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and its products

company

How we see things

Encouraging the transition from a product led economy to a system based economy. A cultural leap towards economic, environmental and social sustainability which must involve the whole of society and start by giving value to the territory and by fostering collaboration among the various stakeholders.

Our direction

Developing biodegradable materials and products from renewable sources, by integrating chemistry and agriculture, setting up biorefineries that are integrated into the territory, and providing application solutions that guarantee efficient use of resources throughout the life cycle, with social, economic and environmental advantages for the system.

CHEMISTRY

SOCIAL

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENTAL

AGRICOLTURE

ECONOMIC

BIOCHEMICAL MATERIALS

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going and in which

directions: an overview

of our company

identity.

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FROM A PRODUCT ECONOMY TO A SYSTEM ECONOMY

[bio’plastika]

bioplastic

This is a particular type of plastic that must come from

renewable raw materials or be totally biodegradable.

Our bioplastics have both of these qualities.

Our identity

In 2015, we chose a new visual identity. Today, our brand mirrors what we are and how we evolved over time, from a single company to an industrial group with production plants and research laboratories situated in various part of the country and a widespread commercial network.

Conceived by Lorenzo Marini Group, the new visual identity depicts a green and blue

tape which, when rolled upwards, produces the shape of a sphere: this represents the planet we live on, the concept of continuous regeneration and the sense of constantly stretching out for excellence, which has always been a sign of our vision.

The logo also contains the letter “M”, the first letter of Mater-Bi, the family of products that identifies our production. It is the fruit of 25 years of research and innovation and of more than 1000 patents; it is a set of solutions that realize, concretely, our model of sustainable development for the economy, the environment and the communities of people.SFUMATURA

TESTO E NASTRO ESTERNO

SFUMATURA NASTRO INTERNO

C 73M 11Y 0K 12

C 72M 0Y 86K 0

SFUMATURA OMBRA

C 0M 0Y 0K 60

C 0M 0Y 0K 0

C 40M 0Y 86K 0

C 100M 62Y 0K 23

NASTRO ESTERNOE LOGOTIPO NASTRO INTERNO

C 54M 0Y 86K 0

OMBRA

C 0M 0Y 0K 25

C 0M 0Y 0K 10

pantone 312 C

C 100M 95Y 5K 23

pantone 2758 C

pantone 287 C

pantone 360 C

pantone 421 C

pantone 420 C

pantone 361 C

pantone 375 C

pantone 424 C

NASTRO ESTERNOE LOGOTIPO NASTRO INTERNO OMBRA

SFUMATURA LOGOTIPO

C 0M 49Y 100K 15

C 1M 14Y 98K 8

LOGOTIPO

C 15M 35Y 88K 0

pantone 131 C

pantone 153 C

pantone 110 C

LOGOTIPO

SFUMATURA NASTRO ESTERNO

SFUMATURA NASTRO INTERNO

C 73M 11Y 0K 12

C 72M 0Y 86K 0

C 40M 0Y 86K 0

C 100M 62Y 0K 23

NASTRO ESTERNO NASTRO INTERNO

C 54M 0Y 86K 0

pantone 312 C

C 100M 95Y 5K 23

pantone 2758 C

pantone 287 C

pantone 360 C

pantone 361 C

pantone 375 C

NASTRO ESTERNO NASTRO INTERNO

production disposaluse

prod

uction

use

recycling

Living chemistry for a better quality of life

Novamont was founded on an intuition of a number of researchers at the Montedison School of Material Sciences who, towards the end of the 1980’s, began to work on an ambitious project: to integrate chemistry, agriculture and the environment in order to

create a new production model.This idea gave impetus to what we are today: a world leader in the bioplastic and biochemical sector, with products that have redesigned whole application sectors.

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Novamont in Italy

In Italy, our head office is in Novara and we also have two centres around the country: a manufacturing plant in Terni and a research centre in Piana di Monte Verna, near Caserta. No variations in the structure of the organization occurred in the reporting year.

NORD AMERICA

SUD & CENTRO AMERIC

A

EU

RO

PA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA & NUOVA ZEL

AN

DA

USACanada

SveziaNorvegiaDanimarcaPaesi BalticiPoloniaRomaniaGrecia

ItaliaGermania

FranciaBenelux

UkIrlanda

Finlandia

ArgentinaCile

Australia

ThailandiaCorea del SudIsraele

GiapponeTaiwan

Hong Kong India

NOVARACentro direzionale,ricerca e sviluppo

TERNIStabilimentoproduttivo Mater-Bi®

PIANA DI MONTE VERNACentro Ricerche per lo Sviluppo di Biotecnologie Industriali

NOVARA Administration

centre, research and development

PIANA DI MONTE VERNAResearch Centre for the Development of Industrial Biotechnologies

TERNIMater-Bi manufacturing plant

NOVAMONT S.P.A.

78% stake. Plant for the production of polyesters from vegetable oils.

NORD AMERICA

SUD & CENTRO AMERIC

A

EU

RO

PA

ASIA

AUSTRALIA & NUOVA ZEL

AN

DA

USACanada

SveziaNorvegiaDanimarcaPaesi BalticiPoloniaRomaniaGrecia

ItaliaGermania

FranciaBenelux

UkIrlanda

Finlandia

ArgentinaCile

Australia

ThailandiaCorea del SudIsraele

GiapponeTaiwan

Hong Kong India

NOVARACentro direzionale,ricerca e sviluppo

TERNIStabilimentoproduttivo Mater-Bi®

PIANA DI MONTE VERNACentro Ricerche per lo Sviluppo di Biotecnologie Industriali

MATRÌCA SPA

(Porto Torres)50% stake. Project

of a biorefinery integrated into the

territory.

Joint venture with Coldiretti. Development of production of intermediates from renewable sources.

MATER-BIOTECH S.P.A.

(ADRIA)100% stake.Plant for the production of bio-butanediol

SINCRO

(TERNI)MATER

BIOPOLYMER(FR)

NOVAMONT S.P.A. SHAREHOLDINGS

our numbers

we invoiced

we are company capital

we produced

Employees

of Mater-Bi49.700 t

271

mater bi

75%

versalis

25%

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√=

On 31 December 2015,

Novamont S.p.A. was

controlled, 25% by Versalis,

and 75% by Mater-Bi S.p.A.,

whose shareholders are Banca

Intesa, associated investors

and other partners.

shareholders

159.946.762 ¤Our business contributes to creating

a sustainable economy that is highly

integrated into the territory.

13.334.000 ¤Novamont’s company capital consists

entirely of ordinary shares

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SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

ArgentinaCile

USACanada

EUROPE

ASIA

NORTH AMERICA

Novamont around the worldThanks to the growing diversification of the final applications of Mater-Bi, Novamont is present in most of the important world markets . Numerous products are made with Mater-Bi, including compostable shopping bags, bags for collecting the compostable part of waste, films for agricultural mulching, disposable tableware, etc.

Foreign companiesNovamont North AmericaNovamont France Novamont GmbH

AUSTRALIA and NEW ZEALAND

Australia

SwedenNorwayDenmarkBaltic CountriesPolandRomaniaGreece

ItalyGermany

FranceBenelux

UKIrelandFinland

JapanTaiwanHong KongIndiaThailandSouth KoreaIsrael

COMMERCIAL NETWORKS AND AGREEMENTS + FOREIGN COMPANIES

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the product

Disposable cutlery, pens, combs, toys.

injection moulded products

Biofillers.

additives

thermoformed articles

Tubs and rigid containers for foods, compostable pots for nursery gardening.

Shopping bags, bags for separate waste collection, (food) packaging.

films

Cotton buds, drinking straws, flexible pipes for agriculture.

extruded products

PackagingLoose fillers that have excellent shock-resistant properties.

expanded plastics

Mater-Bi: what is it?

Mater-Bi is an innovative family of biodegradable and compostable bioplastics, that are manufactured using renewable raw materials of vegetable origin and, in cases where there is still no equivalent of natural origin, fossil raw materials that are entirely biodegradable..

Applied Mater-Bi technologies

Mater-Bi, which is sold in the form of plastic granules, can be processed by normal production plants used for traditional plastics.

SEPARATED WASTE COLLECTION

COLLECTIVE CATERING

COMPOSTING PLANT

RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS

MATER-BI

a granule of

TRANSFORMERS

FertilizerCOMPOST FOR AGRICULTURE

ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION

ORGANIZED RETAILTRADE

AGRICULTURE

NON-RENEWABLE RAW MATERIALS

NOVAMONT PRODUCTION PLANTS

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agriculture organized retail trade separated waste collection

commercial and collective catering

Bioplastics are revolutionizing the shopping bag market. Over the eight years since their introduction, numerous interventions have been made bylegislators who have restricted or banned the old, plastic bags, forcing the sector to progressively replace them with long-life, reusable bags, or with bags in certified compostable bioplastic.Mater-Bi carrier bags are completely biodegradable and compostable. Consequently, they can be reused also for the separate collection of food scraps - the so-called “wet” organic waste.

The management of urban waste is one of the great environmental priorities of the last few years. In particular, the separate collection of food scraps has had strategic importance in guaranteeing the environmental sustainability of waste management. As they are totally biodegradable and compostable (as required by the Italian law in this specific field), Mater-Bi bags are an ideal tool for effective separate collection of organic waste.This line of products contains bags for domestic use, for catering, bars and commercial users, as well as liners for wheelie bins.

The Foodservice line in Mater-Bi, which contains utensils for company canteens and large catering spaces, has a complete range of solutions: plates, cups, cutlery, bowls, single-portion containers for finger food, straws, cups and spoons for ice cream, lids for cups.Each product is a concrete solution for an eco-sustainable choice. This is demonstrated by the UNI EN 13432 compostability certification, which has been obtained by the whole range.

films for mulching

• these provide crops with the same benefits as traditional mulch films. They can be used in a variety of environmental conditions and on crops with different cycles, from lettuce to strawberries.• thanks to their total biodegradability, they do not have to be gathered and disposed of at the end of the cycle as they are broken down by microorganisms and absorbed into the ground, which leads to a considerable saving in time and resources.• the low thicknesses used (15, 12 and 20 microns) guarantee a good yield per hectare.

pheromones for sexual disorientation

The Mater-Bi sexual pheromone dispenser is an effective alternative to the traditional plastic version. It is biodegradable and compostable and at the end of the farming

season can be recycled together with the vegetable residues. compostable clips

These can be used to support a variety of crops such as tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers; since they are biodegradable and compostable, at the end of the crop cycle they can be recycled together with the vegetable residues.

[po’limero]

polymerThis is a substance formed

by combining a number of

equivalent molecules.

Plastics are polymers.

Application sectors

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[ ri’fjuto or’ganiko]

organic waste

This is waste of animal or vegetable origin, either

kitchen scraps or gardening residues. Organic waste

accounts for about one third of urban waste.

bagsSEPARATE WASTE

COLLECTION

forks, plates, cupsCOLLECTIVE

CATERING

shopping bag ORGANIZED

RETAIL TRADE

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03

ORGANIC WASTE COLLECTION

COMPOST, USED AS AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER

collection

products and sectors of use

compost use

MATERIAL PLACED INTO FACILITY AND CONSUMED BY MICROORGANISMS

organic recycling

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USE

END OF LIFE

OHSAS 18001 | guarantees the health protection and safety of employees

ISO 14001:2004 | guarantees the correct implementation of an environmental management system

ISO 9001:2008 | guarantees the correct implementation of a quality management system

REACH (1907/2006) | guarantees the knowledge and safe use of chemical substances LCA | enables quantification of environmental impacts during the product’s life cycle

ETV | guarantees the use of an innovative technology, by validating the environmental performance

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guarantees the environmental preferability of the product in relation to a number of communicated environmental criteria.

guarantees the clear identification of compostable articles and, in Italy, is synonymous with a guarantee of high performance in industrial composting plants.

guarantees the biodegradation and absence of toxic effects of plastic materials either in domestic composting or in the soil.

guarantees the compostability in Europe and Australia.

In the United States, this guarantees compostability in industrial composting plants.

compostability

domestic compostability

ability of a material to biodegrade at ambient temperatures in the soil, without any toxic effects on the environment

ISCC PLUS guarantees that the renewable raw materials used in production are sustainable, that is, that production does not take place on lands characterized by a high level of biodiversity and high carbon reserve, and that it takes place in accordance with good farming practices, and respects human rights

Guaranteed, indeed, certified quality.

Product certification is a procedure in which an independent third party formally guarantees that a product conforms to the requisites of a specific standard. Mater-Bi has certified biodegradability and compostability from several international bodies, who also carry out periodical checks and market surveillance.

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CERTIFICATIONSMATER-BI