news DIC to compound PPS in China
DIC of Japan is to build a PPS compounding plant in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province, China. It is investing approximately ¥1.3 billion (€9.5 million) in the facility which will have a capacity of 6,000 tonnes/year. Due for completion by the end of 2015, the compounding plant will be located alongside
DIC’s existing resin plant in Zhangjiagang. DIC says that global
demand for PPS compounds continues to grow at 6-8% annually, while annual growth in demand in China, which leads the world in automobile production, is estimated at well above 10%. Last month, DIC opened a
technical centre in Shanghai which supports Chinese customers in areas such as mould design. It expects to grow its market share for PPS compounds in China from its current 20% to more than 35%. The DIC Group currently
has three production bases for PPS compounds, located in Japan, Malaysia and Austria,
RTP expands Mexican facility
RTP has installed a new pultrusion line for the production of Very Long Fiber (VLF) compounds at its facility in Monterrey, Mexico. The company says that the
new line will maintain plant-to-plant consistency of compounds for OEMs and their
partners in Mexico and South America who build parts and products for the global consumer goods, automotive, and other markets. RTP now manufactures VLF compounds in Mexico, Minnesota, Indiana, Germany, and China. Eric Lee, RTP’s business
manager for structural products, said: “The expansion of our facility in Monterrey demonstrates our pledge to supply our customers’ growing demand for VLF compounds with consistent high quality, short lead times, on time delivery, and exceptional local service, worldwide.” The growing demand for
RTP’s Monterrey plant in Mexico can now produce Very Long Fiber compounds
VLF compounds based on polypropylene, nylon, and other engineering thermoplastics is partly driven by the automotive industry’s need for lightweight material options to meet fuel efficiency regulations. ❙
www.rtpcompany.com
CIA argues against nano register
The UK’s Chemical Industries Association (CIA) has ques- tioned a new European Union proposal for a register for nanomaterials. In its response to the
European Union Register Consultation on Nanomateri- als, the CIA said that it does not recognise a need for a separate register for nanoma- terials, as they are similar to
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other chemicals and substance forms which are already heavily regulated in Europe. The Association also claimed that such a resister would create a burden on the nanomaterials industry when competing with non-nanoma- terial substances, while the cost would most probably be borne by EU consumers. Dr Roger Pullin, head of
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health at the CIA, said: “Nanomaterials should be regarded as any other substance. In this context, as required by REACH for instance, data must be gathered by industry in order to perform risk assessments and ensure safe use of the products that are placed on the market.” ❙
www.cia.org.uk ❙
http://bit.ly/nanoEU
the latter opening in 2012 with a capacity of 6,000 tonnes/year. In 2011, DIC expanded its annual PPS compounding capacity in Malaysia from 1,500 to 4,500 tonnes. The addition of the Chinese plant will take the company’s total PPS com- pounding capacity to approxi- mately 40,000 tonnes/year. ❙
www.dic-global.com
AMI launches Polyolefin Performance conference
AMI is holding Polyolefin Performance 2014, a new international conference covering the markets and properties of polyolefin resins and compounds, on 23-24 September in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
The opening paper by
Jon Nash, head of strategic research at AMI Consulting, will examine the impact of shale gas on the competi- tiveness of US plastics converters. Nash’s presentation will
set the scene for a further 18 talks by an international line-up of expert speakers who will cover the latest resin and additive technolo- gies, application develop- ments and compounding options for performance polyolefins. For more information on
the event and to view the complete programme, go to:
http://bit.ly/POperf
www.compoundingworld.com
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