Member portrait: CJ Europe
In each issue of the Bioplastics Newsletter, we present some facts about a member of European Bioplastics. This month, Eung Joo Kim, Biochemicals Business Team Leader at CJ Europe, shares some interesting insights on his company.
5 facts about CJ Europe, Germany
- CJ CheilJedang, starting as sugar manufacturer in 1953, has led the Korean food Industry and has grown into a global food and bio company. CJ CheilJedang’s bio business produces globally leading bio products of amino-acids and nucleotides, accomplished with outstanding microbial fermentation technology, developed over the past 60 years.
- Utilizing capability, technology, and know-how on amino acids, CJ is now expanding its bio business into the biochemical sector and will offer sustainable solutions to the plastic industry. Starting from early 2022, bio-based chemicals (pentanediamine, butanediamine) and biodegradable plastics (PHA) will be produced in the newly constructed biochemical complex.
- CJ’s pentanediamine, C5 aliphatic diamine, is a unique bio-based building block for various products. Its main application is bio-polyamide like PA56 and PA510. The unique properties of pentanediamine offer both sustainable and functional properties to the textile and EP industries.