CIRCULAR ECONOMY - RECYCLING PACKGING

1. BIOPOLYMER PBS -
from cradle to cradle in real-life business
Peter Putsch
Germany

2. PETER PUTSCH – BIOPOLYMER EXPERT
• 3rd generation entrepreneur with 40 years of
compounding expertise
• CEO of Exipnos and the inventor of the Direct
Compounding Injection Moulding (DCIM) technology
• Chairman of the POLYKUM Association
• Initiator of the “BIOPOLYMER – Processing &
Moulding” congress and jury member for the
“BIOPOLYMER Innovation Award”
• Coordinator of the RUBIO network with 15 years of
Biopolymer knowledge
I N T R O

3. E X I P N O S
Flexible or rigid? Colorful instead of grey?
Bio- or petroleum-based? And if possible biodegradable?
The demands that users place on modern plastics are more
complex today than ever before.
At Exipnos, we ensure that our customers always have the
optimal plastic available for their planned projects.
Bio-based, biodegradable plastics and energy-saving
solutions are our passion.
COMPOUND-
DEVELOPMENT 4.0

4. E X I P N O S
DCIM
DIRECT COMPOUNDING INJECTION
MOULDING SYSTEM

5. R U B I O
PASTIC POLLUTION IS A GLOBAL PROBLEM
Image: Mumbai beach Image: Mountain lake in Europe

6. R U B I O
POLYBUTYLENSUCCINAT
CAN REPLACE
CONVENTIONAL
BULK PLASTICS IN VERY
MANY APPLICATIONS
PBS – Polybutylensuccinat
PLA – Polylactid
PP – Polypropylen
PE – Polyethylen
PE
PP
PLA
PBS
RIGIDITY
STABILITY
IMPACT RESISTANCE
BREAKING
ELONGATION
BIODEGRADABLE
REGENERATIVE
RAW MATERIALS

7. R U B I O
THE RANGE OF PBS
PRODUCTS IS WIDE

8. R U B I O
POLYBUTYLENSUCCINAT
• PBS can be produced organically
• Raw material not in competition to food industry
• No additional deforestation
• Crude bio mass: plant waste, fermentation residues
from biogas plants, wood residues, etc.
• Crude bio mass can build a new business section
for the agriculture industry
Renewable resources
as raw material
Production of
biopolymer
as granulate
Products can be
manufactured in
any shape
Applications for
the world market
Biodegradability best
end-of-life scenario
biodegradable
recyclable

9. R U B I O
CRUDE BIO MASS – RESIDUAL MATERIALS FROM AGRICULTURE
Image: Wheat fields and their residual materials Image: Cotton fields and their residual materials

10. R U B I O
• Use of plant residues after harvest instead of
burning the fields.
• Significantly reduces CO² emissions from agriculture
• Reduces smog in cities and contributes to better air
quality
POSITIVE EFFECTS ON
CO² EMISSIONS

11. R U B I O
POLYBUTYLENSUCCINAT
• Regenerative raw materials turned into succinic
acid via fermentation
• PBD granulate build via polymerization
• PBS can be recycled such as “normal plastic”
• Best possible end-of-life scenario: Metabolized into
soil by microbes in natural environments 
biodegradable
Renewable resources
as raw material
Production of
biopolymer
as granulate
Products can be
manufactured in
any shape
Applications for
the world market
Biodegradability best
end-of-life scenario
biodegradable
recyclable

12. R U B I O
WHY RUBIO?
If the problem is known
and the product basically already exist,
why isn’t more PBS being used in the market?

13. R U B I O
RUBIO NETWORK
The right partners have to pull together
to cover the entire value chain.
Government support for innovation is
important.

14. R U B I O
RUBIO ALLIANCE
• 18 partners from research, development and
application form the RUBIO Alliance
• Organization in fields of expertise
"Biotechnology”
"Synthesis Technology
"Compounding Technologies“
"Processing technologies
"Recycling technology”
• External industrial advisory board for strategy
development and ongoing advice

15. R U B I O
FUNDING
• Winner of the BMBF 2020 RUBIN
competition
• Project start already in September 2021 due
to
high priority of the federal government
• 12 million euros in funding until 2024 by the
Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• 5 million euros own investment by the 18
partners

16. R U B I O
MODEL REGION
• In Central Germany, all the necessary competences
are available for the establishment of a complete
value chain for bio-PBS
• Will be linked to agriculture industry
• Raw material procurement for PBS, may represent
a separate business field in agriculture in the future

17. R U B I O
THE RUBIO CONCEPT
FERMENTATION
RAW MATERIAL
POLYMERIZATION
PBS GRANULATE

18. R U B I O
THE RUBIO CONCEPT
PBS GRANULATE
COMPOUNDING EXTRUDER biodegradable
recyclable

19. R U B I O
BIOPOLYMER
COMPETENCE CENTER (BCC)

20. R U B I O
BIO-ELAN A 140 HS1 – INJECTION MOULDING
Application: bio-cups

21. R U B I O
BIO-ELAN A 101 – EXTRUSION MOULDING
Application: Shampoo bottle

22. B I O P O L Y M E R C O N G R E S S
BIOPOLYMER CONGRESS
& INNOVATION AWARD
• Award submissions and speaker applications
are very welcome.
• AIPMA is one of our premium partners
internationally
• Further focus market: Latin America
with partners from Columbia, Mexico and
Argentina

23. B I O P O L Y M E R C O N G R E S S
IMPRESSIONS
BIOPOLYMER CONGRESS 2021

24. Peter Putsch
Germany
THANK YOU
for your attention