NEWS DEHP “legacy” use upheld
The European Commission has won a case in the European Court of Justice (ECJ) regarding use of ‘legacy’ additives in recycled PVC. DEHP is one of a number of plasticisers that are restricted in Europe. However, in 2016 the Commission backed a recommen- dation by the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to grant a four- year authorisation for use of recycled PVC containing “legacy” DEHP by three PVC recycling compa- nies – VinyLoop Ferrera, Stena Recy- cling and Plastic Planet. ClientEarth, an environmental NGO, challenged this decision at the ECJ but in its decision on 4 April 2019 the court backed the Commission’s stance. The Commission originally author-
Tramaco relocates operations
Rowa Group’s Tramaco, which manufactures foaming agents and masterbatches as well as surface primers and adhesion promoters, has relocated to Tornesch in Germany. “The new location will not only provide additional production capacities that can be successively expanded, it will also create best conditions for meeting the future needs of our global business partners,” said Tramaco Managing Director Dr Carsten Mennerich. Aside from the addi-
tional production capacity, the move also provides a new laboratory space. �
www.tramaco.de
8 The issue of legacy additives
affects other PVC products, such as pipes and profiles that histori- cally used lead and cadmium stabilisers. Both substances have since been phased out in Europe but will still be present in the PVC recyclate that is commonly incorporated into window profiles. Brigitte Dero, general manager of VinylPlus, said of legacy
The ECJ decision allows PVC containing “legacy” DEHP to be recycled
ised the three companies to use recycled PVC – which contained DEHP – in two ways: to formulate recycled PVC and dry-blends; and in industrial use of recycled soft PVC in various processes, including extrusion.
additives: “The committees of ECHA concluded in favour of allowing – for 15 years – the recycling of PVC waste containing lead up to concentrations which should allow most recycling to go on – because the conditions applied ensure that the risk is controlled.” �
www.echa.europa.eu �
www.clientearth.org
Maag Americas adds ColoRex
Maag Americas has added the ColoRex colour mixer to its line of ambient pulverisers. The company said the machine is a high intensity mixer that is designed to mix product in-line with a pulveriser, eliminating the long clean-up times often associated with central mixing systems. The ColoRex unit is suitable for most polymers and for
production rates up to 907 kg/h. It can also be used off-line with a loader system and multiple feeders. Maag said the unit will allow the operator to colour natural or virgin resins directly out of the pulveriser or from a silo. �
www.maag.com/en/
Nouryon grows in US and Mexico
Nouryon (formerly AkzoNo- bel Specialty Chemicals) has announced plans to double production capacity for solvent-based organic peroxides at Los Reyes, Mexico, by Q2 2020. The move is a response to ongoing growth in the North American petrochem- icals, polyolefin and PVC markets and follows on from
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the recent expansion of emulsion-based organic peroxide capacity at the site and the start-up of Butanox MEK peroxide production at Pasadena in Texas, US. The company has just completed a €4m expansion at its organic peroxides site at Mahad in India. This has increased production capac- ity by 80% to support
growing demand in India and the Middle East. n Earlier this year, the company also announced that it has selected a US site for a world-scale polymeri- sation plant to make its Expancel brand of expand- able microspheres. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2020. �
www.nouryon.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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