NATURAL FIBRES AND FILLERS | MATERIALS


108% of associated CO2


emissions.”


Faurecia is now producing NAFILean products for 17 vehicle models and the products can be found in around 13m cars. The next generation of NAFILean will be a high performance version — NA- FILean Perf. It will offer even higher reductions in weight and CO2


emissions at 41% and 58%


respectively, according to Dufrancatel. Current NAFILean products are manufactured by injection moulding but Dufrancatel says Faurecia is now developing its NFPP family, which comprises a new range of interior component options for compression moulding technology. The first generation of this series is said to be already in serial production. “Compression presents opportunities to develop natural fibre composites using other plants such as flax and kenaf and expand the uses of our solutions in visible parts, for example,” he says.


Agricultural sourcing Hungarian compounder Inno-Comp has been involved in research sponsored by the European Union and the Hungarian government on the development of what it says is a new biocomposite product family. “On a degradable PLA or non-de-


gradable, mainly PP, polymer basis, our com- pounds are manufactured from natural materials that originate from domestic agriculture. But they are not intended to be reused there, for example grind of apricot shells, walnut shells, almond shells, and hemp fibre,” says Sales Engineer Balázs Kugler. “Blending PLA with hemp fibres improves the quality of the produced material in multiple ways: apart from its natural appearance, its physical properties and compostability are also much more


Above: Vilhemp is using hemp reinforced PLA compounds from Inno- Comp to produce


compostable cutlery


Big impact


with little dosage Improve the processing and performance of: Next-generation HFFR cable compounds Semi-conductive cable compounds


Learn more at


www.extruderxinda.com info@xindacorp.com


www.viscospeed.com Innospec Leuna GmbH Am Haupttor, Bau 6310, 06237 Leuna, Germany


IMAGE: INNO-COMP/VILHEMP


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