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The introduction of these masterbatches in consumer goods will make way for their integration into the market of new sustainable products, with high performance and profitability

Over the last two years AIJU has developed the Project Decoratoy, aimed at the study and applicability of diverse decoration techniques for the personalized decoration of three dimensional plastic pieces, mainly in the toy sector, carrying out decoration testing using several technologies. Those having showed great applicability are Water Printing, Digital Printing and Transference Films, among others.

This R & D project, "Risk Assessment of non-standardised children’s products - CHILDRISK" allowed the development of a methodology for a global risk assessment of certain children's products for which there are no safety standards at European level. After the market research conducted within the framework of this project, we detected the normal marketing of over 75 products, intended for children or with a more than reasonable use by children, which were not standardised and could pose safety and health risks for babies and toddlers. The products studied were classified into ten categories, depending on the use of the article.

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Children’s products intended for use at feeding times (tableware and cutlery, cups and food containers) are subject to strict safety standards. Furthermore, complementary regulations related to the compliance of plastic materials in contact with foodstuffs (Regulation no 10/2011) must be observed.

The new Directive on Toy Safety, 2009/48/CE establishes the legislative limits on bioavailability of certain elements considered as toxic, for the phenomenon known as migration whereby they go from the plastic matrix to the surface of the toy or childcare article. When quantifying the migration that occurs it is necessary to develop and adjust diverse techniques which must be validated to confirm the precise results. A simple procedure for this validation is to make a comparative check of the results against a correct reference which therefore establishes their accuracy. So, in the case of migration tests, the best option is to employ certified reference materials.

This technique will allow the decoration of a large amount of products with different geometric shapes in an efficient and versatile way.

One of the more attractive fronts within the plastic industry is that of new materials development with improved properties (mechanical, electric, thermal, optical, fire-resistant, barrier, etc.). In this sense, nanoparticles have achieved great importance as they offer a lot of possibilities at the time of mixing additives to conventional plastics, improving the characteristic properties of the original material.

The high-impact capacity can be improved by optimizing the design factors of rubber surfacing laid on playground floors

These treatments allow us, by means of clean technologies, to optimize the adhesive properties, the painting and coating solidity or barrier function properties such as liquid repellence in toys, plastics and textiles.