Cereplast, Inc. (NASDAQ: CERP)

• Cereplast’s bio-plastics technologies are proprietary, patented and are unsurpassed in the industry.

• Cereplast is the one-stop solutions provider for the new reality of plastics.

• Bio-plastics are at the early stage of long-term sustained growth cycle, with projected annual growth of more than 20 percent for the next 10 years.

• Cereplast is able to support demand from consumers and scale its operations in an economically profitable manner.

About Cereplast

Cereplast Inc. designs and manufactures proprietary starch-based, renewable plastics created from breakthrough technology. These resin families replace a significant portion of petroleum-based additives with bio-based material such as starches from tapioca, corn, wheat and potatoes, meeting the demand from consumers and manufacturers for sustainable plastics. The company is one of the many who have invested in the use of alternative energy source like corn fuel, ethanol biofuel and cellulose ethanol developers.

Cereplast Compostables Resins® are ideally suited for single use applications where high bio-based content and compostability are advantageous, especially in the food service industry. Cereplast Hybrid Resins® combine high bio-based content with the durability and endurance of traditional plastic, making them ideal for applications in industries such as automotive, consumer electronics and packaging.

Strategy

To replace oil based plastics with bio-degradable replacements for global packaging needs by development and licensing of innovative products for packaging companies. Lessening dependence upon oil and capitalizing on consumer and government preferences for clean, organic packaging.

Cereplast History

Harbinger Research

Global Plastics Industry Exceeds US$2.5 Trillion; Bioplastics Have Become Fundamentally Competitive but still Have Only 0.1% Global Market Share. Extreme Industry Growth Is Probable.

CERP-Harbinger-Research-Report-April-20-2010 (0.7mb PDF)

MarketWatch

With oil approaching $100 a barrel, the so-called bioplastic industry will be coming into its own in five to 10 years, growing into a multitrillion-dollar business, according to Frederic Scheer of Cereplast. Steve Gelsi reports.

Learn more at http://www.cereplast.com