NEWS
Grupa Azoty grows its compounding capacity
Grupa Azoty Compounding is expanding capacity at its plant at Tarnow in Poland with the installation of a second line, which will lift capacity to around 40,000 tonnes/yr. The new line will be built around an FED 72 MTS twin screw compounding extruder supplied by Feddem of Germany and will be installed early in 2022. Feddem planned and supplied the original compounding line at the Tamow plant. Both the original and new lines use Feddem’s high performance ICX technology.
“Increasing demand for our plastic compounds and the positive business development with our cooperation partner Akro-Plastic [a sister company to Feddem] quickly led to the utilisation of our current compounding capacity,” said Dariusz Cholewa, Managing Director of Grupa Azoty Compounding. “We are therefore pleased to be able to cover the developing volume growth with a capacity expansion.” �
https://compounding.grupaazoty.com/ �
www.feddem.com
Celanese and Mitsubishi team up to recycle POM waste
Celanese and Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials (MCAM) are to collaborate to develop mechanical recycling for post-industrial and post- consumer sources of POM. The partnership includes assessing options for converting waste streams
into marketable, end-prod- uct formulations that Celanese will market. The companies said the
arrangement builds on Celanese’s sustainable product offerings by initiating development of an up to 30% recycled content option for the Hostaform/
Celcon range that will be marketed as POM Eco-R. MCAM will take charge of feedstock collection, separa- tion and processing, while Celanese will contribute formulation, product technology and production. �
www.celanese.com �
www.mcam.com
ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Project “NXT-BATCH 2020” Completed
Digitronska ul. 10, 52460 Buje (Istria), Croatia Tel: +385 52772224 Email:
bifix@bifix.hr Web:
www.bifix.hr
Located in Croatia’s beautiful Istrian peninsula, Bifix is among Europe’s leading black masterbatch producers. As part of its NXT-BATCH 2020 project — a recently completed structural project worth almost €6m that was co-financed by EU funds — it has commissioned major plant upgrades that further extend its product portfolio and increase its production capacity. The NXT-BATCH 2020 project investments include
two new state-of-the-art production lines (one dedicated to black masterbatch and one for white masterbatch products), as well as a new packaging facility and more efficient water and air treatment systems. The new equipment investments significantly
Project is co-funded by the
European Union from the European Regional Development Fund
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increase Bifix’s production capacity, taking total capacity from 15,000 tonnes/yr to 30,000 tonnes/yr. It also extends its portfolio to include a number of new generation products, such as masterbatches based on PCR (post-consumer recycled) carriers, black
masterbatches based on recycled carbon black, dessicant/degassing masterbatches and biopolymer- based masterbatches. Other benefits include a significant improvement in packaging and quality of the company’s existing black masterbatch products. The investments are also designed to position Bifix for
the transition towards a resource-efficient society and circular economy by reducing electricity consumption within the masterbatch production process (the company has set itself the goal of reducing its carbon footprint by at least 55% by 2030). The newly installed equipment has also reduced the volume of production waste generated, taking it from a previous figure of around 1% of total annual production to just 0.5% of total annual production. Commenting on the investments, Bifix CEO Ivan
Štiglić said: “Bifix should and will continue to operate in direction of sustainable development based on resource-efficient and competitive economy.”
IN BRIEF...
German plant engineering specialist Zeppelin Systems has secured a majority shareholding in Magdalena Kitzmann, a supplier of solid and liquid materials handling systems with a strong presence in the PVC industry. The new acquisition will continue to operate as a standalone business from its Lenger- ich location and its existing management remains in place.
www.kitzmann-gruppe.de www.zeppelin-systems.com
Netherlands-based PlastChem has installed two MB 66 Nextmover PVC granulation lines from Bausano at its plant at Hardenberg. The new equipment features Bausano’s Smart Energy electromagnetic induction barrel heating technology, which is claimed to result in a 30-35% reduction in energy consumption.
www.plastchem.nl www.bausano.com
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