news Chinaplas 2018 set to relocate
Chinaplas exhibition organiser Adsale has confirmed that the 2018 event is to relocate to the new National Exhibition and Convention Centre (NECC) in Shanghai’s Hongqiao District. The move was not unex-
pected as ongoing growth meant the 2016 event was pushing the limits of the Shanghai New International Exhibition Centre in the Pudon district; more than 16% of the total exhibition space at last year’s exhibition had to be housed in temporary struc- tures. “We really ran out of space in Shanghai New International
Polyplastic investing in Russia
Russian compounder R&P Polyplastic said it is to invest €200,000 in materi- als handling and dosing equipment from Germany- based Brabender Technolo- gie as part of a major upgrade of its production sites at Togliatti and Engels. Alexandr Pavlov, CEO of
Polyplastic said that he was confident that the moderni- sation programme “will provide a firm base not for new scientific solutions only, but for better business opportunities as well”. The company said it is also planning an investment in new production technol- ogy for manufacturing LFT compounds. ❙
www.polyplastic-compounds.ru
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Exhbition Centre,” said Adsale General Manager Ada Leung. “Evaluation and analysis on moving to NECC began in early 2016 and, considering the long term development of the show,
we made the decision to move in the fourth quarter.” Opened in 2015, the NECC of indoor and
offers 400,000m2 100,000m2
of outdoor exhibi- tion space; Adsale said its
target for Chinaplas 2018 is around 300,000m2
. To ensure a
smooth transition of the event, Leung said it had arranged extended move-in and move-out periods for the first NECC event. Chinaplas takes place every
year, alternating between Guangzhou and Shanghai. The next event takes place on 16-19 May of this year at the China Import & Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou and is expected to extend to 250,000m2
with 3,300 exhibi- Shanghai's NECC complex
tors and around 140,000 visitors. ❙
www.chinaplasonline.com
API and Birla target nanocellulose
American Process Inc. (API) and Aditya Birla Group’s Birla Carbon are to explore the technical and business potential of combinations of carbon black and nanocellu- lose in tyre production. Initial evaluations suggest combinations of Birla’s carbon
black and API’s BioPlus nanocellulose products can significantly lower the rolling resistance of tyres, which is a major contributor to increased fuel consumption. “With strength equivalent to
carbon fibre, nanocellulose can improve the strength,
durability, and toughness of composites. It also shows unique synergistic effects with other filler materials like carbon black in improving composite performance,” said Theodora Retsina, CEO of API. ❙
www.americanprocess.com ❙
www.birlacarbon.com
ADCA-free compound for cables
Borealis has, together with UK-based network cable products firm Brand-Rex, developed a new polyolefin compound for production of foamed data cables that is free of azodicarbonamide (ADCA). ADCA, which is commonly used as a blowing agent for phiysically foamed data communication cables, has been classified as a “Sub- stance of Very High Concern” under the EU REACH regula-
COMPOUNDING WORLD | March 2017
tion due to its respiratory sensitising properties. The new HE4883 grade is
claimed to offer the benefits of the established HE4873 product from Borealis. In addition, it meets require- ments for Cat 6, Cat 7 and the latest Cat 8 data cables, offers an improved dissipation factor, and processes at line speeds up to 2,000 m/min. ❙
www.borealisgroup.com ❙
www.brand-rex.co.uk
www.compoundingworld.com
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