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Eastman Chemical has completed a previously announced expansion for its Tritan copolyester at its headquarters site in Kingsport, Tennessee, US, and says the new plant is now fully operational. It has also revealed plans to expand PETG and PCTG capacities at the site by approximately 25%. � www.eastman.com


Sigma Plastics Group has installed four S:Gran 125 recycling lines from Next Generation Recycling- maschinen (NGR) of Austria across its sites in Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee in the US. The $3 million investment will enable the company – the largest film producer in the US with a resin throughput of more than 900 ktonnes – to reprocess over 1,800 tonnes/month of film scrap, NGR said. � www.ngr.at


Teijin has broken ground on a new carbon-fibre production facility at Teijin Carbon Fibres (TCF) at Greenwood, South Carolina, US. The move is the first phase of a $600m invest- ment at the site. “We are strengthening Teijin’s global upstream-to-downstream carbon fibre business. In particular, we have been leveraging research and development to expand carbon fibre business in the aircraft and automotive fields,” said Yukito Miyajima, President of TCF. � www.teijin.com


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Stora Enso goes big in wood fibre composites


Swedish renewable packag- ing materials maker Stora Enso has launched Dura- Sense, a wood plastic composite (WPC) material produced at its mill at Hylte. The company said it has invested €12m in the facility to create what it believes is Europe’s largest wood fibre composite operation with an annual capacity of 15,000 tonnes. The DuraSense materials


are a combination of wood fibre with polymers and other additives and are said to be suitable for a wide variety of moulded applica- tions, including packaging as well as furniture, hand tools, pallets and automotive parts. They are based on a variety of matrix materials, including recycled resins and bio-based polymers. “Reducing the amount of


plastic and replacing it with renewable and traceable materials is a gradual process,” said Jar Suominen, Head of Wood Products and Stora Enso. “With Dura- Sense we can offer custom- ers a wood fibre-based alternative which improves sustainability performance and, depending on the product, significantly


Stora Enso is producing its DuraSense materials at what it claims is Europe’s largest wood fibre composite plant


reduces the carbon foot- print – all the way up to 80%.” Stora Enso said Dura- Sense materials can be reused as a material up to seven times and can be recycled along with other plastics. Alternatively, they can be used for energy recover at the end of life. � www.storaenso.com


EU consults on phthalates


The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has launched a consultation targeted at sectors affected by the listing of four phthalates in REACH XIV as subject to authorisation because of their endocrine disrupting properties. The consultation runs until 6 August. The consultation covers bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), dibutyl phthalate (DBP), benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP) and diisobutyl phthalate (DIBP). All four were identified as substances of very high concern


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(SVHCs) in 2011-12 after being classified as reprotoxic and in 2014 and 2017 were listed as endocrine disrupters. The process may lead to some previously


EU is consulting on endocrine disrupting properties of four plasticisers


exempt applications requiring authorisation for continued use. Information is sought about uses that might no longer be covered by generic exemptions, such as in food contact materials and medical devices, as well as transitional arrange- ments, exemptions and review periods. � https://echa.europa.eu


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