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LANXESS increasing its use of recycled raw materials for thermoplastics and composites
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peciality chemicals company LANXESS is increasingly making use of recycled raw materials in the production of its thermoplastic compounds and composites with the company’s Durethan ECOBKV30H2.0, ECOBKV35H2.0 and ECOBKV60XF products as the most recent examples of product manufacturing being performed in line with this strategy. Recycled fibres manufactured from waste glass make up 30%, 35% and 60% by weight respectively of these three new polyamide 6 compounds and independent inspection company Ecocycle has awarded LANXESS an ecoloop certificate in accordance with ISO 14021:2016. The glass comes from waste left over from glass fibre production. “We want to help make the switch from a throw-away society to a circular economy,” stated Dr Guenter Margraf, global product manager at LANXESS’s High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit. “Our goal is to make more and more of our plastic products sustainable so that we can make our growth less dependent on the consumption of finite resources, improve our carbon footprint and protect the environment,”.
HPM’s primary target for the three new compounds is the automotive industry. “For instance, Durethan ECOBKV60XF offers exceptional strength and rigidity, which makes it suitable for manufacturing structural components such as front ends, pedal bearing brackets and A-, B- and C-pillars, as well as lightweight battery trays for electric vehicles,” explains Margraf. HPM is going to be gradually increasing the number of ECO product types certified in accordance with Ecocycle’s mass balance method and is planning to launch a new polyamide 6 with a glass fibre content of 30% and a reduced carbon footprint. The caprolactam required to produce this more environmentally friendly polyamide 6 is based on a selection of petrochemical raw materials that support this aim. HPM is not currently using waste glass fibres from end-of-life components, but does view them as a particularly sustainable raw material for use in manufacturing new glass fibres. “Using waste glass cuts down on the use of resources as well, because it saves glass raw materials,” says Margraf. “It also means there’s no need to dispose of the waste glass.”
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Catalent expands beauty and plant- based consumer health Softgel capabilities in Canada and Brazil
Delivery technologies specialist Catalent has completed a $3.2 million expansion programme at its consumer health manufacturing facilities in Strathroy, Canada and Sorocaba, Brazil. The expansion projects include new softgel encapsulation lines at each site, dedicated to Catalent’s proprietary Vegicaps®
and CosmoPod®
plant-based capsule twist-off capsule
technologies. The company says the increased capacity will enable it to support its customers in North and Latin America to develop products for consumers seeking all-natural and plant- based vitamins, minerals and supplements using its Vegicaps capsule; and support those customers looking for innovative, easy-to-use, unit-dose beauty care products through its CosmoPod technology. “We have seen increased consumer demand for greater product choice, with sales of
plant-based softgel technologies growing by more than 25% globally in recent years,” commented Dr Aris Gennadios, President, Softgel & Oral Technologies, Catalent. “Additionally, Brazil has grown to become the world’s fourth-largest market for beauty care products. While we have been supplying the North and Latin American markets with plant-based softgel capsules from our manufacturing sites in Italy and Germany, this investment allows us to provide local supply solutions to markets that complement existing capabilities in Europe.” Catalent’s 110,000 square-
foot facility in Strathroy, Ontario, and its 124,600 square-foot facility in Sorocaba, Brazil, both offer a broad range of integrated formulation, manufacturing, and packaging services to provide full- service turnkey solutions for the pharmaceutical, consumer health, and beauty industries.
Almac Group launches Tempod 1000 to improve clinical site temperature data management
Almac Clinical Services has launched Tempod®
1000 as part of
LANXESS using waste glass at its glass fibre production facility in Antwerp, Belgium. (Photo: LANXESS AG)
Summer 2020
the company’s site compliance and temperature management offering. Tempod 1000 is a USB device that captures and stores all clinical site temperature data and automatically identifies unreported excursions once uploaded into Almac’s TempEZ Web-based temperature management software. Designed to remove the administrative burden of updating manual temperature logs, it also increases site compliance with reporting data and promotes best digital practice in clinical studies and patient safety, the company says, adding that manual methods of data capture have proved challenging
due to disruptions caused by the global pandemic. The Tempod 1000 automates the process by continually recording temperature data for drug products stored at clinical sites, providing sponsors and CRAs with full, remote visibility to ensure quality and integrity of the drug product.
Almac Clinical Services says
that, in addition, Tempod 1000 will reduce the risk of missed patient visits due to unreported excursions, enable sponsors and CRAs to identify and resolve excursions remotely, speed-up CRA review time during site visits, and facilitate timely and efficient study close-outs and database locks.
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