Polyplastics, a global leader in engineering plastics, has announced the launch of LAPEROS bG-LCP, a sustainable solution based on biomass-derived materials (mass balance approach) which reduces CO2 emissions and improves renewable content ratio. The introduction expands the company’s DURACIRCLE initiative which already includes DURACON bG-POM.

LAPEROS bG-LCP, slated for commercialization in spring 2025, is manufactured like conventional products and exhibits the same chemical and physical properties. Polyplastics plans to expand this new solution to all grades of LAPEROS LCP. The mass balance approach combines raw materials derived from biomass with those derived from fossil resources.

By combining them into resin manufacturing processes a portion of the resulting product can be considered to be biomass-derived, according to the volume of biomass raw material input.