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five continents, with the goal of sourcing the raw materi- als locally and producing in-country, for-country. This approach also allows manufacturers and brands to create end-of-life solu- tions that match their country’s infrastructure and regulatory environment. In the US, for example, Okeanos has designed their products to be compliant with Association of Plastic
Recyclers (APR) guidelines and is working towards APR recognition.
Talc applications Engineered grades of talc find extensive use as functional fillers to improve the mechanical performance of plastic parts in automotive applications in the quest for light-weighting. Talc-producer Imerys, for example, supplies high-
aspect ratio (HAR) talc, ultrafine talc, and microla- mellar talcs for automotive parts. In late 2023, Imerys inaugurated a talc process- ing plant in Wuhu, China that is intended to supply China’s growing automotive industry, particularly in electric vehicles. The plant was built in two years and is expected to reach full production capacity of 35,000 tonnes/yr by 2025.
Imerys has 10 other plants in China, including a calcium carbonate processing plant adjacent to the new facility. “With booming EV
production in China, Imerys’ capacity to provide a local source of critical minerals is crucial to local automotive part manufacturers,” says Guillaume Delacroix, Imerys Performance Minerals, EMEA & APAC Senior Vice-President. “The new plant will be able to provide Chinese polymer producers with the same state-of-the- art talc products we cur- rently supply to global automotive polymer leaders from our European produc- tion sites. It not only strengthens our strategic presence in the region and our relationship with customers, it also brings a host of benefits to local manufacturers, including shorter lead times and cost-competitiveness.” Talc supplier IMI Fabi
Mineral solutions for the compounding world
Modern life would be impossible without minerals. Our minerals are used in a wide range of applications and products. The UltraCarb products are natural halogen free fire retardant additives. The MagniF range for instance is developed to be used as functional fillers in polymers and coatings. Our MicaFort range is used in thermoplastic blends and also industrial coatings.
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reports demand for highly engineered talcs in automo- tive applications, such as those with high lamellarity, to provide high rigidity. Ultrafine talc grades are also in demand for high resil- ience combined with dimensional stability and high rigidity, says Piergio- vanni Ercoli Malacari, Product and Application Development at IMI Fabi. IMI Fabi’s latest develop- ment in mineral fillers is NatFeel, a high-purity, talc-based functional mineral for compostable biopolymers, such as polylactic acid (PLA), poly(butylene succinate) (PBS), and polybutylene succinate-co-butylene adipate (PBSA). In PLA,
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