NEWS Orion produces first compounds
US-based compounding newcomer Orion Perfor- mance Compounds started production of engineered plastics compounds at its new facility at Lugoff in South Carolina last month. The company says market demands for high-quality products combined with service and speed has driven the creation of the company and will differenti- ate it from competing businesses. It aims to offer sample lead times of two weeks and production lead times of four weeks. “The competing land- scape is not doing a good job taking care of custom- ers, not hitting delivery dates and not being responsive,” said Orion President Jim LeGacy,
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US-based Mayzo Special- ty Chemicals, a specialist in antioxidants, UV absorbers and stabilisers, has extended its toll services to include dry and liquid custom formulation blending, chemical repacking, and particle size reduction.
www.mayzo.com
GC Ventures, a subsidiary of PTT Global Chemical, has become the latest company to invest in UK-based start-up Inter- face Polymers, a devel- oper of high-performance additives for compatibilis- ing plastics.
www.interfacepolymers.com
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ranging from PP to PEEK, with any filler type. “We plan to add more lines somewhere down the line”, said LeGacy. He said the current production space will accommodate up to four additional com- pounding lines, potentially doubling the company’s current capacity.
Orion will manufacture
Above: Orion Performance Compounds’ new plant in South Carolina has started production
whose years of industry knowledge was gained at positions with GE Plastics, Sabic and Ravago. The company’s 5,100m2 facility houses two Leistritz twin-screw compounding
lines and a custom-built single-screw compounding line. Together, they provide an initial capacity of 11,340 tonnes. The facility is said to be equipped to compound a wide range of materials,
formulations from renew- able, biobased, or rein- forced resins offering properties such as flame retardancy, electrical or thermal conductivity, lubrication or custom colour. It’s first nine customers operate in healthcare, fibres, industrial and consumer markets, according to LeGacy. �
www.orioncompounding.com
Lubrizol to invest $150m in India
Specialty chemical manufac- turer Lubrizol plans to invest more than $150m in various projects in India, including breaking ground with local partner Grasim (part of the Aditya Birla Group) on the first phase of what it says will be the world’s largest CPVC production facility. The resin produced at the new 100,000 tonne plant at Vilayat will be used to manufacture products sold under Lubrizol’s FlowGuard Plus, Corzan and BlazeMas- ter brands. The company also plans to double its existing CPVC compound capacity at Dahej in Gujarat and to set up an R&D and technology centre there. Lubrizol said the invest-
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ment will make it the only company in India with an end-to-end CPVC capability. “We are building on 50
years of success in India by adding new manufacturing, lab and R&D sites, support- ing in-country innovation and adding jobs that
capitalise on the great expanding workforce and business conditions in India, allowing us to serve needs not only in India but in surrounding countries,” said Rebecca Liebert, President & CEO of Lubrizol. �
www.lubrizol.com
Above: Lubrizol is investing in CPVC production in India
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