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Nu Stone Presentation Nov 2012
- 1. Nu Stone A Revolutionary natural plastic for the POS and Packaging Industries Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 2. Schedule • What is Nu Stone • How is Nu Stone made? • What properties does it have? • Investment, product development and the future • Nu Stone Product Family • Markets and Applications • The Environment • Why choose Nu Stone? Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 3. What is Nu stone Unique Patented Technology 60 – 80% Calcium Carbonate 20 – 40 % Polyethylene Chalk H.D.P.E Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 4. How is Nu Stone made? + Waterless Production H.D.P.E (Polyethylene) + = Minimal Oil No Water Pollution No Bleach, Acid or Alkali Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 5. Nu Stone Properties • Water – proof • Oil and grease repellent / resistant • Tough and resilient • Tactile quality • Easy to print • Non Toxic – No Acid, No Alkali, No Bleach • Food contact safe and certificated • Recyclable • Reusable • Put 60 - 80% chalk back into Landfill Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 6. Nu Stone product family Product Caliper range Markets / Applications % General litho print where the 1. Nu Stone Print 100 – 200 microns product is required to be 80:20 waterproof / durable 2. Nu Stone Opaque 200 – 400 microns POS and Display products 80:20 A variety of products for the 3. Nu Stone Packaging 400 – 700 microns Food Packaging sectors 60:40 Gift and Voucher card markets 4. Nu Stone eCard 200 – 500 microns* - Heat Lamination 60:40 80:20 5. Nu Stone Card 400 – 1000 microns** Gift and Voucher card markets or 60:40 * = Un-laminated ** = Laminated Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 7. Investment • 4 Manufacturing plants • 1 in Taiwan 3 in China • 120’000 tonne capacity at new plant in China by end 2013 • Circa 100 individual extruders (phase 1) • 1 Million Tonnes capacity by end of 2020 • $750‘000 investment in Laminating equipment • $500‘000 investment in product development Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 8. New Chinese Plant 15KM from factory the mountain range The raw Calcium Carbonate as it!s A piece of unrefined Calcium The grinding shoot where the large where the Calcium Carbonate is delivered to the factory Carbonate pieces of Calcium Carbonate are initially mined. View from the grinding plant. ground down into smaller pieces Standing with the Calcium Carbonate Ian and the team outside the plant. grinding team in front of a further grinding Factory 2 (the white building) is behind cylinder as we make the pieces into and Factory 3 to the right. The red powder building is the workers living quarters Ian Brown with the management team from Shengyang and local party officials. We are standing in Factory no.1 with 12 extrusion lines behind us. This is where Nu Stone Print will be made. There are two other equal sized factories for production of Nu Stone Card and Nu Stone Packaging. In total there are 42 extruders in all 3 factories 120,000 tonne capacity. Just some of the 350 employees Ian with Mr. Wei Ai the General going for lunch in the canteen Manager of the new plant in front of extruder no.4 Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 9. Applications Tickets and guides Cosmetics and Pharmacy labels External Print Applications POS Banners and Posters Shelf Talkers Vehicle Graphics Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 10. Applications Nu Stone Opaque Shelf Wobblers External Signage Shelf Talkers POP Displays Floor Graphics Horticultural Labels Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 11. Applications Nu Stone Packaging Packaging and Containers Hot Food Packaging Wet Food Boards Nu Stone Card Nu Stone Bags Gift and Voucher Cards High quality retail bags Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 12. Product development • Wide format rolls • Self adhesive sheets and reels • Retail wall graphics • Digital wallpaper • Hygiene products e.g. disposable hospital bed covers • External paper based board up to 2000 microns – waterproof • 70/30 variants • Gloss variants Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 13. Environment What Greenpeace say... Greenpeace and PVC “Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is unique in its high chlorine and additives content, which makes it an 1. PVC environmental poison throughout its life cycle. Vinyl chloride is a 2. PU, PS, ABS, PC known human carcinogen. PVC releases dioxin and other 3. PET persistent organic pollutants during 4. PE, PP its manufacture and disposal and cannot be readily recycled due to it chlorine and additive content. 5. Biobased polymers Furthermore, additives are not bound to the plastic and leach out” “PVC an environmental poison throughout its life cycle” Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 14. Environment From the earth, back to the earth Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 15. Environment – Flexible solutions Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 16. Environment - footprint Nu Stone footprint PP Footprint Thursday, 22 November 2012
- 17. Why Stone? • Ecologically sound alternative to 100% plastic products • Non toxic - REACH and ROHS certified • Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification • Waterless production process • Flexible post – life disposal, recycling and reuse options • Prints easily using traditional print technology • Price neutrality • Price stability • A fantastic natural alternative to man-made plastics • Utilising infinitely renewable natural resources Thursday, 22 November 2012