Biobased polymers to substitute common polyamides.

FORTAN®

B4Plastics’ FortePlastics product, brought to you as FORTAN®, aim to realize strong material properties with biobased content on the raw materials side and designed for biodegradability at end-of-life.

55% biobased content

+100 MPa tensile strength

12-120 months biodegradation window

With FORTAN®, we bring biobased polymers to market, one product at a time.

250 MPa tensile strength and degradable in soil (ASTM D5988).

Think high strength. durability. adjustable degradation time. yarns. fishing nets.

Discover the FORTAN® / FORTAMID sample specifications as first product of our FortePlastics Platform.

250 MPa tensile strength and degradable in soil (ASTM D5988).

Think high strength. durability. adjustable degradation time. yarns. fishing nets.

(Geo)textiles

Yarn, ropes and nets

Marine fauna and flora are suffocationg form ghost nets or dying through infiltration of microplastics into their bodies. With FortePlastics, fishing gear not only becomes recyclable, but also degradable.

Apparel and fashion

The clothes you wear emit millions of microplastics every day, by using and washing them. Microplastics that persist in the environment. A solution to this problem is offered by FortePlastics, which combines excellent yarn strength with complete mineralization of their microplastics.

(Industrial) brushes

Bioclips to grow vegetables

Strength and degradability come together in a clip that optimizes food growth and harvest: strong enough to hold mature food crops, and degradable enough to dispose with the residual biomass to industrial composting. The best of two worlds together in a FortePlastics clip: with the right material, the bio-economy can be simple.

Discover the FORTAN® sample specifications as first product of our FortePlastics Platform.

The Challenge

As the demand for plastic products continues to grow, the negative impact of traditional petroleum-based plastics on the environment has become increasingly apparent. This has led to a significant challenge in finding biobased alternatives that offer the same level of strength and durability as traditional plastics, while also being biodegradable.

The Methods

The result is a bioplastic with a tensile strength of over +100 MPa, making it one of the strongest bioplastics available, which we named FORTAN®. FORTAN® contains up to 56% biobased carbon content (ASTM D6866). Additionally, its degradation time can be adjusted to the desired application and environment.

The Result

At B4Plastics, we believe that FORTAN® represents a major step forward in the development of biobased, biodegradable plastics that can meet the needs of a range of applications. Rivalling the tensile strength of traditional petroleum-based plastics, we are proud to offer this material to our partners and customers. An excellent option for applications where long-term durability is necessary, but where biodegradability is also a key consideration.

FORTAN® is the first product of our FortePlastics technology.

Tensile strength up to 250 MPa and degradable in soil (ASTM D5988): first we dreamed it, then we made it. FortePlastics materials form a platform that fills the gap that was once overlooked by the old fossil plastics industry.
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