making plastic card from chalk - ecard presentation nov 2013

Making Plastic Cards from Chalk

Nu eCard Presentation

Ian Brown – Nuco International

1

2

Nu Stone

A Revolutionary “Natural Plastic” for the POS, Packaging, Synthetic Paper and Plastic Card Industries

3

Schedule

•What is Nu Stone?•How is Nu Stone made?•New Factory Update•Product Development•Nu eCard Plastic Cards•Testing and Validation•Specifications and Tolerances•Nu Stone Product Family•Markets and Applications•The Environment•Commercial Considerations

4

What is Nu stone

Unique Patented Technology

60 – 80% Calcium CarbonateChalk20 – 40 % Polyethylene

H.D.P.E

How is Nu Stone made?

+HDPE

(Polyethylene)

+

Minimal Oil

No Bleach, Acid or Alkali

=

Waterless Production

No Water Pollution

Extrusion Plant

=

Calcium Carbonate

Raw Materials Production Products

6

Nu Stone Properties

• Water – proof• Oil and grease repellent / resistant• Tough and resilient• Tactile quality• Easy to print across multiple media• Non Toxic – No Acid, No Alkali, No Bleach• Food contact safe and certificated• Freezable• Recyclable• Reusable• EASY TO PRINT THAN OTHER PVC OR PP PRODUCTS• PRINTS LIKE A PAPER PERFORMS LIKE A PLASTIC

New Factory Update

• Northern China• 200 Miles from North Korea• 72 Extruders• 120’000 Tonne capacity• 350 Employees• Mining Group• Local and Regional Government• Area of Environmental Protection• In line with Mining companies Green Objectives• R&D Facility in Taiwan• 2 Further Sites Planned• $300’000’000 INVESTMENT

8

Chinese Production PlantNov2012

Chinese Production PlantSept2013

Shengyang Production Plant

11

Nu Stone product familyProduct Caliper range Markets / Applications

1. Nu Stone Print 100 – 200 microns / 80:20General litho print where the product is required to be waterproof / durable

2. Nu Stone Opaque 200 – 400 microns / 80:20POS and Display products. UV Flatbed, Litho and UV Litho

3. Nu Stone Wide Format Inkjet and Eco Solvent

200 – 350 microns / 80:20

Reel fed products for the wide format digital market. Display, POS and general graphical

4. Nu eCard200 – 350 microns / 60:40400 – 800 microns / 60:40 (laminate)

Gift and Voucher card markets Core Products

5. Nu eCard and Print - Indigo

160 – 200 microns / 80:20200 – 400 microns / 60:40

Indigo pre treated material for a variety of Indigo printed applications e.g. Bespoke Shelf Labelling

12

Nu Stone product family

Product Caliper range Markets / Applications

6. Nu Stone Card

200 – 350 microns / 60:40400 – 800 microns / 60:40 (laminate)

Multiple use in the Display and Packaging sectors

7. Nu Stone Label 100 – 200 microns / 80:20Flexo or litho printed labels or tags where waterproof is needed

8. Nu Stone Packaging 400 – 700 microns / 60:40Thermoforming product for packaging containers

9. Nu Stone Bags 160 – 200 microns / 80:20 High quality retail bags

13

Applications

Cosmetics and Pharmacy labels

POS Banners and PostersPull Up Banners Vehicle Graphics

Tickets and guides

External Print Applications

Nu Stone Print

Nu Stone OpaqueNu Stone Inkjet

14

Applications

External Signage

POP Displays

Shelf Wobblers

Floor Graphics Horticultural Labels

Nu Stone Opaque and eCard

Backlit Displays

15

Applications

Nu Stone Packaging

Nu Stone eCard Nu Stone Bags

Hot Food Packaging Wet Food Boards

Gift and Voucher CardsHigh quality retail bags

Packaging and Containers

Multiple Platform Media

Suitable for all Print Media !

•Wide Format Digital sheets and reels•Litho conventional and UV•Inkjet and Eco Solvent rolls•Inkjet Rolls + Coating•Solvent Rolls + Coating•Indigo + HP Accredited Coating

Nu eCard

BurkleTwo days of testing at Burkle in August 2013

“Provides a really good and environmentally friendly alternative to card manufacturers and you will be most welcome for further discussions” Mathias Kern – Burkle . August 2013

Nu eCard

Oasys

Glenn Dimmock – Managing Director

Started initial trials with Oasys in Feb 2012

“ I think Nuco really have a great product here. All of our customers are looking for alternatives to PVC and to save money and I think these guys have cracked it”

Nu eCard

Testing – Apollo Inks

Nu eCard – Peel Strength

Nu eCard

Specifications, Tolerances and Standards

•Sheet size + or – 0.5mm•Whiteness = 87% + or – 3%•Caliper = + or – 5%•Specific Gravity = 1.4•Surface appearance – Zero scratch or light streaks•Opacity >90 + or – 5%•Will NOT meet ISO Credit or Financial Card Standards•Bullet tested - Failed•Flex tested – Passed•Corner Impact Tested – Failed

Environment - Background

• 145 million tonnes of plastic is still buried each year globally• Ambitious recycling targets but over 50% of plastic ends in landfill• 45 million tonnes of PVC is still made every year• 1% of the PVC manufactured is ever recycled• Other less harmful plastics can be recycled• But recycling capacity is “patchy”• Questionable value of some of the resultant recycled products• 10 millions tonnes of plastic still landfilled in Europe each year• Taking centuries to degrade• Leaching harmful toxins into the soil • Using Nu Stone reduces plastic in landfill by 60 – 80%• Nu Stone has some genuinely unique post life recycling / reuses

22

23

Environment – PVC explored

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

1. PVC

2. PU, PS, ABS, PC

3. PET

4. PE, PP

5. Biobased polymers

24

Environment

From the earth, back to the earth

The following graphic illustrates that Nu Stone starts its life as a bi product of the mineral mining industry and can end its life back in

the earth as a soil additive

25

Environment – Flexible solutions

26

Environment - footprint

Nu Stone footprint

Polypropylene Footprint

Independently verified using PAS2050 to be 300% more sustainable than PP

27

Why eCard?

• Huge market driven demand for non PVC / Green alternatives• Easy to print across all print media • Laminates Well across all laminating machines• Good Peel Strength• Unique product specially developed for card market• Exclusivity and Protection• Price competitive

28

Next steps?

If you are interested in finding out more about Nu eCard then please visit our webiste:

www.nustonepaper.com

Alternatively call us on: 0044 1676 524500 and ask for Ian Brown or Keith Matthews

Or you can email us at: ibrown@nuco-int.com