NEWS IN BRIEF...
Distrupol has acquired Denmark-based Lautrup Chemicals. Lautrup
Chemicals supplies polymer products across the Nordic region, Eastern Europe and Southern Europe.
www.distrupol.com
www.lautrap.com
Canada’s DCL Corporation has acquired Sun Chemi- cal’s perylene and quina- cridone pigment plant at Goose Creek in South Caroloina, US. The sale by Sun Chemical parent DIC Corporation was required to gain US and EU regula- tory approval for its purchase of BASF’s pigments business.
www.pigments.com (DCL)
www.sunchemical.com
Spanish petrochemicals and plastics firm Repsol is to spend €657m to expand its operations at the Sines industrial complex in Portugal, adding two new 300,000 tonnes/yr capacity lines for production of LLDPE and PP.
www.repsol.com
EuPC/IK criticise EU SUP deadline and ambiguity
Two European plastics trade groups have said that industry is experiencing major problems resulting from the implementation of the EU’s Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive. The Directive was only published in May but the deadline for transposition into law in member states was set at 3 July. “The Commission should have realised the disruptive impact of the SUP Directive on businesses and how lengthy national legislative processes can be,” said Alexandre Dangis, Manag- ing Director of European plastics converters trade association EuPC. “Those changes cannot be done overnight and the fragmentation of the EU single market is now an unavoidable scenario, having severe consequenc- es on employment and businesses losses in the EU,” he added.
Above: EU SUP Directive presents big challenges for business EuPC says the directive
leaves “considerable room for interpretation”, a point echoed by Germany’s plastic packaging associa- tion IK. “The many ambigui- ties in the guideline and its different implementation, both in terms of speed and content, mean that a patchwork of different regulations will apply to many packaging in the future,” according to IK General Manager Dr Martin Engelmann.
IK pointed out that
France has enacted different labelling requirements, Italy has excluded bio-based plastic products and plastic-coated paper cups, and only seven member states, including Germa- ny, have banned first-time placing on the market of single-use plastic products, such as drinking straws or certain EPS take-away boxes. �
www.plasticsconverters.eu �
www.kunststoffverpackung.de
Bio-Bean sees opportunity in coffee grounds
UK-based Bio-Bean has introduced a new filler product — Inficaf — pro- duced from coffee grounds it collects from cafes, offices and instant coffee producers. The company says the Inficaf filler is suitable for use with PE, PP and
HIPS, as well as many bio-based polymers. It is processed to deliver a consistent particle size, moisture content and bulk density and is said to be suitable for compounding in conventional twin-screw equipment. According to a Bio-Bean spokesperson, the company has worked with
Bio-Bean’s Inficaf filler targets sustainable compounds
12 COMPOUNDING WORLD | August 2021
UK-based Colloids to create compounds using the material. Said to be suitable for injection moulding applications, these BeaNused grades include LDPE and PP versions with 30% and 20% coffee bean filler content. Benefits of the Infical filler are said to include lower cost, lighter weight,
and reduced carbon footprint. The filler does impart a coffee aroma, however. �
www.bio-bean.com �
www.colloids.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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