NEWS Vinmar
establishes Axia Plastics
Plastics and chemicals sales and marketing firm Vinmar will start operation at a new European subsidiary, Axia Plastics, in February 2020.
Axia Plastics will offer “a full-service distribution model, with warehouses in several countries and industry-leading technical service and application development support to its customers”, the company said. It is an official distributor for ExxonMobil, Vistamaxx and Escor copolymers. Initially, Axia Plastics
Europe will have local sales, technical and service teams for the UK, Germa- ny, Austria, Switzerland and Poland. �
www.axiaplastics.com
Polykemi ups capacity at Ystad to target EVs
Swedish technical compounder Polykemi has commissioned a new 58mm Coperion compounding line at its plant at Ystad as it prepares to meet demand for new formulations tailored to the needs of the growing electric vehicle (EV) market. According to the company, the growth in EV production will see increased demand for reinforced, light weight and flame retarded compounds. With this in mind, the new line has been equipped with a number of precision dosing units capable of handling performance modifying additives in both granular and in liquid form. The line is said to be
highly flexible in production
Polykemi is preparing for increasing demand for EV compounds
and will be able to produce compounds with up to 65% reinforcement. “We are quite proud of
Polykemi´s new production line,” said Polykemi Development Manager Anette Munch Elmér. “It will
allow us to sharpen our products to a higher level, all to further improve ourselves. Now we manufacture ever better high quality flame retardant plastic compounds.” �
www.polykemi.com
Borealis steps up recycling with Borcycle
Borealis is introducing a new technology – Borcycle – that will be used to make compounds from recycled polyolefins (rPOs). The technology
transforms polyolefin-based waste streams into quality pelletised polymer. The technology is said to be scalable and modular and is designed to help producers of products such as appliances by guaranteeing “a consistent supply of high-quality recyclate” so that they can fulfil pledges to increase the amount of recycled plastics in their goods.
6 Borealis plans to introduce a full line of Borcycle recycled POs The Borcycle MF1981SY
grade will be the first of several upcoming introductions under the brand, Borealis said. It is a 10% talc-filled compound that contains more than 80% recycled material. It provides a good balance of
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stiffness and impact and is said to be suitable for use in visible black parts in small appliances. n Separately, Borealis has signed a letter of intent to step up its long-standing partnership in the field of mechanical recycling with
Erema, the Austrian producer of plastics recycling systems and components. The two companies will specifically collaborate on: developing improved technologies and processes in mechanical recycling; using knowledge exchange and best practices to design and implement new and practical technical systems; standardising and harmonis- ing input feedstock and recyclate output; and scaling up plant sizes and total production volumes. �
www.borealisgroup.com �
www.erema.com
www.compoundingworld.com
PHOTO: BOREALIS
PHOTO: POLYKEMI
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