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Compounding World Expo filling up fast
More than 50% of the floor- space at the Compounding World Expo 2018 has already been booked with just under one year to go until the event open its doors for the first time. Taking place at Messe Essen in Germany on 27-28 June 2018, the focused exhibition for the plastics compounding and additives sector continues to gather momentum and is on course to sell out.
The Compounding World Expo 2018 is being organised by AMI and Compounding World magazine. It will be free-to-attend and will feature more than 120 exhibitors plus a packed programme of free seminars, compounding
alongside the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition 2018, which will take place in Hall 2.
The city of Essen is readily
industry debates and technical presentations. “We are delighted to have a
fast-growing number of exhibitors signing up to the Expo, which is proving popular across the compounding supply chain and with suppli- ers from around the world” said Matt Wherlock, AMI’s Exhibition Sales and Marketing Manager.
The Compounding World Expo 2018 will be staged in Hall 1 of the recently refur- bished Messe Essen and it will be conveniently co-located
accessible by car and public transport from major indus- trial hubs in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France and beyond. It is just a 20-minute drive from Düssel- dorf airport. Exhibition stands at the Compounding World Expo start at €2,700 for a 9 m2
shell-
scheme space and the prime positions are filling up fast. For more information, including the current floorplan and exhibitor list, visit the exhibi- tion website at: ❙
www.compoundingworldexpo.com
Black Bear goes Cradle-to-Cradle
Netherlands-based Black Bear said its carbon black, which is sourced from waste tyres, has received an official Cradle-to- Cradle Certified Bronze Certifi- cate, as assessed by the Environmental Protection Encouragement Agency (EPEA). It is the first carbon black to gain the certification. The Cradle-to-Cradle
Certified Products Programme is a third-party verified programme that certifies prod- ucts and materials that are developed to respect human and environmental health, designed for future use cycles, and that use clean energy and water throughout the supply chain. Certified products are required to show continuous
Black Bear’s certified carbon black is recycled from waste tyres
improvement every two years. Michael Braungart, founder and CEO of the EPEA, de- scribed the Black Bear material as “a game-changer in the field of carbon black”. He added: “It is ‘upcycled’ because the output material is of higher quality than the input material - furnace black in car tyres.” Black Bear’s carbon black was particularly noted for its extremely low levels of polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which means it can be recommended for applications with potential skin contact such as bicycle handlebars, stroller handles, wheelchairs and car and bicycle tyres. ❙
www.blackbearcarbon.com
16 COMPOUNDING WORLD | August 2017 news in brief
❙ Addivant has officially opened a “multi-million- dollar expansion” of its Weston 705 nonylphenol-free, liquid phosphite antioxidant production unit at its site in Morgantown, West Virginia, US. The move more than triples capacity for the product, which is mainly used in PE film and rigid products for food packaging, and is claimed to be the only product of its type with food-contact approvals in the US, Canada, Europe, and China.
www.addivant.com
❙ Distributor Albis Plastics has added several new polymer materials to its healthcare product portfolio. They include Makroblend M 525 (PC/PBT) and Bayblend M 750 (PC/ABS blend from Covestro, Tritan MXF 121 co-polyester from Eastman Chemical, Novodur HD M 203 FC G3 and Styrolux 4G60 from Ineos Styrolution, and Purell KT MR 07 (PBT-1) and Purell RP 320 M (PP) from LyondellBasell.
www.albis.com
❙ Graphos is a new Spanish public-private research initiative that aims to develop graphene for industrial applications, including polymers. Funded by the CIEN programme and ERDF, the project has a budget of €7.2m over four years and is led by speciality chemicals firm Cromgogenia, with AIMPLAS, Antex, Arzubialde, Becsa, Elix Polymer, Maier, Nanoinnova and Polymec also involved.
www.aimplas.net
www.compoundingworld.com
PHOTO: BLACK BEAR CARBON
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