NEWS
Campine adds PP recycling
Belgian metals recycler and chemicals company Campine has acquired plastics recycling company C2P, which is based at Villefranche-sur-Saône near Lyon in France, and two lead battery recycling plants that belonged to now insolvent Recylex. The company paid €750,000 for the business- es, which had sales of around €88m in 2021 and have a current recycling capacity of some 11,000 tonnes/yr of PP and 90,000 tonnes/year of used batteries. CEO Willem de Vos said the company sees interest- ing opportunities in plastics. “There are considerable synergies with our Specialty Chemi- cals business in terms of technology and customer base and the plastics recycling business offers plenty of chances for growth.” �
www.campine.com
Delta Tecnic sales up 12%
Spanish masterbatch maker Delta Tecnic, which special- ises in colour masterbatches for cable and PVC applica- tions, reported a 12% increase in sales for 2021 to €51m.
According to the com-
pany, it has benefited during the turbulent post-pandemic period of supply chain tightness and war in Ukraine from its focus on the energy, construction and telecoms sectors, which it says are characterised by technological transforma- tion and essential need. This market diversifica-
tion, according to CEO Eric Xirinachs, has allowed it “to navigate through an environ- ment of volatility unprec- edented in the company’s history while maintaining our
Above: Delta Tecnic has gained from its focus on energy and telecom markets
growth and profitability.” Establishing a manufac- turing site in Mexico in 2020 — its first outside of Spain — has also helped, providing a strategic base from which to supply the key markets of the US, Canada and south America. The company has had a distribution presence in the region for more than
20 years but in its first year of local production saw a 28% increase in sales to €5.6m. Despite the current
market conditions, 2022 has started strongly for the company. It says overall sales were up by more than 21% year-on-year for the first four months. �
https://deltatecnic.com
SAX ups capacity in Vienna
Hromatka Group company SAX Polymers has added two new twin screw com- pounding lines at its site at Vienna in Austria. The technical compound-
er says the new lines almost double production capacity at the Vienna location. The investment is supported with the addition of two additional storage silos.
SAX said it is planning to invest more than €7m across its two production sites in Austria and at Oberriet in Switzerland by 2025. �
www.saxpolymers.com
SABIC launches talc PP for foam moulding
SABIC has launched a range of mineral-reinforced PP compounds for production of foamed injection mould parts requiring high surface aesthetic, such as automotive door panels and trim, seat and trunk cladding, A/B/C/D pillar covers and centre consoles. The range includes three grades — PPc F9005, PPc F9007 and PPc F9015. The PPc F9007 grade is formulated for short-shot and low impact applications; the other two are
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medium impact grades intended for core-back moulding (this requires part redesign and new tooling but can push part weight reductions to up to 30%). SABIC says that unlike traditional
FIM materials, which typically exhibit surface defects such as silver streaking, swirl lines and dimples, the new grades provide a surface quality similar to solid injection moulded parts. This is achieved through the nucleating effect of the talc filler, which results in the generation of finer bubbles. All three grades are currently available in selected automotive interior colours, with custom colouring also available. �
www.sabic.com
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IMAGE: DELTA TECNIC
IMAGE: SABIC
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