1. Earth Vision Industries is a material science development
company at the forefront of producing cost-effective,
biodegradable materials designed to supplant petroleum and
Styrofoam products in a multitude of consumer product,
packaging, medical and food service applications.
Douglas Ivey, CEO, 415-435-1168 Doug@earthvisionindustries.com
2. The Petroleum Plastic Problem
• EVI has been formed to commercialize and implement a patented
proprietary biodegradable materials technology. This process is the
foundation for a new category of biodegradable products.
• The transformational technology lends itself to a high-speed, industrial
manufacture of biodegradable, unmodified starch based packaging,
containers and many product components on standard extrusion
equipment. These products can find application on a global scale as single
use packaging for food, for electronic parts, as replacements for single use
plastic parts in medical services and for the military, among many other
applications, The basic raw material is derived from annually grown plants
like potatoes, or grains like sorghum, rice, corn, and wheat among others.
EVI Brand Products can be used in place of plastic, Styrofoanil'M, paper,
and wood, because of the low cost of raw materials and elegant process,
this technology successfully competes with most cost-effective methods
now being used.
3. Earth Vision’s Solution
Earth Vision offers a solution to the damaging effects of Styrofoam to our
planet, with a patented material that costs less that competitive
sustainable materials, and has considerably better environmental
attributes that any other products on the the market today. Earth Vision’s
agriculture waste-based materials will degrade in a marine environment in
less than four days, are backyard compostable, are 100% bio-based and
are the only products that are composted in an anaerobic digesting
machine. Earth Vision developed a machinery line in Michigan that will
produce over 30 million thermoform products per year, and is developing
a larger machine that will manufacture over 300 million products per year.
Earth Vision plans to place a machine in each state in the country,
lowering the carbon footprint for numerous verticals. In addition, the only
by-product from our machinery line is steam, which can be used for a
variety of uses, from heating our building to recaptured to use in other
parts of our machine.
4. Earth Vision Customers
• Earth Vision owns eleven international patents for our rotary die system, and
plans to license our proprietary technology to numerous companies in a
variety on industries. Earth Vision is starting our licensing program in the food
service industry, as we already own existing molds for plates, clamshells,
trays, cups, bowls, and numerous other molds related to the food service
industry.
• Earth Vision is in negotiations with two of the country’s largest single use
disposable product manufacturers, who are interested in licensing our
technology. One of the companies is a large manufacturer for the US
Government, who want to offer Earth Visions starch-based plates to several
branches of the Government, while the other is one of the largest thermoform
companies in the country, who are interested in manufacturing a variety of
single-use disposable products.
• Earth Vision has also received interest from a large packaging company, who
are interested in offering Earth Vision’s sustainable food service products to
Sysco Foods, US Foods, Aramark and Compass.
5. Earth Vision’s Technology
• EVI's patented manufacturing system produces a durable, versatile,
moldable material from pure starches or grain meals in a simple extrusion
process, One of the unique (and patented) features of this process is the
use of a rotary die to twist the polymeric strands into a resilient, pliable
sheet with omni directional (biaxial) strength. (A conventionally extruded
sheet would show strength only in the extruded direction, causing it to
bail with force applied across the grain) Earth Vision owns eleven
international patents, for both our revolutionary rotary-die system and for
our starch-based materials, and owns a proven machinery manufacturing
line in Shelby, Michigan, that is capable of producing over 30 million
thermoform products per year.
• In addition, Earth Vision is developing starch-based materials that can be
injection molded for durables, which opens up the entire petroleum
plastics market.
6. Marketing and Sales Strategy
• Earth Vision plans to sell licenses directly to manufacturers and
distributors, limiting the need for expensive marketing budgets. The
licensee will be the companies who manufacture and market these
products, and they will assume full responsibility for all sales and
marketing costs.
• Both companies mentioned earlier have large sales forces, and feel Earth
Vision’s bio-based materials would be very popular with both the private
sector and the government. Institutions within the Government would be
ideal customers, including, the DOE, Dept of the interior, as well as all
branches of the Dept of Defense.
• The national packaging company has over 300 sales professionals, and
have offered full use of their over 40 warehouses across the country.
7. Competition
• Earth Vision owns transformational technology that can outperform all
other sustainable technologies available today. Most bioplastic and
sustainable companies use PLA for their base product, which is corn
based. With the drought increasing corn prices, these already expensive
products’ cost will rise, while Earth Vision uses agriculture waste
materials, which average less than $.30 cents per pound, compared to
petroleum costs of over $1.00 per pound.
• Ten years ago, a company called Earth Shell created a clamshell container
from potato starch and limestone, and went public with an IPO. They had
a valuation of over $2 billion dollars, and our technology is far superior to
anything they had.
• In addition, no other starch based materials have the capability to be
injection molded for durables, which opens up huge markets for Earth
Vision.
8. Earth Vision Management
• Earth Vision brings a wealth of successful management professionals
together who share a passion to preserving the environment.
• Doug Ivey: CEO, Chairman, hosted national environment radio program
called “Meet the Planet”, which was heard across the country.
• Sandy Salzberg: Board member, President of Shasta Beverage, as $600
million dollar subsidiary of National Beverage. Very successful background.
• Charles Sheppard: Board member, VP of Research for Pennsylvania Trust,
Has over 30 years experience with Wall Street investment banks.
• Dr. Hans G. Franks: Board member, famous Chemist for Chevron of Europe.
Created world’s first starch-based packaging peanuts and all of the
intellectual property platform for the rotary die technology and materials.
• Dr. Kevin Danaher: Sustainability Director, Has founded Green Festivals
across the country, co-founded Global Exchange. Authored numerous
books on green economics and sustainable farming practices.
9. Earth Vision Financials
• 2013E 2014E 2015E 2016E 2017E
$14,4mill $34,5 mill $61,4 mill $107,5 mill $120 mil
Total net income from licensing fees. Full financials available in Operations
Plan and Business Plan.
10. Earth Vision’s Sustainability
• Earth Vision’s mission is to offer the world a sustainable, cost-competitive
to petroleum and Styrofoam products. Our products our 100% bio-based,
will dissolve in the ocean in less than four days, and are completely
backyard compostable, and are the only plates and trays that are
compostable in and anaerobic digesting machine. Gordon Moore, the
founder of Intel, invested $20 million dollars of the over $40 million
development money spent to date. Mr. Moore saw the potential and
impact our proprietary technology can have on our oceans, and funded
the company for several years. Earth Vision has one of the lowest
manufacturing footprints in the world, with our only waste product being
steam. Our large manufacturing machines can be placed in any existing
building across the country, lowering transportation costs dramatically.
11. Accomplishments to Date
• In addition to owning transformational technology using agriculture waste
materials, Earth Vision has also developed several sustainable, ground-
breaking first-to-market products and materials. Which are listed below:
• World’s first biobased shopping bag that is certified to degrade in salt
water, is backyard compostable, and composts in a digesting machine.
• World’s first compostable bike bottle.
• Worlds first compostable reusable stadium cup.
• Developed a renewable material for Proctor & Gamble’s outer diaper bag
manufacturer, and have a Purchase Order to supply one million pounds of
bio resin per month.