NEWS Avient launches PCR carriers


Avient has launched Rejoin PCR Masterbatch, which uses a post-consumer recycled (PCR) polyolefin carrier resin and is designed for use in recycled polyole- fin packaging applications. Available globally, the company said Rejoin PCR has been developed specifically to address applications where colourant and additive masterbatch use could compromise claims of 100% PCR content. The new PCR masterbatch combines pigments and functional additives without


Left: Rejoin masterbatches are targeted at recycled packaging applications


negatively affecting colour or mechanical properties. n Avient has also intro- duced two new polyketone (PK)-based materials. Edgetek PKE and LubriOne


PKE are described as speciality PK formulations that offer good chemical and hydrolysis resistance for applications such as chemical, fuel contact or


German machinery makers see order/sales growth for 2021


Germany’s Plastics & Rubber Machinery Association, VDMA, has released the results of a survey showing its members expect both order and turnover volumes to grow this year. According to the association, almost 50% of respondents


expect to see an upturn in the first six months of 2021 and more than 50% expect to see market conditions strengthen further in the second half. Close to half of survey participants expect to take on new staff in the first half of the year. “In 2H 2020, the demand for plastics and rubber machinery


has clearly changed across all regions. The situation in China and Germany is seen as particularly positive,” said VDMA chairman Ulrich Reifenhäuser. The survey findings are in line with 2020 year-end figures.


VDMA plastics machinery chairman Ulrich Reifenhäuser


These showed a 7% increase in orders over 2019. � http://plastics.vdma.org


Bio-attributed styrenic options


Ineos Styrolution has launched two new lines of styrene-butadiene copolymers produced using renewable raw materials sourced from household kitchen waste or residue from the Scandinavian pulp industry. The Styroflex ECO and Styrolux ECO


grades are claimed to provide identical product characteristics to fossil-based alternatives and are offered with either 50 or


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100% of the fossil-based styrene replaced by “bio-attributed” material. Styrolux ECO grades are said to offer


high transparency, and are suitable for labelling and twist films, food packaging, and medical applications such as drip chambers. Styroflex grades offer thermo- plastic elastomer (S-TPE) performance. � www.ineos-styrolution.com


high-moisture environ- ments. The new grades also offer a sustainability benefit due to PK’s claimed lifecycle emission benefit of 61% over PA and POM. The Edgetek PKE series includes reinforced formula- tions with 10-40% short glass fibre. The LubriOne PKE series are internally lubricated. Both are avail- able globally. � www.avient.com


Baerlocher starts India expansion


German additives produc- er Baerlocher has com- menced construction of a new plant at Dewas in India. The so-called Dewas-2 plant is situated on a ten-hectare site adjacent to the company’s existing facility. It will have a capacity of 30,000 tonnes/yr of calcium- based PVC stabilisers. Baerlocher said that it is now focusing only on calcium-based PVC stabilisers for future investments, although it said it continues to provide choice for convertors with traditional systems “to enable their transition towards sustainable calcium-based stabiliser systems for all PVC applications.” � www.baerlocher.com


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