Cardia's time in the sun continues

3 March 2014

Cardia Bioplastics is in the middle of a major expansion due to demand for its products. That growth spurt seems even more likely to continue now that it has won an IAIR Green Excellence Award.

The award is the result of a global survey of 50,000 readers by the global reasearch institute and publication. It places Cardia BiopPlastics first in the category of Leadership in Innovation & Sustainability in Packaging for Asia Pacific.

Cardia's rapid growth is partly due to its being the right company in the right place at the right time. More sustainable packaging is a worldwide imperative. Partly due to its drive to be “the international leader in the supply of technically advanced sustainable resins made from renewable resources”. And partly due to its expertise – Cardia has an intellectual property portfolio of 11 patent families and 12 patents so far granted in key markets.

Since its inception in 2002, Cardia and its clients have commercialised a wide range of innovative products made with its proprietary bioplastics technology. These include air cushion packaging made from renewable resources, compostable ice cream sticks replacing wooden ones, soft and compostable nappy product and packaging films, compostable food and coffee packaging, cutlery made from renewable resources for the snack food industry, Biohybrid films for bulk water packaging replacing rigid plastic containers; and cosmetics and nutritional packaging made with less oil.

Cardia Bioplastics managing director, Dr Frank Glatz, received the award on behalf of Cardia in Hong Kong on 28 February: "We are very excited to have been awarded the IAIR Green Excellence Award in Sustainable Packaging. It really does cement Cardia's reputation for leadership in innovation and sustainability in packaging. We hope that this will demonstrate the diversity and long term possibilities of bioplastics"

The awards ceremony will be followed by an IAIR Awards 2014 road show, exhibiting at the London Stock Exchange, in New York and Sao Paulo.