news Schulman starts on Saudi plans
A. Schulman has begun construction of a PP com- pounding plant at Yanbu, on the west coast of Saudi Arabia. The plant is a joint venture with National Petrochemical Industrial Company (NatPet), a subsidiary of Alujain, which produces 400,000 tonnes/year of PP at Yanbu using Lyondell- Basell’s Spheripol technology. The venture, which was
originally announced in June 2012, will operate under the name NatPet Schulman Specialty Plastic Compounds. Commercial production is due to start in mid-2017. The facility will have 100,000 tonnes/year of capacity and will supply a specialised range of Polyfort and Polyflam flame-retardant PP compounds and other compounds based on NatPet’s Teldene PP grades for applica- tions in the durable goods,
Speciality powder materials from A. Schulman were on display at the Grand Palais in Paris during the UN’s COP 21 conference on climate change in December, where roto- moulded stools and chairs produced using the firm’s quality control and purge waste and a mould from Parisian design firm Maximum were shown. Christophe Cario, head of sales for speciality powders for A. Schulman in the Europe, Middle East and Africa region, described the demonstration as “a perfect example how we can support local entrepreneurs with great value for both parties. Maximum’s mould allows us to proceed with very detailed quality control tests. At the same time, Maximum revalorises the material, which would have had ended its short life cycle in a waste bin,” he said. ❙
http://maximum.paris/
automotive and electrical and electronics sectors. NatPet will supply Europe,
the Middle East, Asia, Africa and India; Schulman will distribute in other regions. l In a separate move, Schulman said at the Plas- tEurAsia Plastics Processing
Exhibition in Istanbul in December that development of its new masterbatch project in Turkey is on track. A ware- house facility has now opened in the Istanbul area, bringing in products from its sites in Belgium and France. Once operational, said Ekin Kurt,
Coperion Nanjing opens new plant
Schulman's general manager for Turkey, the site will mainly serve the food and industrial packaging sectors but Schulman is also looking to other markets, like automotive and electrical and electronics. ❙
www.aschulman.com ❙
www.natpet.com
RTP to compound Torlon PAI
Coperion’s local subsidiary in China has moved into a new facility in the Nanjing Jiangn- ing district.
The 1,300 m2 facility will
focus on making the STS and CTE twin-screw extruder series. Coperion said it features advanced manufac-
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turing technologies modelled on its Stuttgart plant and includes an optimised workshop layout for efficient production. The new test laboratory includes a high-end ZSK Mc18 series extruder. Coperion first established itself in Nanjing in 1997 and
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now employs almost 400 people there. The company said the move was required as the local government had re-zoned the district its original plant was located in for future R&D and commer- cial development. ❙
www.coperion.com
Solvay Speciality Polymers has concluded a licensing agreement under which RTP Company will be able to use its Torlon brand of polyam- ide-imide (PAI) polymer under the RTP 5000 label. Scott Koberna, RTP’s
global general manager of wear and friction materials, said the deal will help the company expand its offer in fast-growing markets, such as automotive. ❙
www.solvay.com ❙
www.rtpcompany.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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