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Coperion delivers for BASF in South Korea


Coperion said it has delivered a new PA compounding plant for BASF in South Korea, the latest in a series of engineer- ing plastics production plants it has installed for the company over the past decade. The machinery supplier said the project scope included planning, assembly, start-up and verification of guaranteed performance data under production conditions, plus all of the relevant equipment, structures and utility supply including electricity, com- pressed air, exhaust air purification, pelletising water circulation and cooling. A feature of the new plant is


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❙ Biopolymers company Metabolix has announced that it is “exploring strategic alternatives” for its speciality biopolymers business and Yield10 crop science programme. The company said it is already engaged in discussions with interested parties regarding a potential sale. www.metabolix.com


the use of the latest high- precision Coperion K-Tron feeders, which deliver raw materials to predetermined formulae. Following subsequent


pelletizing and drying, the finished product is transported to product silos connected to a fully automated IBP 250 palletising unit. ❙ www.coperion.com


Maag opens Thai workshop


Maag, which makes gear pumps, pelletising systems and melt filtration systems, has opened a new rotor sharpening workshop for strand pelletisers at its Gala Industries sales and service centre in Thailand’s Chonburi province. The company said the unit is its seventh sharpening


workshop, complementing existing operations in Brazil, China, Germany, Malaysia, Taiwan and the US. According to Thomas


Willemsen, VP of business development for after sales and service centres, this “bolsters our overall effort in Thailand and Southeast Asia in general. Combined with our


already existing sharpening centre in Malaysia we are now able to offer our high quality sharpening service to a much wider customer base.” Further service offerings will be added in the coming months in South-East Asia, which Maag said is one of its fastest-growing regions. ❙ www.maag.com


❙ Teijin has introduced a new masterbatch flame retardant (FR) combining its FCX-210 phosphorus flame retardant with a polymer carrier suitable for use in fibre applications. The company claims that only a relatively small amount of FCX-210 is necessary to achieve the required performance in fibre applications and, unlike many other phosphorus FRs, it is insoluble in the polymer. www.teijin.com


❙ SABIC officially opened its new research facility at Geleen in the Netherlands last month. Located on the Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Geleen, the state-of-the-art centre accommodates more than 130 people. ❙ www.sabic.com


Mitsui plans PP compounding expansions


Mitsui Chemicals and its majority-owned subsidiary Prime Polymer have an- nounced expansion at three of its PP compounding hubs in response to growing demand for PP for automotive applica- tions.


10 The expansions will all be


completed within the 2017 fiscal year and will increase total capacity by 5% or 47,600 tonnes/year, the company said. The plans include the addition of two lines at the Advanced Composites sites in


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Ohio and Tennessee in the US and one at Aguascalientes in Mexico, plus a fourth at Mitsui Prime Advanced Composites at Neemrana, India. Most of the extra capacity – 30,000 tonnes/year – will be in North America, with a further 15,000


in India and 5,000 at other sites in Europe. Mitsui said that demand is


growing particularly for lighter weight automotive parts which do not require paint process- ing, such as instrument panels. ❙ www.mitsui.com


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