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BARG signs Moll for technology incubation with city firm
BHABHA Atomic Research Centre (BARC). a research institute of repots, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with city-based firm M/s Veena Industries for incubation of technology for 'Biodegradable and Edible Films for Food and Pharmaceuticals Packaging".
According to R K Singh. Head. Media Relations and Public Awareness Section of
BARC, the Moll was signed on May 21. BARC has developed biodegradable edible films for food and pharmaceuticals packaging from natural resources to overcome the disadvantages of plastic packaging materials. These films have comparable mechanical and barrier properties to commercially used PVC cling films.
As per the MoU, the scale-up of the technology will be carried out at the incubation centre of BARC with M/s Veena Industries to develop the product as per the market
requirement. While sealing up the technology, emphasis will be given on developing economically viable and userfriendly product with improvement in mechanical and barrier proper-ties of the film. A suitable dose of 'Gamma Radiation' will be given to raw material to improve its mechanical and barrier properties such as tensile strength and water vapour transmission rate, added R K Singh. BARC will provide its technical knowhow and infrastructure and Veena Industries will provide market search, manpower, and material at its own cost for the incubation plan. Once developed, the technology will be licensed to the city-based firm.
Packaging constitutes the largest market for plastics, amounting to over 12 million tonnes per year. Synthetic packaging materials are made up of petroleum-based products, which arc non-biodegradable and not renewable. Large scale use of such packaging materials is a major environmental concern. This has led to a search for packaging materials that are biodegradable as well as recyclable. One of the alternatives is the development of packaging material from biopolymers that are biodegradable, nontoxic.
According to R K Singh. Head. Media Relations and Public Awareness Section of
BARC, the Moll was signed on May 21. BARC has developed biodegradable edible films for food and pharmaceuticals packaging from natural resources to overcome the disadvantages of plastic packaging materials. These films have comparable mechanical and barrier properties to commercially used PVC cling films.
As per the MoU, the scale-up of the technology will be carried out at the incubation centre of BARC with M/s Veena Industries to develop the product as per the market
requirement. While sealing up the technology, emphasis will be given on developing economically viable and userfriendly product with improvement in mechanical and barrier proper-ties of the film. A suitable dose of 'Gamma Radiation' will be given to raw material to improve its mechanical and barrier properties such as tensile strength and water vapour transmission rate, added R K Singh. BARC will provide its technical knowhow and infrastructure and Veena Industries will provide market search, manpower, and material at its own cost for the incubation plan. Once developed, the technology will be licensed to the city-based firm.
Packaging constitutes the largest market for plastics, amounting to over 12 million tonnes per year. Synthetic packaging materials are made up of petroleum-based products, which arc non-biodegradable and not renewable. Large scale use of such packaging materials is a major environmental concern. This has led to a search for packaging materials that are biodegradable as well as recyclable. One of the alternatives is the development of packaging material from biopolymers that are biodegradable, nontoxic.
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