NEWS Aurora expands in TPEs


Ohio, US-based Aurora Plastics has acquired Elastocon TPE Technologies, a compounder based in Springfield, Illinois. The move is its fourth acquisition in two years and is intended to enhance its portfolio of TPE compounds. “Elastocon brings a


broader offering of soft- touch and abrasion-resistant materials,” said Aurora CEO Darrell Hughes. Elastocon’s TPE portfolio includes overmoulding, injection moulding and high-performance speciality grades, plus clear and oil-free grades with good tensile and tear strength properties, highly resilient


Elastocon has a strong position in TPEs for the automotive industry


TPEs for strap and tubing applications, and scratch- and mar-resistant materials for dampening pads and bumpers. Aurora’s current portfolio includes PVC compounds and alloys, CPE alloys,


low-smoke flame-retardant concentrates, purge compounds and TPE compounds. Its products go into medical, packaging, consumer, industrial and automotive markets. � www.auroraplastics.com


Victrex invests in Bond 3D


Victrex has made a “multi-million euro” investment in Bond High Performance 3D Technology, a Dutch firm that has developed 3D printing machinery and software to make high strength parts from high-performance thermoplastics such as PAEK. The company said the aim is to speed the launch of 3D-printed PAEK and PEEK parts. Bond’s 3D hardware and


software is currently in the beta phase but it plans to scale it up and install more machines later this year. � www.bond3d.com � www.victrex.com


Evonik to invest in clear PA


Evonik is expanding production of its Trogamid CX brand of transparent PA at the Marl Chemical Park in Germany. Work has already begun and is due to be complete in Q1 2020. It comprises a mix of debottlenecking and optimisation initiatives and will double the firm’s global capacity. “We’ve been observing consistently high demand, especially in the consumer goods segment, for specialised material solutions that combine highest transparency, quality and design freedom with the best processing characteristics,” said Dr Iordanis Savvopou- los, head of Evonik’s Granules & Compounds product line. Trogamid CX finds uses as a lens material for eyewear in the sports sector, as a decorative material for automotive interiors, and in cosmetics and medical technology. � www.evonik.com


PTi and Farrel Pomini align in sheet


US firms Processing Technologies International (PTi) and Farrel Pomini have formed a strategic business alliance to supply integrated compounding and extrusion systems for production of plastic sheet under the Direct-to-Sheet (DTS) Compounding name. The two companies said that DTS


Compounding brings together their respective production technologies: PTi will contribute its sheet extrusion


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machinery, notably the G-Series Rolls Stands; Farrel Pomini its CP Series II compounding system. The goal of the alliance is to


eliminate the need to create pre-com- pounded resins prior to extrusion processing. Polymers and additives “can be mixed and directly extruded to sheet in one cohesive and uninter- rupted process,” the companies said in a joint statement.


Claimed benefits include cost


savings, process efficiencies and enhanced control of compounded materials where high volumes of mineral fillers are required in extruded sheet. DTS Compounding can be configured in line with a thermoformer or as a roll stock system producing wound rolls of sheet offline. � www.ptiextruders.com � www.farrel-pomini.com


www.compoundingworld.com


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PHOTO: ELASTOCON


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