NEWS
Compounding World Expo is filling up fast
The Compounding World Expo returns to Messe Essen in Germany on 3-4 June 2020 and more than 250 leading suppliers have already reserved space at the event and its co-located plastics recycling, extrusion and testing exhibitions. Organised by
Compounding World publisher AMI, the Compounding World Expo, Plastics Recycling World Expo, Plastics Extrusion World Expo, and Polymer Testing World Expo are all free to attend and include focused exhibition areas plus five free conference theatres. Last year’s debut event in Essen attracted 4,024 visitors. “We already have over
250 exhibitors signed up for next year’s shows, which is 25% more than the final number at our launch event in Germany in 2018, and we still have over six months to go,” said Rita Andrews, Head of Exhibitions at AMI. The more than 250 companies that have
The first Compounding World Expo in 2018 attracted 4,024 visitors
reserved stands include leading suppliers of polymers and additives, such as BASF, Biesterfeld, Borealis, Cabot, Clariant, Evonik, ExxonMobil, Imerys, Omya, Solvay and Wacker. Visitors will also be able to learn about the latest equipment developments from companies such as Buss, Coperion, Feddem, Gneuss, KraussMaffei Extrusion, Leistritz, Maag, Motan Colortronic, NGR, Nordson and Theysohn Extrusion. “There is considerable
crossover between the different sectors of the
plastics industry that are covered by these four focused exhibitions, which will benefit exhibitors and visitors alike,” said Andy Beevers, Events Director at AMI. “1,722 of the visitors to the last year’s compounding and recycling shows in Essen said that they were involved in materials R&D and testing, which led to the addition of the Polymer Testing World Expo”. Stands at the exhibitions
start at less than €3,000. For more information contact AMI’s exhibition team at exhibition_sales@ami. international
NEWS IN BRIEF...
Emerald Kalama Chemi- cal has opened a new office at Rotterdam in the Netherlands that will become its central hub for European operations. The facility will house its order fulfillment and technical service teams for all products manufactured at Emerald’s operations in Europe, including those from its nearby plant at Botlek and UK facility at Widnes
www.emeraldkalama.com.
Trinseo plans to build a thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) pilot facility at Hsinchu, Taiwan, where it already has a TPU manufacturing site. It will begin operation in 2020 and will supply TPEs mainly to the automotive, consumer electronics, footwear and medical markets in the Asia-Pacific region. The company described the move as the next step in its TPE growth roadmap following the acquisition of API in Italy in 2017.
www.trinseo.com
BP plans chemical recycling pilot plant
BP hopes to convert waste PET packaging back to PTA and MEG feedstock
BP has announced plans to build a $25m pilot plant at its R&D hub at Naperville in Illinois, US, to prove the viability of its Infinia enhanced recycling technology, which chemically converts PET into virgin-quality PTA and MEG monomer feedstocks via depolymerisation. The facility is expected to be operational in late 2020. If Infinia can be developed and used at multiple commercial plants, BP estimates it “has the potential to prevent billions of PET bottles and trays from ending up in landfill or incineration every year”. �
www.bp.com
10 COMPOUNDING WORLD | November 2019
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PHOTO: BP
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