On December 7 1972 the crew of Apollo 17 captured the famous and moving photograph of a tiny, blue planet floating in space - like a lonely blue marble. For the first time it was clear just how unique, fragile and vulnerable our planet is.
Blue Marble Polymers is dedicated to developing new technologies that will help preserve the future of the fragile and small blue marble that we live on.
Development of Rebiofoam technology commenced in 1998. Years of intensive development work has produced a technology protected by a range of patents and trade secrets. Blue Marble Polymers has licensed the technology to Novamont Spa of Italy, and it is a core technology of the Rebiofoam Project.
Rebiofoam is a novel biodegradable packaging technology where starch is transformed into a thermoplastic resin and then into moulded foam packaging shapes suitable for energy absorbing protective packaging.
Rebiofoam technology is a fusion of starch, extrusion, moulding and microwave heating technologies. The result is a highly innovative process for producing moulded foam packaging.
The idea for Rebiofoam was conceived by BMP in New Zealand and developed to a laboratory scale by BMP and Novamont in New Zealand and Italy.
In 2009 the collaboration was extended to a European Union FP7 funded, 10-strong consortium made up of partners from 8 different countries (Italy, Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom). Partners included Novamont, C-Tech Innovation, FEN and Chemtex Italia, Fraunhofer Institut, Czech Technical University, ITENE, Complas Pack, Recticel and Electrolux.
Rebiofoam is now available for commercial application. Please contact us here
Blue Marble Polymers is dedicated to developing new technologies that will help preserve the future of the fragile and small blue marble that we live on.
Development of Rebiofoam technology commenced in 1998. Years of intensive development work has produced a technology protected by a range of patents and trade secrets. Blue Marble Polymers has licensed the technology to Novamont Spa of Italy, and it is a core technology of the Rebiofoam Project.
Rebiofoam is a novel biodegradable packaging technology where starch is transformed into a thermoplastic resin and then into moulded foam packaging shapes suitable for energy absorbing protective packaging.
Rebiofoam technology is a fusion of starch, extrusion, moulding and microwave heating technologies. The result is a highly innovative process for producing moulded foam packaging.
The idea for Rebiofoam was conceived by BMP in New Zealand and developed to a laboratory scale by BMP and Novamont in New Zealand and Italy.
In 2009 the collaboration was extended to a European Union FP7 funded, 10-strong consortium made up of partners from 8 different countries (Italy, Poland, Spain, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom). Partners included Novamont, C-Tech Innovation, FEN and Chemtex Italia, Fraunhofer Institut, Czech Technical University, ITENE, Complas Pack, Recticel and Electrolux.
Rebiofoam is now available for commercial application. Please contact us here