{"title":"Thermoformed packaging made of PLA","authors":"Sven Engelmann","doi":"10.1002/9781118207086.CH32","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118207086.CH32","url":null,"abstract":"Compostable Material. Polylactides (PLA) represent a new group of thermoplastics for packaging applications obtained from renewable resources. In extensive tests, the functional and thermoforming properties of PLA were compared with those of other polymers.","PeriodicalId":173374,"journal":{"name":"Kunststoffe-plast Europe","volume":"144 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2012-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125260589","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}