NEWS
Repsol/Borealis invest in cable compounds
Spanish petrochemicals group Repsol and Austria’s Borealis have separately announced major invest- ments in the European cable compound marketplace. Repsol is to invest more than €35m to build an off-line plant to make cross linkable PE (XLPE) com- pounds for production of high and extra high voltage DC cables at its plant at Tarragona in Spain. It will have a capacity of 27,000 tonnes/yr and will begin production in 2024. The new plant will use
Linear Short Hyperclean (LSHC) technology from Swiss machinery maker Buss and will be the first com- mercial installation for the technology, which was developed in cooperation with P&M Cable Consulting (also based in Switzerland). LSHC technology combines direct peroxide injection and compounding of a newly-developed additive package using a Compeo co-kneader extruder. It is claimed to offer
the same quality and process efficiency as conventional soaking technologies but eliminates the need for a soaking tower, which reduces space requirements and capital cost. The LSHC production
around the end of this year at its site at Pratteln in Switzerland. Meanwhile, Borealis is investing around €200m to upgrade and expand its XLPE and semicon assets in Europe. The Investments are focused on its XLPE compounds production unit at Stenungsund in Sweden and its semicon com- pounds facility at Antwerp in Belgium. The company is also
evaluating a capacity expansion at the Borealis Compounds. production facility in
Above: Repsol will use the new LSHC XLPE technology from Buss
technology is said to meet the levels of cleanliness and electrical performance required for AC and DC high voltage (HV) and extra high voltage (EHV cables). Buss will have a pilot plant for production of HV and EHV materials using the LSHC available for trials
New Jersey. It plans to increase XLPE production capacity at the site by 10,000 tonnes/yr to 42, 000 tonnes/yr by 2024 to meet “steadily growing demand” for medium voltage power cables in the Americas. The investments come
two years after Borealis acquired South Korea- based DYM Solutions, expanding its Asian cable footprint. �
www.repsol.com �
www.busscorp.com �
www.borealisgroup.com
IN BRIEF...
Benvic announced two new additions to its recently launched Linkflex line of LSZH cables at the Wire exhibition in Germany last month. Linkflex HFS606 and HFS607 are intended for CPR-compli- ant sheathing of optical fibre and data comm cables.
www.benvic.com
Perstorp has introduced 2-EH Pro 25, which it claims is the first renew- able (mass balance) 2-ethylhexanol (2-EH). 2-EH is widely used in the production of plasticisers for flexible PVC and other applications and will form part of the Swedish company’s ISCC Plus-certi- fied portfolio of Pro-Envi- ronment Oxo products.
www.perstorp.com
VampTech is to distribute Trinseo’s TPEs in Italy, Spain, Portugal and North Africa. The deal covers Raplan TPS-SBS and Mego TPS-SEBS styrenic block copolymers, Apigo TPO and OBC olefinic TPEs, Apilon 52 TPUs and API L copolyester TPEs.
www.vamptech.com
www.trinseo.com
KraussMaffei realigns machinery division
Plastics machinery maker KraussMaffei has announced a realignment of its New Machines (NM) Division, which includes its injection moulding, extrusion and compounding, and polyurethane units. Xiaojun Cui, CEO of KraussMaffei
China, takes over global management of the NM Division Business (including
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sales, R&D, project management), also retaining his current responsibility for KraussMaffei China. Lars Hoppe will be responsible
for Operations (manufacturing, quality and procurement) on a global scale. Both report to CEO Dr Michael Ruf. “The changes…are aimed at making the entire KraussMaffei organisation
faster and more efficient worldwide, for example with regard to delivery times and cost structure,” said Ruf. “We want to use and utilise all of our
locations in the best possible way for our business in order to be able to optimally serve our customers all over the globe,” he said. �
www.kraussmaffei.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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