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Thursday, April 21, 2011

EnviroGuard: Cray Valley’s New Bio-sourced Range

The range of EnviroGuard bio-sourced resins is targeted at almost all composite industry processes, and was launched by Cray Valley for supply to the European Market.

The environmental aspect is becoming more of an important issue for consumers. A recent study of a sample of US architects confirms the need of plant-based resins. Indeed, their clients support the use of environmentally-friendly products, to reduce their energy consumption, improve their image, or because it is just a good thing to do. EnviroGuard resins can be used to produce parts for a very broad range of sectors: building, transport, leisure and industry, especially the sectors of marine, sanitary, automotive or railway. Their production requires less use of fossil resources, and consequently improves their carbon footprint. Although it is difficult to quantify due to the lack of data given by the producers of raw materials, the use of EnviroGuard resins should lead to a carbon footprint 10% to 30% less than that of traditional resins. Cray Valley is currently working on the validation of this data, to improve our knowledge on resins CO2 emissions.

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