NEWS
EcoCortec’s compounding operation begins in Croatia
EcoCortec, a subsidiary of Cortec, has started using new compounding lines at its facility in Beli Manastir, Croatia, to produce masterbatch. Cortec said this is expected to significantly shorten lead times for customers and bring benefits for both EcoCortec and its European licensees
and distributors. Cortec’s green VpCI films and bags
are used in various industries and applications, for example to protect metal parts and equipment from rust and corrosive elements such as oxygen, moisture, and chlorides. The company’s goal is to use 30% recycled content in
its packaging products by 2030. “By completing the entire produc-
Above: The facility in Beli Manastir will use film waste returned by Cortec’s customers IN BRIEF...
Chemovator, BASF’s business incubator and early-stage investor, has invested in Heartland, which produces natural fibre plastic additives such as hemp-based materials.
www.chemovator.com
www.heartland.io
Krahn Chemie is expand- ing its long-standing partnership in Germany and Poland with specialty chemicals and materials provider Vibrantz Tech- nologies. In addition to pigment dispersions, Krahn will now distribute a broader range of products for applications such as coatings, printing inks and plastics.
www.krahn.eu
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tion process inhouse, EcoCortec is now less dependent on outside sources, enhancing its self-sufficiency,” said EcoCortec’s General Manager, Dijana Zrinski. “By overseeing operations from VpCI masterbatch compounding all the way to extrusion, converting, and printing, we can achieve better quality control. Once we have the raw materi- als, production can proceed seam- lessly from start to finish.” In another development, the Beli Manastir plant has taken its first delivery of waste from its customer Jakob Schober, signalling the start of a new partnership to recover plastic scrap and incorporate it back into qual- ity finished goods. �
www.cortecvci.com
PVC recycling pilot plants start at Ineos Inovyn site
Ineos Inovyn has launched two new PVC pilot plants at its Jemeppe-sur-Sambre R&D site in Belgium to accelerate new technolo- gies for recycling PVC. The move forms part of a strategic Project Circle initiative, which aims to commission an industrial unit with 40,000 tonnes/yr recycling capacity by 2030. Geir Tuft, CEO at Ineos
Inovyn, said, “PVC is one of the most recycled polymers in Europe, but reaching full circularity remains a complex challenge for our industry.” Across Europe around 30% of PVC waste is cur-
COMPOUNDING WORLD | June 2024 The plants in Belgium are part of Ineos Inovyn’s Project Circle
rently mechanically recycled. Project Circle targets the remaining waste by develop- ing new technologies including dissolution,
pyrolysis, and gasification with industry-wide collabora- tion playing a key role, according to Ineos Inovyn. �
www.inovyn.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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