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EuMBC screening tool targets regulatory risk
EuMBC – the EuPC sector group for masterbatch makers and compounders – has developed a rapid screening tool intended to help members identify and prepare for future regulatory change that may impact on material availability. A number of substances it describes as “critical for the plastics industry” have come under regulatory pressure in recent years – it cites the ADAC blowing
agent and TiO2 as examples – and suddenly facing restrictions can have a serious financial implication for companies.
In theory, all such devel- opments can be anticipated. But EuMBC said information is included among hundreds of other substances in dozens of lists on the ECHA website and reviewing all these lists is not feasible for the typical company. The group’s new tool is designed to allow rapid screening of all raw materi- als purchased by a company in order to identify any substance that could come under scrutiny in the future. It says it will enable EuMBC members to anticipate future changes years ahead. “Such strategic insight
can offer not only a means to anticipate strategic threats, but can also be used to turn them into opportuni- ties,” according to an EuMBC spokesperson. “If a company knows, for example, five years in advance that a substance is going to be phased out, this gives valuable time to produce an alternative that the market will then be clamoring for.” The EuMBC screening tool will be demonstrated in Essen, Germany, at the Compounding World Expo on 27-28 June. �
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Screen changer supplier Cofit International has added a size 130 single- screw extruder to its in-house testing laboratory at the site at Cerro Mag- giore near Milan in Italy. The move will allow the company to take on more R&D on-site; it previously carried out testing of products such as its Gorilla Belt automatic screen changer at customer facilities. The investment follows the opening of a US facility in San Diego last year.
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Coperion has developed a dust-free pelletising option for PVC cable compounds PHOTO: COPERION
Dust-free pelletising for PVC
Coperion has developed a new type of knife rotor for its EGR eccentric pelletising systems, which, the company claims, makes it possible to produce extremely low-dust PVC pellets for cable manufacture.
In the new design, the pelletiser rotor rotates directly on the die plate of
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the EGR and carries knives optimised for cutting temperature and shear-sensi- tive PVC. Both rotor and knives are made from a special metal alloy, with the knife mounting system ensur- ing even contact with the die plate during operation. The company claims that in tests the modifications
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have reduced the level of fines in the pellets “down to the detection limit across the whole spectrum of through- put rates and cutting speeds.” Customer pilot trials are ongoing and the device will be shown for the first time at the Wire 2018 show in Düsseldorf this month. �
www.coperion.com
Foster Corporation is to distribute Repsol’s range of healthcare polyolefins in the North American market. The company will offer all 27 grades in the range, which includes PP, PE and EVA materials for applications from syringe barrels through to fluid bags. All grades are meet USP Class VI and ISO 10993 requirements.
www.fosterpolymers.com www.repsol.com
KraussMaffei Group posted a record result for 2017 with sales up 8% to €1.37bn. CEO Dr Frank Steiler said the company had beaten its previous record for 2016 in both sales and new orders (up by 6%), an achievement he attributed in large part due to the improved access it had gained to the Chinese market since its acquisition by ChemChina.
www.kraussmaffei.com
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