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Faurecia and Veolia partner in recycling


Tier 1 automotive supplier Faurecia and waste manage- ment group Veolia have signed a cooperation and research agreement aimed at developing compounds containing recycled polymer for production of automo- tive interior modules - in- cluding instrument panels, door panels and centre consoles - with the aim of achieving 30% average recycled content by 2025. Veolia will start produc-


tion at its sites in France from 2023. “The strategic partner- ship will leverage the companies’ complementary competencies across sustain- able compound formula- tions, stringent automotive architecture requirements, sourcing and innovative treatment of industrial and post-consumer plastic waste,” the partners said in a joint statement. Recycler Veolia has been supplying PP compounds to


the automotive industry in France for more than five years, while Faurecia claims it was the first automotive supplier to introduce a complete range of bio-com- posite cockpit materials in 2011. These have since been used in around 13m vehicles


and are said to offer a CO2 footprint 28% less than that of their conventional counterparts. �www.veolia.com �www.faurecia.com


IN BRIEF...


Chinaplas organiser Adsale has set dates and location for the next event. Chinaplas 2023 will take place on 17-20 April 2023 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Centre. www.chinaplasonline.com


Polyplastics has extended its range of engineering plastics with four new powder grades. The Durast Powder grades include POM, PBT, PPS and LCP polymers with particle sizes from 10-200 μm. www.polyplastics.com


BASF doubles Irganox capacity in Singapore


BASF Plastic Additives has expanded production capacity for its Irganox 1010 sterically hindered phenolic primary antioxidant at its site at Jurong Island, Singapore, with the integration of a further production line. The company said the additional volume will mainly go into the fast-growing Asia Pacific and Middle East markets. Irganox is used to provide protection against thermo-oxidative


degradation, mainly in polyolefins. It is also recommended for POMs, PAs, PURs, polyesters, PVC, ABS and elastomers, such as butyl rubber and synthetic rubbers. “With the investment in Singapore, we underline our position as


Above: The BASF plant at Jurong Island in Singapore


one of the leading suppliers of phenolic antioxidants,” said Hermann Althoff, Senior Vice President, BASF Performance Chemicals Asia Pacific. �www.plasticadditives.basf.com


Chemours leads TiO2


Chemours said last month it is the coordinator of a three-year research project - Remove2Reclaim – that seeks to develop an “efficient, cost-effective and more sustainable process” for recovering TiO2


and polymers from


plastic end-use products. “Current commercial-scale recycling technologies do not allow polymers and additives to be effectively re- moved and separated, limiting the


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potential applications and overall quality of products made with recycled plastic. Remove2Reclaim is designed to change that,” the company said. In the first stage of the project, the


partners developed a sorting mecha- nism to identify plastic wastes contain- ing TiO2


and identified solvent-based extraction routes to remove the pigment. Future anticipated milestones include developing methods and


equipment to detect TiO2 in specific


polymer matrices, recovering it via dissolution, and reusing.


Other companies involved in the


Remove2Reclaim initiative include Ineos Styrolution, Lybover, Deceuninck, Matco Plastics, Centexbel, Vito, Ghent University, and KU Leuven. The project has received funding from the Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship Agency. �www.chemours.com


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IMAGE: BASF


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