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Celanese restructures polyamide 66 business
Celanese is introducing a series of strategic initiatives designed to enhance capabilities, strengthen competitiveness, simplify its manufacturing footprint, and prioritise continuity of supply within its Engineered Materials business. To this end, it is repositioning its polyamide business to create a “more competitive and resilient” platform and closing its Sakra, Singapore, unit, as well as optimising polyamide 66 polymerisa- tion production facilities in Richmond and Washington in the US. Celanese expects to
operate the Sakra facility until the end of July 2026 to ensure a smooth operation- al shut down. In 2024, Celanese closed
its PA66 and HPN polymeri- sation units at Uentrop in Germany, and also its compounding operation at Mechelen in Belgium, which it gained in its acquisition of DuPont’s engineering thermoplastics business.
Moisture measuring device
Coperion has introduced the DewTector, a new moisture measuring device designed to provide reliable, automated online measurements of surface moisture content in bulk materials, particularly plastic pellets. Traditionally, moisture
“We are reshaping how and where nylon polymer is produced and sourced across our global network,” said Todd Elliott, Senior Vice President, Celanese Engi- neered Materials. “Through- out this process, reliability and customer confidence remain a priority. We are sequencing actions thought- fully with our customers’ experience in mind and with the goal of maintaining continuity of supply and product quality.” Celanese is also advanc- ing a set of complementary
actions across its Engi- neered Materials network to better align with heightened customer requirements. These include advancing steps toward commencing liquid crystal polymer-relat- ed operations in China, targeted upgrades of specialty compounds production in Europe, introducing new processes for medical-grade com- pounding in Asia, and implementing targeted product mix enhancements and localisation in India. �
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measurement has been labour-intensive and prone to inaccuracies, said Coperion, often relying on sporadic manual assess- ments of relative humidity in bags and containers. The new patent-pending device offers an economical, simple and reliable method to help plastic manufactur- ers and recyclers monitor moisture levels more efficiently, it said. The DewTector intro- duces a partial flow of bulk solids into a pressure-tight product chamber, and then determines the moisture content by analysing the amount released into the airflow. �
https://coperion.com
Gerresheimer and Milliken in pharma collab
Bormioli Pharma, a Gerresheimer company, and Milliken, have partnered to support the use of the latter’s Lenex UltraGuard additive technology designed to enhance polymer performance, protec- tion, and processing efficiency, for demanding pharmaceutical packaging. The additive products enable up to 40% improved moisture barrier perfor- mance in HDPE packaging, enabling downgauging while maintaining the standards required for pharmaceutical
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use, said the partners. By enabling material reduction and simplified packaging designs, the collaboration also supports sustainability goals. “Lenex UltraGuard was developed to support demanding applications where
performance and reliability are non-nego- tiable,” said Ruben Subira, Lead Account Manager responsible for Milliken additives in South European market. �
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