nu stone presentation nov 2012
TRANSCRIPT
Nu Stone
A Revolutionary natural plastic for the POS and Packaging Industries
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Schedule
• What is Nu Stone• How is Nu Stone made?• What properties does it have?• Investment, product development and the future• Nu Stone Product Family• Markets and Applications• The Environment• Why choose Nu Stone?
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What is Nu stone
Unique Patented Technology
60 – 80% Calcium CarbonateChalk20 – 40 % Polyethylene
H.D.P.E
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How is Nu Stone made?
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H.D.P.E(Polyethylene)
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Minimal Oil
No Bleach, Acid or Alkali
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Waterless Production
No Water Pollution
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Nu Stone Properties
• Water – proof• Oil and grease repellent / resistant• Tough and resilient• Tactile quality• Easy to print • Non Toxic – No Acid, No Alkali, No Bleach• Food contact safe and certificated• Recyclable• Reusable• Put 60 - 80% chalk back into Landfill
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Product Caliper range Markets / Applications %
1. Nu Stone Print 100 – 200 micronsGeneral litho print where the product is required to be waterproof / durable
80:20
2. Nu Stone Opaque 200 – 400 microns POS and Display products 80:20
3. Nu Stone Packaging 400 – 700 microns A variety of products for the Food Packaging sectors 60:40
4. Nu Stone eCard 200 – 500 microns* Gift and Voucher card markets - Heat Lamination 60:40
5. Nu Stone Card 400 – 1000 microns** Gift and Voucher card markets 80:20 or 60:40
Nu Stone product family
* = Un-laminated** = Laminated
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Investment
• 4 Manufacturing plants• 1 in Taiwan 3 in China• 120’000 tonne capacity at new plant in China by end 2013 • Circa 100 individual extruders (phase 1)• 1 Million Tonnes capacity by end of 2020• $750‘000 investment in Laminating equipment• $500‘000 investment in product development
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15KM from factory the mountain range
where the Calcium Carbonate is
mined. View from the grinding plant.
The raw Calcium Carbonate as it!s
delivered to the factory
A piece of unrefined Calcium
Carbonate
The grinding shoot where the large
pieces of Calcium Carbonate are initially
ground down into smaller pieces
Ian and the team outside the plant.
Factory 2 (the white building) is behind
and Factory 3 to the right. The red
building is the workers living quarters
Standing with the Calcium Carbonate
grinding team in front of a further grinding
cylinder as we make the pieces into
powder
Ian Brown with the management team from Shengyang and
local party officials. We are standing in Factory no.1 with 12
extrusion lines behind us. This is where Nu Stone Print will be
made. There are two other equal sized factories for production
of Nu Stone Card and Nu Stone Packaging. In total there are 42
extruders in all 3 factories 120,000 tonne capacity.
Ian with Mr. Wei Ai the General
Manager of the new plant in front of
extruder no.4
Just some of the 350 employees
going for lunch in the canteen
New Chinese Plant
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Applications
Cosmetics and Pharmacy labels
POS Banners and Posters Shelf Talkers Vehicle Graphics
Tickets and guidesExternal Print Applications
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Applications
Shelf TalkersExternal Signage
POP Displays
Shelf Wobblers
Floor Graphics Horticultural Labels
Nu Stone Opaque
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Applications
Nu Stone Packaging
Nu Stone Card Nu Stone Bags
Hot Food Packaging Wet Food Boards
Gift and Voucher Cards High quality retail bags
Packaging and Containers
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Product development
• Wide format rolls • Self adhesive sheets and reels• Retail wall graphics• Digital wallpaper• Hygiene products e.g. disposable hospital bed covers• External paper based board up to 2000 microns – waterproof• 70/30 variants• Gloss variants
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Environment
2. PU, PS, ABS, PC
1. PVC
5. Biobased polymers
4. PE, PP
3. PET
What Greenpeace say...
“Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) is unique in its high chlorine and additives content, which makes it an environmental poison throughout its life cycle. Vinyl chloride is a known human carcinogen. PVC releases dioxin and other persistent organic pollutants during its manufacture and disposal and cannot be readily recycled due to it chlorine and additive content. Furthermore, additives are not bound to the plastic and leach out”
“PVC an environmental poison throughout its life cycle”
Greenpeace and PVC
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Environment
From the earth, back to the earth
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Environment – Flexible solutions
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Environment - footprint
Nu Stone footprint
PP Footprint
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Why Stone?
• Ecologically sound alternative to 100% plastic products• Non toxic - REACH and ROHS certified• Cradle to Cradle Silver Certification• Waterless production process• Flexible post – life disposal, recycling and reuse options• Prints easily using traditional print technology• Price neutrality• Price stability• A fantastic natural alternative to man-made plastics• Utilising infinitely renewable natural resources
Thursday, 22 November 2012