news Celanese to add PEEK grades
Celanese is to bring two premium industrial grades of polyether ether ketone (PEEK) into its high performance polymer portfolio in the second half of 2016, including high flow and high flow reinforced grades. A Celanese spokesperson
said base PEEK polymer will be sourced from external
Americhem opens UK tech centre
Americhem Europe has opened a new technical centre at Manchester, UK, to support its colour and additive customers in the fibre sector. The new centre includes a pigment lab with several extruders and feeders. Dedicated fibre equipment includes two fibre spinning lines, one a low speed spin line for PA and PP products and the other a low and high speed line covering PET, PA and PP. There are also spectrophotometers and light cabinets. ❙
www.americhem.com
suppliers and will be modified using its advanced flow technology and compounded in the US. The company said the high flow products will mean it will be possible to injection mould components that would otherwise have to be machined. Thermo-mechanical properties will be maintained, it said.
Applications are envisaged
in the automotive sector, notably small parts in aggressive service conditions such as under-the-hood electrical connectors; in thin-wall electrical and electronic parts such as capacitors, connectors, resistors and micro-switches;
stock shapes for machined parts used in the oil and gas and general industrial sectors such as rings, seals and highly filled profiles; and in complex miniature parts for diagnostic and analytical instruments that are exposed to a wide variety of liquids and gasses. ❙
www.celanese.com
Compounding World Congress 2016 programme announced
AMI has revealed the pro- gramme for the Compounding World Congress 2016, which will take place on 18-20 April at the Maritim Hotel, Cologne, Germany. Building on the sell-out success of the debut conference in 2015, the event features an impressive line-up of speakers from the interna- tional compounding industry. The expanded programme
focuses on technical com- pounds based on engineering thermoplastics, thermoplastic elastomers and performance polyolefins for demanding applications in markets such as the automotive, electrical/ electronic, medical and
industrial sectors. It includes an opening panel discussion exploring strategies for growing a profitable com- pounding business. Partici- pants include Massimo Pavin, CEO of Sirmax in Italy, and Murat Cansever, Managing Partner of Eurotec Engineer- ing Plastics in Turkey. The conference also
features presentations on a range of innovative materials technologies. These include: the return of polyketones; optimising filled and reinforced compounds; and developments in conductive compounds. The headline sponsor for the event is HPF The Mineral
Engineers and conference attendees will have the opportunity to visit its mine and R&D laboratories before the conference starts. Additional sponsors include Azo, Steer, Dreyplas, Penta, ICMA San Giorgio, Leistritz, KraussMaffei Berstorff, Farrel Pomini, Imerys, JSW, Buss and Coperion. For information on partici- pating in the Compounding World Congress as a delegate, sponsor or exhibitor, contact Kat Langner:
kl@amiplastics.com, +44 117 314 8111. To see the full programme and to benefit from the €100 early booking discount visit:
http://bit.ly/CWC16B
Elasto Sweden starts up new medical TPE line
Elasto Sweden has started up a medical line at Åmål, Sweden. The new line is part of the company’s continued focus on medical thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) and supports sales of its Medi- prene TPE compounds for medical applications, such as
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tubing, IV systems, catheters, respiratory equipment, syringe plunger seals and wound care products. The company has also
expanded its technical centre at the site with the addition of a new pilot line and further investments in analytical
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equipment, including FTIR, DSC and TGA equipment. “As a supplier to the
medical device industry it is critical that we operate to the highest-standards by investing in advanced compounding and product development process- es. The new line and invest-
ment in technical resources is part of our on-going commit- ment to supply leading quality TPE products and expertise to our growing medical customer base,” said Elasto Sweden Managing Director Thomas Nilsson. ❙
www.hexpoltpe.com
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