MEXICO CITY (May 13, 2:55 p.m. ET) -- Multinational baking giant Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV of Mexico City has unveiled what it claims are the world’s first oxo-biodegradable metalized polypropylene snack bags.

The packaging uses additives developed by Symphony Environmental Technologies plc of Borehamwood, England.

The bags’ metal coating is aluminum, which keeps the contents fresh. The packages degrade between three and five years after the end of a product’s predetermined useful life span, Symphony CEO Michael Laurier said May 12.

“Bimbo is a partnership deal,” Laurier said. “They have been working with us to change all their packaging to d2w.”

Bimbo, which produces 5,000 products in 18 countries and owns 150 brands, had net sales of $7.4 billion in 2008.

For now, Bimbo’s Organización Barcel snack food subsidiary is using Symphony’s d2w additive in packaging for two products, Takis and Ricolino, which are sold in Mexico.

Laurier said Barcel plans to change all of its packaging to oxo-biodegradable. According to Daniel Servitje Montull, Bimbo’s managing director, Barcel’s re-packaging program will take until the end of 2010 to complete.

Gabino Gómez Carbajal, Barcel’s managing director, said the company had made a “considerable investment” in developing the degrading technology in coordination with Mexico’s state-owned research organization CONACYT (Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología). He declined to be precise as to the size of the investment.

Symphony, which is publicly traded, has 30 full-time employees and clients in 50 countries. In Mexico, it already works with departmental store chain Liverpool, sports store chain Deportes Martí and clothing store chain Zara.

Symphony forecasts sales of £8 million ($12.2 million) this year, up from £5 million ($7.6 million) in 2008.

In several presentations in Mexico City, Laurier said “plastic is a product that the world can’t stop using.

“We are one of the few companies that stand up and say you cannot and should not ban plastics,” he said. “We’re saying there’s nothing wrong with plastics.”
 

中文翻译

墨西哥城（ 5月13日下午2时55分东部时间） -多国烘焙巨人集团宾博审计局日简历墨西哥城推出号称是世界上第一个氧降解金属化聚丙烯零食袋。

使用添加剂的包装开发的交响曲环境技术有限公司的Borehamwood ，英国。

塑料袋'金属涂层铝，保持新鲜的内容。软件包降低3至5年结束后，产品的预定有用寿命，交响乐团总裁兼首席执行官Michael里埃说， 5月12日。

“宾博是一个合作协议， ”劳瑞尔说。 “他们一直在与我们改变他们所有的包装，以d2w 。 ”

宾博，生产5000产品在18个国家，拥有150个品牌，但净销售额为74亿美元2008年。

目前，宾博的Organización Barcel零食交响乐团附属正在使用的添加剂的包装d2w两个产品，塔基斯和Ricolino ，这是在墨西哥销售。

劳瑞尔说Barcel计划改变其所有的包装，以羰基生物降解。据丹尼尔Servitje Montull ，宾博的董事总经理， Barcel的重新包装计划要到2010年底才能完成。

Gabino戈梅斯罗Carbajal ， Barcel的常务董事表示，该公司已取得了“相当大的投资”的发展有辱人格的技术协调与墨西哥的国有研究机构国家科学技术委员会（ Consejo全国Ciencia Ÿ饮料） 。但他拒绝透露准确的投资规模。

交响曲，这是上市公司，有30个全职员工和客户，在50个国家。在墨西哥，它已经与利物浦部门连锁店，体育连锁店颜色塞马蒂和服装连锁店扎拉。

交响乐团预测销售八百点零零零万英镑（一千二百二点零零万美元） ，今年从五百点〇 〇 〇万英镑（ 760万美元）在2008年。

在一些介绍在墨西哥城，里埃说： “塑料是一种产品，世界不能停止使用。

“我们的少数几家公司之一的站起来，说你不能，也不应该禁止塑料， ”他说。 “我们说没有什么不对的塑料。 ”