PVC | PLASTICISERS


Figure 1: The challenges and drivers for change for plasticisers in the three key world regions differ significantly Source: Evonik, ICIS, IHS, Roland Berger, Tecnon


Figure 2: The global plasticiser market is changing. Phthalates continue to dominate but the trend is towards non-ortho- phthalates and high molecular weight types. Annual growth is around 3%


applications and contributes toward improving our everyday lives.” Nigel Sarginson, Oxo Europe REACH and


Product Stewardship and Regulatory Affairs Advisor at ExxonMobil, echoes that sentiment: “DINP is one of the first plasticisers and chemical substances to have gone through such extensive reviews by regulators with the conclusion of no classification and no further risk management measures re- quired, and confirms DINP as a major safe and sustainable general-purpose plasticiser in Europe (approximately 50% of the plasticiser market) and globally,” he says.


LMW regulation European Plasticisers has also been commenting on the public consultation initiated by ECHA on the future update of entries in Annex XIV (the Authori- sation List) of four low-molecular-weight (LMW) phthalates, DIBP, BBP, DBP, and DEHP. When the consultation was announced, ECHA


Source: IHS Markit, Eastman


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said: “The Commission is preparing to amend the Authorisation List with the additional intrinsic properties of these four substances. This update means that some uses which until now have been exempted may require authorisation, such as: i) uses of the four phthalates in mixtures in concen- trations above 0.1 % w/w [so far the concentration limit has been 0.3 % w/w]; ii) some uses of DEHP [ for example in food contact materials or medical devices] that will no longer fall under the generic exemptions from the authorisation requirement due to the endocrine disrupting effects on the environment of DEHP.” European Plasticisers says that the European


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