One of America's leading manufacturers of personal hygiene and diaper products (who wishes to remain nameless so let's guess - Pampers, Huggies or ...?) has doubled its monthly orders of Cardia Biohybrid hygiene film.
The order is forecast to be worth $1m per annum.
The manufacturer is expanding its production and range of premium performance environmentally sensitive diaper products.
The company designs, develops and manufactures its own propriety range of products as well as US retailer private label brands. It cannot be named due to commercial sensitivity.
Cardia Biohybrid films offer a lower carbon footprint, contain non-GMO renewable resources, are heavy metal free and food safe. Cardia established a supply relationship with the manufacturer two years ago. The test phase and full market roll out of the Biohybrid film are complete and the expanded order quantity is seen by Cardia as a validation of its Biohybrid film's performance.
Dr Frank Glatz, Cardia Bioplastics managing director said, "These orders further validate the unique product offering of Cardia Biohybrid films for the global personal care and diaper market. The product is an excellent choice for diaper applications as it combines a differentiated property profile with environmental benefits, full food safety compliance and a competitive cost structure. We are receiving orders globally from personal hygiene and diaper companies choosing to implement a more environmental option in response to consumer demand. In addition, our products are inherently soft touch and fully food contact compliant, making them a natural choice for films in direct body contact; a real win-win situation for health and environmentally conscious consumers."
Richard Tegoni, Cardia Bioplastics chairman added, "Orders such as these confirm that the bioplastics market is growing at a rapid rate, and validate the recent expansion of our Nanjing manufacturing facility. The expansion enables us to ensure that we can continue to grow our businesses capacity and meet market demand for existing and new customers."
Since it began in 2002 in Melbourne, Cardia Bioplastics has been developing and manufacturing sustainable resins, films, bags and custom finished products derived from renewable resources. It now also has offices in USA, Brazil, Malaysia and China.
