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La unidad industrial Gaïalane de Roquette ya se encuentra en marchaThe industrial unit Gaïalane of Roquette already finds in course
18 April 2012
Roquette, skilled signature in the transformation of vegetal raw materials, has turned into a main actor of the the vegetal plastics. The group has set up his first unit of industrial production of plastics Gaialene, in his central headquarters of Lestrem (Pas of Calais, France). The construction of this industrial unit of a capacity of 25.000 tonnes finished to finals of 2011 in the planned term.
The Group Roquette has developed a range of vegetal plastics now available in industrial quantities under the mark Galiene. These obtain thanks to a technology patented, from cereals cultivated locally. They are created for the production of films, pieces injected and containers.