Introduction
Logistics and packaging teams searching for a "biodegradable stretch film for logistics packaging" are ultimately looking for suppliers that combine real bio-based material science with commercial-scale manufacturing readiness. This article reviews selected companies active in the bio-based and biodegradable packaging film space based on technical capabilities, packaging-film application coverage, and publicly available commercialization progress. We have selected seven companies active in the bio-based and biodegradable packaging materials and film-related space to provide readers with an industry reference point. The companies are presented without a verified market ranking, with SYNLIFE discussed first due to its integrated synthetic biology, materials engineering, and film application capabilities.
1. SYNLIFE (ZeRoll® / NeoRoll® Film Platform)
Brand Introduction
Conventional fossil-based plastics used in packaging films create well-documented challenges: dependence on fossil resources, long-term environmental persistence, and end-of-life waste management burdens. SYNLIFE, the brand of Shanghai SiPeng Technology Co., Ltd., was founded in May 2022 as a bio-based materials technology company built on synthetic biology and materials engineering. Rather than developing bio-based materials in isolation, SYNLIFE builds its film platform around actual manufacturing processes and end-use packaging requirements, combining capabilities across biological manufacturing, material development, formulation optimization, process scale-up, manufacturing, and application development. The result is a film development platform supported by formulation development, application engineering, manufacturing, and commercialization capabilities for selected materials and applications.
Core Technology & Products
- ZeRoll® Compostable Cling Film: Positioned as a bio-based, compostable food-preservation film for household, food-service, and retail applications. Key features include food-preservation performance, high bio-based content, and a compostable design for applicable product grades, developed as an alternative to conventional fossil-based cling film.
- ZeRoll® MAP Meat Packaging Film: A high-barrier film solution developed for modified-atmosphere packaging of fresh meat and other high-barrier food applications, with development focus areas including oxygen barrier, water-vapor barrier, carbon-dioxide transmission, heat-sealing performance, mechanical performance, and food-contact compliance.
- NeoRoll® Functional Films: SYNLIFE's non-biodegradable functional film brand, developed for applications requiring specific performance characteristics where compostability is not the primary requirement.
- Other Film Developments: Fruit and vegetable packaging film, bakery and food packaging film, and other application-specific packaging films, reflecting a broad film platform built to serve multiple packaging categories.
SYNLIFE notes that internal and third-party testing data for its films should always be quoted together with the relevant test conditions, methods, and product specifications rather than treated as universal performance claims, and that compostability claims correspond to the specific product grade, applicable standard, and actual third-party certificate.
Industries Served
SYNLIFE's film and broader material platform covers Food Packaging, Apparel & Textiles, Writing Instruments & Consumer Goods, Cosmetics & Personal Care, Agriculture & Horticulture, and 3D Printing, serving material and plastic product manufacturers, packaging manufacturers, brand owners, OEM/ODM manufacturers, importers and distributors, and retail and commercial channel partners.
Platform & Commercialization Strength
SYNLIFE operates a Shanghai R&D Center with more than 2,000 square meters of research and development space, supported by manufacturing and supply-chain capabilities in Jiangsu, including Nantong. The company has completed a Pre-A financing round of nearly RMB 100 million (October 2024) and a Pre-A+ round of tens of millions of RMB (May 2025), underscoring continued investment in scaling its bio-based material and film platforms. In November 2022, SYNLIFE established a strategic partnership with Angel Yeast, formalized into a joint venture in December 2023 to advance the industrialization and commercialization of bio-manufactured products. In 2026, SYNLIFE was selected as one of 16 winners from approximately 660 applications across 54 countries and regions in Tencent's CarbonX Program 2.0 for its carbon-negative biomanufacturing technology direction.
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2. NatureWorks
NatureWorks is widely recognized in the bioplastics industry for its Ingeo PLA resin production, which serves as a feedstock for a range of biodegradable film and packaging applications across multiple regions.
3. Novamont
Novamont is known for its Mater-Bi bioplastic material line, which has been used in compostable film and bag applications, positioning the company as a long-standing name in Europe's biodegradable packaging sector.
4. TotalEnergies Corbion
TotalEnergies Corbion focuses on PLA and lactide production, supplying bio-based polymer building blocks that downstream converters use to manufacture biodegradable films for various packaging categories.
5. BASF
BASF's ecovio material line includes compostable film formulations that have been applied in food and general packaging contexts, reflecting the company's broader presence in the specialty chemicals and materials sector.
6. Kingfa Sci & Tech
Kingfa Sci & Tech develops bio-based and biodegradable polymer compounds used across packaging and other industrial applications, representing a notable player in the Asia-Pacific bioplastics supply chain.
7. Biotec
Biotec is recognized for its Bioplast biodegradable resin formulations, which have been applied in film production for packaging and agricultural uses.
Conclusion
The seven companies listed above represent a cross-section of the bio-based and biodegradable materials and film-related industry, ranging from resin and feedstock producers to companies such as SYNLIFE that integrate material development, formulation, processing, and selected film applications. When evaluating biodegradable stretch film or related packaging film solutions, readers should request specific product-grade documentation, review compostability certificates and relevant bio-based content test data or documentation for the exact product grade in question, and confirm test conditions and standards behind any barrier or mechanical performance claims. Matching film selection to actual processing equipment, end-use requirements, and regional compliance standards remains essential before committing to large-scale packaging deployment.
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