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Russia’s R&P Polyplastic said that its Arnamid electrically conductive PA6, which contains single wall nanotubes produced by OcSiAl, is being used in production of electrostati- cally-painted exterior trim parts for the Group Gaz Gazelle NN light commer- cial vehicle.
www.polyplastic-compounds.ru www.ocsial.com
KD Feddersen group company AF-Color, a division of Akro Plastic, has developed a new line of carbon black-free NIR- detectable colour master- batches to simplify automated recycling sorting. The company says it can offer a formulation for almost any colour requirement.
www.af-color.com
US-based PET bottle recycler CarbonLITE has developed and launched a pelletised compound produced from caps and labels from the items it recycles. It is targeting the new offering, which it describes as a fully homogenised blend of PE and PP called CaPOLabel, at injection moulders.
www.carbonliterecycling.com
3D printing firm MakerBot has added a PA 12 carbon fibre to its material portfolio. The material, which it began shipping in November, can be printed on the company’s Method and Method X 3D printers using the MakerBot Composite Extruder.
www.makerbot.com/method
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Avient executives tout its global capabilities
The additive and colour masterbatch market reach of Avient – formed in July through PolyOne’s acquisi- tion of Clariant’s masterbatch business – was outlined by executives last month. Avient is expecting sales
of just under $4bn in 2020. The group has 105 locations in about 30 countries, compared with about 60 locations in 20 countries for PolyOne before the deal. It has more than 16,000 customers. “We believe the acquisition has been a multiplier,” said Jennifer Prugh, VP Corporate Marketing at Avient. The former Clariant
masterbatch business operated in similar end markets to the Polyone business. Woon-Keat Moh, President, Color Additives Inks, Americas and Asia, said the two companies had similar and complementary technologies and are aligned in their market trend areas, for example in the move to
Avient’s Cycleworks recycling demonstration plant opened in Pogliano, Italy in November
increased use of recyclate. In the Color Additives Inks
business, which accounts for half of Avient’s group sales, fewer than 10% of the combined customer base is formed of shared customers, which is “less overlap than we anticipated”, said Michael Garratt, President, Color Additives Inks, EMEA. It has emerged there is also a more even split in sales on a regional basis. He said Europe accounts for 39% of Avient sales, US and Canada 32%, Asia 23% and Latin America 6%. Garratt said revenues from
what the company defines as sustainable solutions is
expected to rise from $410m in 2019 to $550m in 2020, with compound annual growth of 8-12% targeted for the next few years. New products in this area include Colormatrix Aazure, a process aid for PET that can reduce acetaldehyde by up to 80% to allow higher levels of rPET to be used, and Oncolor Naturals, which are made with natural pigments for use with bio-sourced and recycled polymers. Avient also opened its
Cycleworks Innovation Center, a recycling demon- stration plant, in Pogliano, Italy, last month. �
www.avient.com
BASF aims for radar clarity
BASF has developed a new grade of PBT — Ultra- dur RX — developed specifically for radar sensor housings in vehicles. Ultradur RX is said to meet the requirements for sensor housings for automated driving by absorbing and reducing signal noise while being lighter than metal alternatives. The compound also shields the sensitive
New Ultradur RX
grades are formulated for automotive radar housings
electronics from electromagnetic waves emitted from other vehicles. Different grades are designed to absorb and reduce interference radiation in the 76-81 GHz range. �
www.plastics.basf.com
www.compoundingworld.com
IMAGE: BASF
IMAGE: AVIENT
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