news R&P licenses ExxonMobil TPOs
R&P of Singapore has licensed ExxonMobil Chemical’s technology to produce specialty polypropylene compounds (TPOs) for the Asia Pacific region. The company, which was previously known as Resin & Pigment Technologies, acted as a toll compounder for ExxonMobil from 2008 to 2014, producing the latter’s Exxtral TPO grades. The new license grants
R&P the right to produce the Exxtral formulations, product designs and previous product codes that it developed and/or manufactured for ExxonMobil.
Americhem wins green approval
Colour and additive supplier Americhem has gained ISO 14001 environmental certification for its manu- facturing plant at Cuyahoga Falls in Ohio, USA. The certification process
has involved the develop- ment and implementation of systems to continuously reduce waste and emis- sions from the plant. These systems will now be rolled out to Americhem’s seven other manufacturing plants. “This certification
represents a commitment to the environment and the community,” said plant manager Linda Manfull. “It also helped formalise an environmental policy for Americhem.” ❙
www.americhem.com
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The compounds will now be marketed under R&P’s Sterlene brand name to the Asia Pacific region, including China, Japan, Korea, India, plus the ASEAN and the Oceania countries. ExxonMobil will continue to
supply polypropylene to R&P, which will offer a comprehen- sive range of TPOs for automotive applications, including bumper, interior, exterior and under-the-hood components. R&P has facilities in
Singapore, Malaysia and China. Its Singapore com-
pounding plant is located on Jurong Island where ExxonMo- bil produces polypropylene. R&P said that it intends to build on the strong foundation created over the past six years of toll compounding ExxonMo- bil’s Exxtral grades, and its primary goal is to provide continuity in TPO supply to all existing Asia-Pacific automo- tive customers. It added that the burgeoning growth in the region’s automotive markets will provide opportunities to increase TPO volumes working hand-in-hand with customers on new product developments.
“We look forward to
continuing to be a reliable supplier of our Sterlene TPO products to strong supporters who have over the past years provided us the opportunities to be of service to them, and will endeavour our very best to augment our chain of custom- ers,” said R&P’s chairman YK Tan. R&P has also announced that Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading will be its main distributor in China for all of its products, including Sterlene. ❙
www.resinpts.com
Barack Obama visits Techmer PM
Techmer PM hosted a visit by the US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden on 9 January. After touring the masterbatch maker’s Clinton facility in Tennessee, Obama announced the launch of a US$250 million manufacturing innovation hub. The Institute for Advanced
Composites Manufacturing will be located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and is backed by a consortium of the US Depart- ment of Energy and 122 compa- nies, including Techmer ES, a Techmer PM subsidiary formed in 2004 to focus on engineering plastics compounds. Techmer ES recently
worked with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory on the production of an electric-pow- ered replica of the Shelby Cobra using the lab’s large- scale, high-speed additive manufacturing system. The body of the car, which was
COMPOUNDING WORLD | January 2015
President Obama viewed a 3D printed car made using Techmer materials during his visit
viewed by Obama and Biden during their visit, was 3D printed using a 20% carbon- fibre-reinforced ABS material formulated by Techmer ES. “We are very excited to help
introduce the Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation to Tennessee,” said John Manuck, chairman and CEO of Techmer PM. “It will add significantly to our regional
manufacturing activity, paving the way for further innova- tions, manufacturing job opportunities, and products in the marketplace. Our success- ful work with Oak Ridge National Laboratory was the genesis for the President’s visit and a prime example of composite materials advances achieved through a transform- ative technical partnership.” ❙
www.techmerpm.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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