NEWS
110-plus exhibitors signed up for compounding/recycling shows
More than 100 companies have now booked stands at the Compounding World Expo and the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition, which will take place in adjacent halls at Messe Essen in Germany on 27-28 June 2018. “We’ve seen a rush of bookings during September and October and now have more than 110 companies signed up for the exhibitions,” said Matt Wherlock, AMI’s Exhibition Sales Manager. “Places are continuing to fill up fast, with many stand sizes and key positions close to selling out,” he added. Companies that have booked stands in recent weeks include Biesterfeld, Buhler Sortex, Campine, Comac, Dow Corning, Dupont, Elix Polymers, Gneuss, HPF/Quarzwerke, Interface Polymers, Kisuma, Mitsui,
SABIC targets lighting
SABIC is introducing some new materials for LED automotive lighting parts. Most notable is Lexan HF4010SR, a new grade of polycarbonate that, the company said, makes it possible to develop complex headlight bezels with enhanced aesthetics. Lexan HF4010SR has been developed to target draft angles 0.5-1.0° lower than the 3-5° typically recommended for PC tools. Reduced draft angles facilitate greater styling freedom, helping designers to make shapes with greater complexity. ❯
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many more suppliers of machinery, equipment, polymers, additives, compounds and related services. Admission to the Compounding
NGR, Tecnova, Unipetrol, Van Werven, Vertellus, and Zeppelin, They join the fast-growing list of
exhibitors that includes Aquafil, Azo, Brabender, Buss, Coperion, Farrel Pomini, Imerys, IMI Fabi, Kaneka, KraussMaffei Berstorff, Leistritz, Maag, Mondo Minerals, MPI Chemie, Nord- son, Omya, Polyplastic Compounds, Solvay, Starlinger, Vecoplan, Velox and
for a 9 m2
World Expo and the Plastics Recycling World Exhibition plus their associated conferences and seminars will be free of charge. The events are organised by AMI, Compounding World and Plastics Recycling World. Exhibition packages start at €2,700 shell-scheme space plus
unlimited exhibitor passes and extensive marketing support. For details, contact Matt Wherlock at
matthew.wherlock@ami.international or on +44 117 314 8122. Alternatively, visit the exhibition websites at: ❯
www.compoundingworldexpo.com ❯
www.plasticsrecyclingworldexpo.com
Celanese adds compounding
Celanese has announced plans to expand the capacity of its global compounding capability and certain product-specific manufactur- ing sites in its engineered materials business. The move comes in
response to growing demand in the medical, automotive, consumer goods and electronics markets, the company said, and the expansion projects will be completed in 2018 or 2019. The plans include two additional compounding lines at the company’s site at Nanjing and one at its recently acquired site at Suzhou in China. In the US, it will install two more lines at Florence in Kentucky and expand compounding
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capacity at Bishop in Texas. The investment will also see a new line installed at the Forli site in Italy, which is another recent acquisition. Together, the investment
programme will add another 50,000-60,000 tonnes/year of capacity. A further 10,000-15,000 tonnes/year will be obtained through debottlenecking across the network. Celanese is already in the
process of adding a Celstran long-fibre thermoplastics
A 9,000tpa expansion of Celstran LFT capacity is already under- way in the US
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production line at Winona, Minnesota, US, where it is also debottlenecking its existing production lines. This will add an extra 9,000 tonnes/year of capacity. The company is also planning a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight PE production line at Nanjing, which will add approximately 15,000 tonnes/year of capacity. ❯
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