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Suzuki aims to patent talc-free PP compound


Suzuki Motor Corporation has developed a talc-free polypro- pylene (PP) compound that it says is 10% lighter and easier to colour while maintaining mechanical properties. Called Suzuki Super


Polypropylene (SSPP), the new grade is used on the lower trim on the front bumper of the company’s new Escudo model, which was launched this summer.


Suzuki says the addition of


talc to PP compounds increases their weight and dulls their colour due to a reduction in transparency. It adds that its SSPP material achieves the required rigidity and impact resistance by adding only a thermoplastic elastomer to a high rigidity base PP resin. The flexural rigidity of the


Nolata posts strong H1


Nolata, the Swedish technical moulding group, posted a 37% increase in sales for the first half of the year, up to SEK1.05bn ($157m). The company said all


areas of its business – which includes medical devices, telecoms and industrial moulding – saw a positive development during the period. Medical posted a 34% gain, telecoms 70% and industrial 9%. ❙ www.nolato.com


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resulting talc-free compound is claimed to be comparable to existing PP compounds while weight is reduced by approxi- mately 10%. The company has applied for a patent for the technology and plans to extend its use into interior parts and exterior components such as bumpers in the future.


The first application of


SSPP in the Escudo bumper trim takes advantage of the high colourability of the resin. The part has a bright metallic silver colour that is achieved without painting, increasing its resistance to scratches and stone chips. ❙ www.globalsuzuki.com


Sigit orders Negri Bossi machines


Italian plastics processor Sigit has placed an order for 20 injection moulding machines with Negri Bossi for installation at its new automotive components production plant at Kenitra in Morocco. The order includes machines from 220 to 1,000 tonnes clamping force and a number of robots, said the Italian injection machinery maker. The machines will be delivered before the end of the year, when the Sigit Maroc facility is scheduled to begin production. Over the past seven


The silver trim beneath the Escudo’s bumper is produced using Suzuki’s new PP compound


years, Sigit has bought 120 machines from Negri Bossi. The company generates sales of around €70m. ❙ www.sigit.itwww.negribossi.com


EU audit for recycled plastics


Europe’s plastics converters, recyclers and collectors have agreed to launch a new certification and audit scheme named EuCertPlast which implements the existing CEN standard 15343 covering traceability and conformity of recycled plastics. Ton Emans, president of the


European Plastics Recyclers association (EuPR), said: “A suitable harmonised auditing scheme for Europe was needed due to the difficulty in gaining access to plastics waste from the different and often complex national


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systems. Now with EuCert- Plast a level playing field has been created and plastics recyclers can work with all national collection schemes to get access to raw materials for further treatment in Europe”. The European Association


of Plastics Recycling and Recovery Organisations (EPRO) worked on the two-year project with the EuPR. Its co-chairman Francis Huysman said that the scheme would “enable our members, which include some of the largest plastics recovery organisations in Europe, to have confidence that recyclers


holding this certification will process their plastics to the highest possible operational and environmental standards”. Alexandre Dangis, manag-


ing director of the European Plastics Converters associa- tion (EuPC), added: “I am very happy with the outcome of this project in which we have been able to demonstrate that good practices on post-consumer plastics recycling should be rewarded with a European Certificate and this will boost the use of recyclates in Europe by plastics converters”. ❙ www.eucertplast.eu


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