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Repsol, Canadian technol- ogy provider Enerkem, and waste management firm Agbar are to build what they claim will be the first waste-to-chemicals plant — Ecoplanta Molecu- lar Recycling Solutions — on the Iberian Peninsula at Repsol’s petrochemical complex at Tarragona in Spain. Pending a final investment decision the plant should start opera- tion in 2025.
www.repsol.com
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) said Norway has submitted its proposal to restrict the manufacture, use and placing on the market of the flame retardant Dechlorane Plus due to its persistence and bioaccu- mulation characteristics. ECHA’s RAC and SEAC committees will evaluate the proposal for compli- ance with REACH prior to initiating a consultation.
www.echa.europa.eu
SI Group to make 705 antioxidant in China
Additives producer SI Group will start production of its proprietary Weston 705 food contact liquid antioxi- dant at its plant at Danyang in China next month. The company currently
exclusively manufactures the additive, which it describes as “strategic” for its business, at its plant at Morgantown, in West Virginia in the US. Vice President Plastics Solutions Chuck Reardon said the decision to produce at a second location would
secure supply for customers and underlined its commit- ment to the Chinese region. “We see continuing growth in the China market and we want to be part of that,” he said.
SI Group Senior Vice
President and CCO Joey Guillion described the investment as “significant” and said that it pre-empts expected demand growth for the product from polyolefin producers globally. “Our Morgantown facility
is not yet out of capacity but we felt it necessary to have another point of manufac- ture to support capacity coming on line in Asia and in the Gulf [of Mexcio],” he said. Weston 705 was intro- duced in 2014. It is a liquid phosphite secondary antioxidant that offers improved processing and colour performance at low dosage levels and carries global food contact approvals. �
www.siigroup.com
Renewable plasticisers from BASF
BASF has launched a family of mass-balance renewable plasticisers: Hexamoll DINCH BMB, Palatinol N BMB, Palatinol 10-P BMB, Plastomoll DOA BMB, and Hexamoll DINCH Ccycled. The BMB grades use renewable feed-
stocks such as bio-naphtha or biogas from organic waste or vegetable oils. The Hexamoll DINCH Ccycled grade uses
pyrolysis oil derived from plastic waste obtained from BASF’s partners in the ChemCycling project. All the grades carry third-party REDcert2
certification of renewable content using a mass balance approach and are claimed to offer a lower carbon footprint than conven- tional plasticisers. �
www.basf.com
Clariant opens Chinese stabiliser JV
Clariant and Beijing Tian- gang Auxiliary have opened their process and light stabiliser production JV in the Cangzhou Coastal-Port Economy & Technology Development Zone, which is located in China’s Hebei province.
Clariant said China is a
key market for high-end process and light stabilisers such as its Nylostab S-EED multifunctional hindered amine light stabiliser for PA polymers.
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“As a leader in high-end additive solutions, we are very excited to extend our production footprint and
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step up local access to high-performing, sustain- able solutions,” said Francois Bleger, Global
Left: The Clariant/Tiangan light stabiliser plant at Cangzhou in now in operation
Head of Clariant’s Business Unit Additives. The new plant is a
continuation of the joint venture Clariant signed with Tiangang in September 2017 aimed at combining the technology and process technologies of both companies. �
www.clariant.com
www.compoundingworld.com
IMAGE: CLARIANT
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