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Austria’s Starlinger Viscotec said last month its installed base for PET recycling systems world- wide has reached a combined capacity of 2m tonnes. The firm special- ises in extrusion systems for recycling of PET packaging waste into food-grade quality material for use in food and beverage packaging.
www.viscotec.at
Lanxess has added two new inorganic yellow pigments to its range of pigments for heat-resist- ant, high-performance plastics. Colourtherm Yellow 26 and 30 are based on iron oxide and zinc ferrite respectively and are designed for cost-effective colouration in the temperature range 220-260°C.
www.lanxess.com
Borealis and Stena plan chemical recycling unit
Borealis, together with Stena Recycling, has initiated a feasibility study for construc- tion of a chemical recycling unit at its site at Stenung- sund in Sweden. Depending on the outcome of the study and a final positive investment decision, operations could begin in 2024 with products supplied under the Borcycle C brand. The unit would be managed by Borealis, which said the proposed project would be the first chemical recycling facility to be integrated into a cracker. Part-funded by a grant
from the Swedish Energy Agency, the study will look at the optimal technology for the unit and its integra- tion into the Borealis cracker. Stena’s role in the
Above: Borealis plans to build a chemical recycling unit at its Stenungsund site in Sweden
project is to supply the waste material from its mechanical recycling sorting operations. Borealis said that it will also co-operate indepen- dently with Fortum Recy- cling & Waste on a further project involving the
sourcing of plastic waste for the new unit. Fortum will apply for public funding for a feasibility study to define technical requirements for pre-treatment of plastics, quality control and sourcing of suitable materials. �
www.borealisgroup.com
European PLA site at engineering stage
Total Corbion PLA, a 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion, has begun front-end engineering design for its previously announced 100,000 tonnes/ year PLA plant, which it will build at Grandpuits, France.
The company said it has
contracted NextChem, a subsidiary of Italy’s Maire Tecnimont, to carry out the design work.
Due to be operational in
2024, the plant will be the first of its kind in Europe and
will make Total Corbion PLA the global market leader in PLA, the company claims. It already has a 75,000 tonnes/year facility in Thailand, which started production two years ago. Total Corbion makes PLA
resins under the Luminy brand from renewable lactic acid supplied by Corbion. Applications include packaging, food service ware, durable consumer goods, 3D printing and fibres. PLA resins can be mechanically or chemically recycled, as well as being compostable and degradable. The PLA production unit
The Total site at Grandpuits in France is to be the location for the new Total Corbion PLA plant 6 COMPOUNDING WORLD | May 2021
is part of a €500m invest- ment Total is making to 2024 in its ‘net zero’ strategy, which will see Grandpuits converted to a zero-crude platform. �
www.total-corbion.com
www.compoundingworld.com
IMAGE: TOTAL
IMAGE: BOREALIS
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