NEWS Otech acquires second US site
US-based compounder Otech Corpora- tion, which develops and manufactures specialty PVC compounds, thermoplas- tic elastomers and alloys, says it has secured an 18,000m² facility in Auburn, Massachusetts, where it will install three extrusion lines and a laboratory, as well as creating a regional warehouse. Otech currently operates eleven compounding extrusion lines at its
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Trinseo has announced a distribution agreement with Omya under which Omya will supply ABS and PC/ABS resins to Trinseo automotive and mobility customers in the US. The agreement covers Trinseo’s Magnum ABS resins and Pulse PC/ABS resins.
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Teknor Apex has launched Monprene S3 CP-15170 BLK, a new black TPE grade made with 35% sustainable content. The 70 Shore A grade includes some material supplied by UBQ Materials, which claims to produce a polymer substitute from unsorted household waste, including the organic fraction.
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Techmer PM has launched a PFOA and PFAS-free processing aid, HiTerra T5, for management of melt fracture in film production. The company says the new additive performs well and meets the latest EPA guidelines.
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main plant at Rolling Prairie, Indiana, which, following an expansion last year, has a total capacity of around 80,000 tonnes/yr. That investment included the installation of a new 4,500 tonnes/ yr Banbury mixer for production of conductive and static dissipative PVCs and other specialty PVC compounds. The new Massachussetts site is the company’s second. It is located around
an hour from Boston, which is consid- ered the centre of the US biotechnol- ogy and pharmaceutical industry. Otech said opening a compounding facility in central Massachusetts to serve New England and the Northeast has been a long term goal. Engineer- ing and site preparation work is already underway. �
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Röhm opens acrylics tech centre for North America
Röhm has opened a new North American centre of excellence at Wallingford, Connecticut, to support future development of its Cyrolite and Acrylite acrylic compounds in the region. The 4600m² facility is equipped with a development laboratory including advanced processing capabilities for material compounding, injection moulding, and extrusion. It also includes a visitor centre, internal/external training facility, and a customer hub to respond quickly to requests such as technical data, samples, and application support. “The space fosters collaboration of OEMs, processors, and Röhm experts to create new PMMA-based solu- tions that meet the demanding requirements of our medical and general industry clients,” says Thomas Spagnuolo, Vice President and General Manager of Molding Compounds at Roehm America. The centre is located close to a Röhm manu- facturing plant and represents the largest non-production investment for the company in the region. It will soon be certified with ISO and IATF accredita- tions.
Röhm’s Cyrolite resins are used in medical device applications
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www.roehm.com Repsol to expand PO recycling
Repsol is to invest €26m in a new line for production of its Reciclex mechanically recycled polyolefin com- pounds at its site on the Puertollano Industrial Complex in Spain. The new line, which will come into operation at the end of 2024, will have a capacity of 25,000 tonnes/yr
— almost double the current site annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes. According to Repsol, it
will produce HDPE and LDPE compounds with between 10 and 80% recycled content for conversion into rigid and flexible packaging for non-food use, such as
cleaning product containers or packaging bags. The company said the investment is driven by the recent introduction of European and Spanish regulations that aim to achieve a 30% recycled content target for plastic packaging by 2030. �
www.repsol.com
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