NEWS BASF to cut 6,000 jobs
BASF has announced plans for an “organisational realignment” that aims to streamline its administration and accentuate the role of the regions and services. The programme is expected to see 6,000 jobs go worldwide with the first changes taking effect on 1 January 2020, the company said in a statement. The process is intended
to generate savings of €300m and is part of BASF’s
ongoing excellence programme, which is targeting annual savings of €2bn in additional earnings from 2022. The job cuts will be focused on central functions such as finance, HR, communications and supply chain, with the corporate centre slimming down to about 1,000 people. BASF officials have told Compounding World that there will be no job cuts in
customer-facing or operational areas and that there may, in time, be additional jobs in fields such as production or digitalisation.
Management and employee representatives are currently renegotiating the site agreement at the Ludwigshafen plant in Germany. The current agreement expires at the end of the year. �
www.basf.com
Flame retarded PA for 3Dprint
CRP Technology has added Windform FR1 to its Top-Line family of composite powder materials for 3D printing. The company claims the PA-based material is the first carbon-fibre-filled flame-retardant material for SLS additive manufacturing carry a UL94 V-0 rating. According to CRP, the FR1 grade also passes the FAR 25.853 12-second vertical and 15-second horizontal flammability tests, as well as the 45° Bunsen burner test. Applications are envisaged in aircraft, automotive, consumer goods and electronic applications. �
www.crptechnology.com
CRP claims a first with its FR1 flame retarded SLS polyamide
NEWS IN BRIEF...
Italian hindered amine light stabilisers (HALS) producer Sabo has announced a strategic partnership with Korea’s Ziko, which makes UV absorbers and heat stabilisers, to manufacture its UV formamidine class UV absorber Sabo Stab UV1. It said demand for the product “has been steadily increasing” and the deal will enhance security of supply in Europe.
www.sabo.com
www.e-ziko.com
CEFIC has launched a voluntary, multi-year action plan for review and improvement of REACH dossiers. It will be implemented in cooperation with ECHA to ensure that any scientific or technical challenge related to dossier updates is resolved. It will be guided by a joint steering committee from ECHA and CEFIC member companies.
www.cefic.org
PolyOne introduces Pinpoint Express
PolyOne has launched Pinpoint Express, a liquid colorant and dosing system that combines software and liquid colour technology from its ColourMatrix Select system with dispensing and dosing technology from 3M. The system is said to accelerate the design and colouring of injection moulded parts by enabling users to create, match and mix colours on site. It claims this has reduced lead times for short-run colour development from weeks to hours in customer trials. Will Nordloh, general manager for ColourMatrix, described Pinpoint as a
“targeted complement” to the ColorMatrix product line. “The system helps reduce operating costs by eliminating the need to carry excess or expired colorant inventory” he said. The system is to be introduced to the North American market
Pinpoint combines PolyOne liquid colour and 3M dispensing technologies
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immediately but a spokesperson for PolyOne said expansion to other regional markets is “under consideration.” �
www.polyone.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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