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Clariant to invest €7m in compounds expansion


Clariant has announced a five-year CHF7.6m (€7m) investment in its masterbatch business that will see it expand its small lot com- pounding and high tempera- ture polymer masterbatch capabilities. The investment programme


includes four new compound- ing lines, two in the US, one in Europe and one at the company’s manufacturing plant in Shanghai. It also


includes new drying, feeding and testing equipment. Clariant Masterbatch Head


of Marketing for Consumer Goods, Engineering and High Temperature Plastics Benoit Flammang said the company already has capacity for production of small lot specialty compounds in the US and at its Singapore facility. The new investment will add to this capacity and allow it to extend the business to Europe


Polykemi aids water project


Swedish compounder Polykemi is supplying a proprietary polymer compound for use in a combined water treatment and heating system developed by Solvatten for use in developing countries. The combination unit is


designed for domestic use and can both purify and heat water to 75°C. The portable solar-powered system requires no chemicals or electricity and is designed to provide a working lifetime of up to 10-years.


Polykemi will not disclose details of


the polymer used in the application but said the parts are injection moulded by Sweden’s KB Components. ❙ www.polykemi.se ❙ http://kbcomponents.com


for the first time. “We have offered com- pounds as a complement to masterbatches for 20 years. This is a harmonisation that extends that to all regions,” he said.


Flammang said part of the


investment would also be directed at extending its masterbatch product range for high temperature plastics processing applications. ❙ www.clariant.com


Voelpker targets US market


German specialty wax producer Voelpker Spezial- produkte has announced a distribution deal with Chemigon covering the US, Canada and Mexico. Under the arrangement, Ohio, US-based Chemigon will supply Voelpker’s Waradur OP and E lines of montan waxes, which act as multifunctional lubricants in the processing of engineering plastics including PA, PBT, TPEs. The deal further expands


Voelpker’s global presence. Commenting on the move, CEO Falko Preusser said NAFTA is a key and dynamic plastics market where it aims to intensify its partnerships. Last year, Voelpker


acquired the montan wax business of BASF, for which it had been manufacturing for more than 20 years. ❙ www.voelpker.com


Chemours initiates its Altamira TiO2


Chemours, the former DuPont Performance Products business, has announced the start-up of its new TiO2


line at


its plant in Altamira in Mexico’s Tamaulipas state. The company said the new plant was mechanically completed in December 2015. It will ramp up to reach a full nameplate capacity of 200,000 tonnes/year of the company’s Ti-Pure TiO2


pigment. “The commercial start-up of www.compoundingworld.com


Altamira will help us achieve the near-term cost reduction objectives and future growth in our five-point transformation plan,” said Mark Vergnano, President and CEO of Chem- ours. “We will leverage the facility’s low-cost capability to supply the high quality products that our customers expect from our global manufacturing network.” Chemours, which also


makes TiO2 at sites in Missis- plant


sippi and Tennessee in the US and at a site in Taiwan, claims to have the world’s lowest sustainable production cost. It attributes this to its scale, proprietary process and know-how, plus the ability to use a wide variety of ore feedstocks. The company said it expects


to reduce its overall costs of TiO2


$20m annually. ❙ www.chemours.com


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