NATURAL FIBRES AND FILLERS | ADDITIVES


“We’re generally seeing growing demand in the thermoplastics market for sustainable content. Besides the sustainability advantages, bio-fillers often have a density advantage over minerals. By using bio-fillers, we’re helping our customers achieve certain particular visual aspects that can create a unique and differentiated end product,” says Hermann Fuechter, Senior Marketing & Product Manager EMEA at Avient. “The coffee grounds can add a unique visual aspect to the material and, depending on the


dosage, an appealing scent,” he adds. The wood- based cellulose fibre used in the Maxxam BIO grades is derived from sustainable sources and controlled through FSC certification (FSC C015022). The cellulose fibre offers mechanical reinforcement performance, although not at the same level as a glass fibre,” Fuechter explains. A Maxxam BIO grade launched at K2022 contained olive seed powder. “The olive seed powder improves dimensional stability in a polyolefin matrix, just as a conventional talcum filler would do. Through the lower density, the customer can have lightweight benefits as well as a certain percentage of bio-renewable material in their products,” he says.


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Left: Avient’s latest Maxxam Bio PO


compound introductions include grades containing recycled coffee grounds


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