BIO-Fed

About us

Your specialist for plastic compounds

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.

We offer you alternatives

Our expertise in plastics

We aim to offer our customers alternatives to conventional plastics. Depending on the product specification, these include compounds based on biobased raw materials, certified biodegradable compounds (subject to the relevant conditions) and materials containing a specified proportion of recycled content. We also work with you to develop application-specific material and recycling concepts (‘circular solutions’) as well as bespoke compounds.

Global presence

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.

The K.D. Feddersen Foundation’s retirement home in Hamburg.

Social responsibility

Our corporate social responsibility focus areas include respect for human rights, the health and diversity of our staff, and addressing demographic change.

Shares 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.

Innovations from our own laboratory and production

Our development department works closely with our customers to develop innovative solutions for their individual needs.

As part of AKRO-PLASTIC GmbH, a major German manufacturer of engineering plastics, we have state-of-the-art compounding and laboratory facilities. This enables us to ensure consistent batch-to-batch quality worldwide, deliver high-quality products, and guarantee we use only high-quality raw materials in our compounds.

Quality management and certifications

Independently confirmed

We place great emphasis on quality, precision and consistency so that we can offer our customers outstanding products of consistently high quality at all times. Our internal processes are designed to drive continuous improvement, ensure consistently high quality, and meet required standards at all times.

AKRO-PLASTIC, as well as BIO-FED and AF-COLOR – its two subsidiaries – are certified to the standards DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) and ISO 50001:2018 (Energy Management System).

Some of our compounds are certified to ISCC PLUS. We provide product-specific information on biobased or recycled raw materials. ISCC PLUS is a certification scheme in the chemical industry for biobased and recycled materials (including those based on vegetable oil and fat waste or recycled material). Using ISCC PLUS-certified compounds can help conserve fossil resources, for example, by using waste oil instead of fossil oil.

Certain materials in our portfolio are certified by TÜV AUSTRIA in accordance with DIN EN ISO 13432 (compostability) or by DIN CERTCO in accordance with EN 17033 (biodegradability). The relevant certification for each material is specified in the respective product description.

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