good natured Products Inc.
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| Public TSX.V:GDNP | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Bioplastics |
| Founded 📆 | 2006 |
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| Headquarters 🏙️ | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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Key people | Paul Antoniadis, CEO & Director Don Holmstrom, CFO |
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| 🌐 Website | [1] |
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Good Natured Products Inc. (TSX-V:GDNP), formerly Solegear Bioplastics, is a publicly traded company founded in 2006 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. good natured Products Inc. has a large assortment of everyday products and packaging made from plants instead of petroleum. an innovator in the field of next generation bioplastics made from annually renewable plant-based sources. Its technology is based on combining a bio-based polymer, such as polylactic acid (PLA), with non-toxic additives to increases various mechanical, processing and physical performance characteristics of the material.[1]
Product development[edit]
Research and development[edit]
Good Natured began its research and development efforts in 2006, focusing on the development of bio-based, high-performance, compostable injection molded plastics. Polysole was developed using Green Chemistry with an initial focus on applications requiring greater performance from a strength, durability and processing standpoint. Later development produced technologies and materials for thermoforming and film applications, also with increased performance characteristics. Good Natured has consistently been developing its technologies in collaboration with leading Canadian research institutions.[citation needed]
NRC Industrial Materials Institute, Boucherville, Quebec[edit]
Good Natured signed a joint collaboration research agreement with NRC's Industrial Materials Institute in February 2012, and performs applied research with the Polymer Bioproducts team, which is led by Nathalie Legros.
École Polytechnique, Montréal, Quebec[edit]
Good Natured has been collaborating with École Polytechnique on bioplastics technology development since July 2010, working with the Chemical Engineering group under Dr. Charles Dubois.
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia[edit]
Good Natured performs its R&D with the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department at the University of British Columbia.[2]
NRC-IRAP[edit]
Canada's National Research Council through its support institute, NRC-IRAP (Industrial Research Assistance Program), awards funding to Canadian businesses focused on developing proprietary and breakthrough technological innovations. Good Natured has been a consistent recipient of IRAP funding since 2007.[3]
Western Economic Diversification Canada[edit]
In July 2015, Good Natured was selected to receive funding from the Western Innovation (WINN) Initiative. WINN is a program offered by Western Economic Diversification Canada, a federal department in the government. Designed to spur innovation and economic development, WINN helps small and medium-sized technology businesses to commercialize their products, services and processes. WINN funding was allocated to 27 businesses across British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba this year.[4]
Partnerships[edit]
r-pac International Corporation[edit]
In 2014, r-pac and Good Natured completed an exclusive agreement for the production, sales and distribution of Good Natured's Polysole and Traverse thermoformed packaging.[5]
Thermoform Engineered Quality (TEQ), Huntley, Illinois[edit]
In December 2014, Good Natured signed a strategic agreement with US-based TEQ, in retail and medical packaging, to sell Good Natured's bioplastics.[6]
Ex-Tech Plastics, Richmond, Illinois[edit]
Good Natured and Ex-Tech Plastics, a US-based plastic extruder entered into commercial partnership in March 2015 to manufacture and distribute Good Natured's bioplastics in the North American market.[7]
Columbia Plastics, Surrey, British Columbia[edit]
In May 2015, Solegear Bioplastic Technologies Inc. solidified a partnership with Columbia Plastics Ltd, a custom injection molding company, to manufacture and distribute products made with Solegear's bioplastics.[8] In July 2015 they agreed to launch six sustainable bioplastic office products in a commercial agreement with TOPS Products Canada.[9]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Solegear Develops 100% Natural, Biodegradable Polymer". SAE International. 4 October 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Solegear Secures Research Partnerships With Top Canadian Universities". Solegear Bioplastics. 21 November 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Canadian bioplastics provider Solegear partnering with National Research Council". Canadian Plastics. 16 September 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Solegear Receives $1.6 Million in Innovation Funding from the Government of Canada". Solegear Bioplastics Inc. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "r-pac and Solegear Complete Agreement to Accelerate Commercialization of New Sustainable Packaging Material". Market Wired. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Solegear and TEQ Sign Agreement to Increase Use of Sustainable Packaging Material". Reuters. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Solegear and Ex-Tech sign letter of intent for new joint venture". New Materials News. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Solegear and Columbia Plastics Collaborate to Bring Proprietary Polysole(R) Plant-Based Plastics to the North American Marketplace". Market Wired. 7 May 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ↑ > "Solegear and Columbia Plastics team up for bioplastic office products". Canadian Plastics. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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