news Perstorp ramps up plasticizers
Sweden’s Perstorp said its new Oxo plant at Stenungsund in Sweden – which produces key raw materials for its sustain- able general purpose PVC plasticizer production – started up on time and is now producing prime material. The new plant expands
Perstorp’s Oxo capacity by around 150,000 tonnes a year. With this new capability to
produce n-valeric acid and 2-propyl heptanol, the company says it is now one of the few fully integrated plasticizer suppliers. “The state-of-the-art plant
is a powerful demonstration of Perstorp’s position as a dynamic and innovative leader in plasticizers”, said Jerker Olsson, vice president business unit Oxo.
“This investment strength- ens our market position, and because the new Stenungsund plant is fully integrated upstream, we can offer our customers a level of reliability, consistency and customization that our competitors will find hard to match”, he said. Perstorp offers two ranges
of general purpose plasticiz- ers. Emoltene 100 (Di-Propyl
Gabriel-Chemie aims to add intelligence to food packaging
Austrian masterbatch maker Gabriel-Chemie has estab- lished a cooperation agree- ment with UK-based Insignia Technologies to develop intelligent food packaging solutions that will show consumers when food is no longer fresh.
Insignia claims to have
developed a time/temperature indicator pigment technology that is cost effective for integration in plastics for food packaging applications. The company’s CEO David Klishaw said that Gabriel-Chemie has the technical know-how to
produce masterbatch products without damaging the integrity or functionality of its pigments. “The combination of the pigment solutions from Insignia Technologies and the plastics expertise from
Gabriel-Chemie has resulted in a product that is both innova- tive and of high quality,” said Mark Hannah, marketing director of the Gabriel-Chemie. ❙
www.gabriel-chemie.com ❙
www.insigniatechnologies.com
Indian firm takes masterbatch online
Indian masterbatch supplier Prayag Polytech launched a new online portal to supply masterbatch at the country’s PlastIndia trade fair last month.
Claimed to be the first
online store for masterbatch in India,
eMasterbatches.com is
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intended to make it possible to locate the appropriate product grade, obtain pricing and technical data, make payment and check deliveries online. Prayag has been manufac- turing masterbatch since 1996 and now supplies to 85 countries worldwide. The
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company claims to be the biggest manufacturer and exporter of masterbatch in India with a capacity of 50,000 tonnes across its three production sites. It ordered its 25th Steer compounding line at PlastIndia 2015. ❙
www.emasterbatches.com
Heptyl Phthalate) is a C10 plasticizer designed for outdoor applications where flexibility and durability are key, such as cables, wires and roofing membranes. Pevalen is a non-phthalate plasticizer created to meet the safety and performance requirements for indoor PVC applications such as flooring and coated fabrics. ❙
www.perstorp.com
Recycling plant for Toronto
Materials recovery firm Canada Fibers is commis- sioning a new plastics recycling plant in northern Toronto, Canada, that is intended to create high value polymer materials from post-consumer and post-industrial waste. Urban Polymers will
commence operation on a 15,000 m2
site in the first
half of this year. It will initially focus on production of PET flake and pelletized PE and PP, with start-up production capacities of 11,300 tonnes of PET a year and 5,000 tonnes of PE/PP. “Urban Polymers
represents another step with Canada Fibers’ forward integration strategy,” said Canada Fibers’ CEO Joe Miranda. He said the aim of the venture was to help ensure domestic recovered solid waste remains in the country. ❙
www.canadafibersltd.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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