About us
Your specialist for plastic compounds
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Your bespoke plastic solution
BIO-FED is a manufacturer of plastic compounds based in Cologne and part of the international Feddersen Group. For over a decade, BIO-FED has been developing material solutions for a wide range of applications and requirements. Customers benefit from BIO-FED's staff, with years of experience and deep plastics expertise.
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Our expertise in plastics
Our mission is to offer our customers material alternatives to conventional plastics. These may include bioplastics made from biobased raw materials or biodegradable options, depending on the specific plastic compound. We also have materials containing recycled content in our portfolio. Working with you, we develop circular economy solutions or bespoke compounds tailored to your specific application.
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Part of the international Feddersen Group
Our company name, BIO-FED, combines our activities in the bioplastic field with our affiliation to the Feddersen Group. As a branch of the plastics compounder AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH and part of the internationally operating Feddersen Group, we benefit from a comprehensive network and deep plastics expertise built over more than 50 years. Through the Feddersen Group, we have access to a global sales network, international production capacity, and expertise in process engineering, a processing technology centre, materials testing and analytical laboratories, as well as engineering services in plastics design and testing.
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The K.D. Feddersen Foundation’s retirement home in Hamburg.
Social responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility is important to us: starting with respecting human rights, the health and diversity of our employees and dealing with demographic changes.
Investments in the companies of the Feddersen Group are held by K.D. Feddersen Holding GmbH. The sole shareholder of the holding company is the charitable K.D. Feddersen Foundation which operates a senior citizens' residential complex in Hamburg.
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Innovations from our own laboratory and production
Our development department works closely with our customers to develop innovative solutions for their individual needs. Thanks to our affiliation with a leading engineering plastics manufacturer, AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH (Niederzissen, Germany), we have state-of-the-art compounding and laboratory facilities at our disposal. This enables us to ensure global batch consistency, deliver very high quality, and use only first-class raw materials for our compounds.
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Independently confirmed
We attach great importance to the highest standards and accuracy in order to always be able to offer our customers the best products. Our internal processes are designed to achieve continuous improvement and ensure that we meet the highest standards.
AKRO-PLASTIC and we as BIO-FED and AF-COLOR, as its two subsidiaries, are certified in accordance with the DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 (quality management system) and ISO 50001:2018 (energy management system) standards.
By using sustainable material flows in our ISCC PLUS certified compounds, we make a contribution to saving fossil resources and promoting the bioeconomy and circular economy. ISCC PLUS is one of the leading sustainability certification systems in the chemical industry for biobased and recycled materials (including those based on vegetable oil and fat waste or recyclate).
Our biodegradable materials are certified by TÜV AUSTRIA in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13432 (compostability) or by DIN CERTCO in accordance with EN 17033 (soil degradability).
We are part of the Feddersen Group
Benefit from our international group of companies: Comprehensive expertise, innovative processes and one of the most diverse delivery programmes in the world.
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Want to find out more?
Contact us if you would like to find out more about our products and services.
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