable them to immediately increase the renewable content of their products by up to 66% and reduce their
carbon footprint. This high performance range has a wide processing and application window and is colourable
and printable.
Cardia Compostable resins – This range of fully biodegradable products meets international standards for
compostability, including Europe’s EN 13432, the USA’s ASTM D 6400, Japan’s GreenPla, Australia’s AS 4736.
These resins enable customers to offer fully compostable packaging and plastic products, with no additional
investment in existing production equipment. Derived from renewable resources, our resins are soft touch,
colourable and printable. We can develop compounds for specific customer needs and offer a base compostable
resin range.
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Cardia Bioplastics
Unit 18 / 35 Dunlop Road, Mulgrave, Victoria, 3170, Australia
T: (+61-3) 9562.0122 F: (+61-3) 9562.0422
(A registered name of Biograde Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardia Technologies Ltd)
Cardia Bioplastics Business Development Manager for the Americas, James Beck, will support the Muehlstein team,
which will be led by Business Director – Biodegradable and Sustainable Polymers Tom Glasrud. Specialist customer
support in North America will be provided by Guillermo Papier and Mike Potts and in the Latin American markets,
Roberto Gonzales, Andrew Tishman and Noel Barrera will help Muehlstein customers “grow greener”.
Established in 2002 as Biograde Limited, the company expanded rapidly to become a global business with its head
quarters and Global Applications Development Centre in Melbourne, Australia. To ensure its long term internationally
competitive cost base, the manufacturing plant and Product Development Centre are in Nanjing, China. Cardia
Bioplastics has offices in Europe and the Americas.
As Biograde, the company was exclusive supplier of biodegradable packaging to the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic
Games, was awarded the Australian Chamber of Commerce “Australia-China Business Excellence Award” in 2008,
and won the 2009 “CleanEquity Monaco Conference Award” for Excellence in the field of Environmental Technology
Commercialisation.
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Photo caption CardiaBioplasticsRange.jpg: Cardia Biohybrid® and Cardia Compostable resins can be converted
with standard processing equipment for blow moulding, coating, extruding, film, and injection moulding.
About Biograde
Cardia Bioplastics is a registered name of Biograde Limited, a fully owned subsidiary of Cardia Technologies Limited (ASX CODE:
CNN). Cardia Bioplastics is a leading developer, manufacturer and marketer of sustainable packaging resins derived from
renewable resources for the global plastics packaging industry. The company holds a strong patent portfolio for creating innovative
products based on its proprietary technology. Based in Australia and established in 2002, the company manufacturing plant is in
Nanjing, China, and corporate and operational offices are located in Australia, China, Germany, and the USA. Products are
marketed worldwide and its business growth is fuelled by the global trend towards more sustainable packaging. Biograde was the
exclusive supplier of biodegradable packaging to the 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Biograde was awarded the Australian
Chamber of Commerce “Australia-China Business Excellence Award” in 2008 and the 2009 CleanEquity Monaco Conference
award for Excellence in the field of Environmental Technology Commercialisation. Visit Cardia Bioplastics at
Further information:
Dr Frank Glatz
Managing Director
Biograde Limited
+61 400 930 530
Barry Oosthuizen
Communication Advisor
Cardia Technologies Limited
+61 413 185 135
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