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❙ Techmer PM announced plans to open a production facility in Mexico to serve the Mexican and wider Latin American markets, particularly the automotive sector. The unit, expected to be operational in Q2 2017, will be headed by Guillermo Quijano, who was recently hired as general manager for Latin American operations.
www.techmerpm.com
❙ Germany’s Rowa said its new US Technology Centre in Croydon, Pennsylvania, will be completed by the end of 2016. This facility will house expanded compounding and graft manufacturing with new and expanded colour technology, mechanical, analytical and weathering laboratories.
www.rowa-group.com
❙ Braskem has opened its €5m European technology centre within its plant in Wesseling, Germany. This move comes 25 years after the site first opened and will enable Braskem to develop products specifically designed for the European market. The centre is equipped for materials testing, application development and new product research.
www.braskem.com
❙ DuPont Performance Materials (DPM) has officially launched operations at Europe’s first Zytel HTN polymer production facility at Hamm-Uentrop in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia.
http://plastics.dupont.com
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Trinseo launches 85% LGF PP concentrates
Trinseo officially launched its Enlite LGF 1851 and 1852 85% long glass fibre (LGF) PP concentrate product family at the Society of Plastics Engineers Automotive TPO Conference in Detroit in early October. Manufactured at the
company’s site in Midland, Michigan, US, the 85% glass products are said to have the highest glass fibre concentra- tion of any PP LGF concentrate available commercially for automotive semi-structural applications. The previous highest from the company was 60%.
“We know that lightweight
is more than a trend in the automotive industry; it’s a necessity. We’ve also seen an
Door modules are a potential market for Trinseo’s Enlite 85% LFT concentrates
increasing need for cost- effective semi-structural parts,” commented Dagmar van Heur, VP of Performance Plastics at Trinseo. Enlite LGF, she added, is a
direct response to these trends. It is aimed at applications in instrument panels, door and front-end modules, tailgates, and other
interior and semi-structural parts that require a balance of dimensional stability, heat resistance and weight optimisation. Trinseo said that the 85% glass concentra- tion allows customers to achieve cost savings of up to 10% through
significantly reduced com- pounding costs, while benefiting from other efficien- cies including outstanding pellet robustness combined with good dispersion proper- ties. The dispersability of the concentrate is said to be as good as traditional 60% concentrates, while delivering good impact resistance and durability in the final part. ❙
www.trinseo.com
Covestro doubles Shanghai capacity
Covestro is doubling production capacity for polycarbonate at its site in Shanghai, China, from 200,000 to 400,000 tonnes/year in response to growing Asian demand. The company said the expansion includes two world-scale production lines. Michelle Jou, Head of the
Polycarbonates Segment at Covestro, said: “In Asia and especially China, the demand for polycarbonates and solutions based on it is growing in important industries like electronics, healthcare and automotive. By expanding our polycarbonates
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production capacity in the region, we can adapt and react even better to the changing needs of our customers.” The new production lines
are the last cornerstone of a multi-year, €3bn investment
programme for the Shanghai site. Earlier in 2016, a world-scale plant was opened to make up to 50,000 tonnes/ year of HDI, a key raw material for coatings and adhesives. ❙
www.covestro.com
Covestro is doubling capacity at its PC facility at Shanghai
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