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❙ Biesterfeld Plastic is to distribute functional masterbatches with anti- microbial and aseptic proper- ties made by Heroc on a global basis. The company said it will offer a complete service to customers, including development of individual applications and laboratory testing.
www.biesterfeld.com
❙ Total Cray Valley has commenced construction of a new C4 chemical manufac- turing plant at Carling in France that will produce several thousand tonnes/year of liquid polybutadiene when starts up in October. The new facility will be TCV’s fifth manufacturing plant for this product line.
www.crayvalley.com
❙ A. Schulman unveiled its third Be Colour! colour and technology trend collection at the ChinaPlas 2016 trade show in Shanghai on 25-28 April. The company said the collection features the next generation of colour trend forecasts for the speciality materials market, bringing together “forward-looking trends which are most relevant for industries and markets within speciality materials.”
www.aschulman.com
❙ China National Chemical Corporation (ChemChina) has completed its acquisition of KraussMaffei from Onex following approval by all regulatory authorities.
www.chemchina.com www.kraussmaffei.com
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ECHA proposes further phthalate restrictions
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has submitted a proposal to restrict four classified phthalates in articles: bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP) and benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP). The four substances were
already on the Authorisation List; ECHA, therefore, had to consider whether their use in articles poses a risk to consumers and concluded that it does. ECHA has published the
Annex XV restriction dossier on its website despite the fact that its sub-committees are currently performing a conformity check on the dossier. This is a change to normal practice, the agency said, and was done “to increase transparency and to help stakeholders prepare for the future six month public consultation”, which is expected to take place in
mid-June 2016 if the substanc- es pass conformity. l Separately, the French Agency for Food, Environmen- tal & Occupational Health & Safety (ANSES) has concluded a toxicological evaluation of 1,2-cyclohexanedicarboxylic adic, diisononyl ester (DINCH), another plasticizer that is used as a replacement for classified phthalates.
This was performed in the
context of the national strategy on endocrine disrupting chemi- cals and the REACH Public Activities Communication Tool - Risk Management Options Analysis (PACT-RMOA). It concluded that DINCH does not require any specific risk management measures.
Regulation of DINCH and other plasticisers in sensitive applications, such as medical devices intended for neonatal and premature care, can therefore be left to legislation specific to such applications. The move was welcomed by
the European Council for Plasticisers & Intermediates, which said that ANSES “has confirmed the already existing reassuring data available on DINCH”. ❙ http:/
echa.europa.eu ❙
www.plasticisers.org
BASF and Kolon pair up in POM
Kolon Plastics and BASF are to form a 50:50 joint venture to manufacture polyoxymethylene resin (POM) in Korea. Kolon BASF innoPOM will
have an annual capacity of 70,000 tonnes and will be located at the existing Kolon Plastics production site at Gimcheon in Korea, which already manufactures POM. The new production is scheduled to start operation in
COMPOUNDING WORLD | May 2016
the second half of 2018 and will be world’s largest POM production complex, according to the joint venture partners. BASF said it will discon-
tinue production of POM at its facility at Ludwigshafen in Ger- many once the new Korean capacity is operating. Kolon BASF innoPOM
products will be marketed around the world separately by the two companies under their
respective trade names and proprietary formulations. “The markets for POM are growing around the world. Particularly in Asia the joint venture will strengthen our ability to support our customers with high-performing, innovative specialties,” said Raimar Jahn, President of BASF’s Perfor- mance Materials division. ❙
www.basf.com ❙
www.kolonplastics.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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