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Neste trial validates chemical recycling


Neste has concluded the first series of large scale trials, which it commenced last year, to process liquified (chemically recycled) waste plastics at its Porvoo refinery in Finland. To date, it has processed about 800 tonnes, with larger-scale trials planned for 2022. “The tests validate that Neste is already able to process significant quantities of recycled raw materials to drop-in products for petrochemical use, while developing the capabilities to upgrade even larger quantities of waste plastic into even higher quality feedstock for petrochemical uses,” the company said. �www.neste.com


Akro Plastic and Highsun establish Chinese JV


German technical compounder Akro Plastic, part of the Feddersen Group, is to establish a joint venture compounding operation in China in partnership with Fujian Highsun Engineering Plastics.


Under the agreement, Highsun — a fully integrated producer of PA6 resins — will acquire a 51% stake in Akro Plastic’s existing Akro Engineering Plastics (Chang- zho) business. Assuming regulatory approval is granted, the JV will begin operation early in Q2 of 2022 under the new name of Highsun Akro Engineering Materials (Changzhou). Akro Plastic said it will


provide Highsun Akro with research, development and engineering support. It will also license the JV company


Above: Akro Plastic and Fujian Highsun executives celebrate signing the new JV agreement


to use its ICX production technology and to manufac- ture and market all products the German company manufactured in China. It will retain exclusive rights to its brands, formulations and technologies outside of China. Akro Plastic, together


with its AF-Color and Bio-Fed divisions, has a global compounding capacity of around 180,000


tonnes and is a leading player in compounding of PA, in particular. It said the JV arrangement with Highsun will give its customers in China a secure PA6 supply and set the Changzhou business up to become a leading player in the country’s engineering compounds market. �www.akro-plastic.com � http://en.hscc.com


Multi-phase solution for conductive 3Dprint


LATI3Dlab — a division of Italian compounder Lati — has developed a novel electrically conductive multi- phase compound for production of 3D print filaments for use in electronic, robotic and medical sensor applications. The compound technology is being used by Filoalfa to produce its Alfaohm filament. It comprises a multi-phase material formulation of conductive PLA, containing multi-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and structured carbon black, together with a dis- persed elastomer. This multi-phase approach allows an electrically conductive network to be achieved without compromising


6 COMPOUNDING WORLD | January 2022


LATI3Dlab is using a multi-phase solution to produce conductive filament materials


flexibility and 3Dprinting characteristics, according to Lati. The company said the Alfaohm filament has been successfully used at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios


Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico to 3D print a prototype electroanalytical conductive sensor for point-of-care medical applications. �www.lati.com


www.compoundingworld.com


IMAGE: LATI IMAGE: AKRO PLASTIC


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