Bio-on presented the new business unit Fashion Development Material (FDM) specialized in the development of new high-tech materials for the fashion and luxury industry, based on Minerv PHA bioplastics, natural and 100% biodegradable. The goal is to identify processes, technologies and patents to produce fabrics, yarns, flexible surfaces, films, etc. made of bioplastic and designed to replace today's materials, many of which are synthetic and polluting. The materials, which will be developed by a dedicated team, respond also to the need to reduce the pollution caused by the synthetic fibers that are used by the fashion industry and that, invisibly, are released at each washing, ending up in the environment and seas. A dramatic situation similar to that caused by the plastic micro-beads used in cosmetics that pollute seas and rivers. In both cases Bio-on has developed innovative solutions starting from PHA bioplastics, which comes from a completely organic process and are 100% biodegradable. Fashion Development Material (FDM) is added to the 5 business units that Bio-on created one year ago: Bio-on Plants; Cosmetic, Nanomedicine & Smart Materials (CNS); Recovery and Fermentation (RAF); Engineering (ENG) e Structural Materials Development(SMD). All the Minerv PHA bioplastics (polyhydroxyalkanoates) developed by Bio-on are made from renewable plant sources with no competition with food supply chains. They guarantee the same thermo-mechanical properties as conventional plastics with the advantage of being 100% eco-sustainable and naturally biodegradable.