NEWS


Borealis cooperates with Neste on renewable PP feedstocks


Borealis has begun a strategic co- operation with Neste for production of PP at its sites at Kallo and Beringen in Belgium using renewable propane derived from Neste’s NexBTL technology at Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The NexBTL technology is claimed


to produce renewable raw materials for the chemical industry using “nearly any bio-based oil or fat as raw material, including lower-quality waste and residue oils.” Production will begin at the end of


the year, the companies said. It will be both the first time that Borealis has used a bio-based feedstock in commercial PP production and the first


Renolit switches


to Pevalen The US division of plastic film and sheet producer Renolit has switched from a phthalate plasticiser to Perstorp’s non-phthalate Pevalen product for its signage and graphics products. It claims to be the first in the sector to move to a non-phthalate alternative. Renolit Business Unit Manager Ralph Gut said the switch “takes our compliance beyond the tough existing safety regulations and responds to the increasing consumer demand for greater sustainability.” It is also said to gain from Pevalen’s low migration. � www.perstorp.com


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time that renewable propane dehydrogenation (PDH) has been carried out at an industrial scale. Borealis operates a PDH facility alongside its PP plant at Kallo so it will not only be able to offer biobased propylene and PP but also to physically verify and measure the bio-based content (mass balance approach will be used at both sites with the process certified by International Sustainability & Carbon Certification). Borealis said the PP produced from the Neste feedstocks will offer the same product properties as conventional PP. � www.borealisgroup.com � www.neste.com


Borealis will use Neste renewable propane in PP prodution


Maag Group acquires ROC


Maag Group, the Swiss-head- quartered manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletising systems, filtration systems and pulverisers for the plastics and other industries, has acquired ROC, which supplies colour management and quality control products to the plastics extrusion, compounding and recycling industries.


The acquisition was made


shortly before the K show in Germany, where ROC demonstrated its second- generation Colour&Pellet Control system on the Maag Group stand. This features a new housing developed for direct use in the production environment and supports connection to process control systems via industry-


standard data exchange. In addition to colour


measurement, the new ROC system allows pellets to be analysed in terms of size, shape and defects. “With the colour control wizard it is possible to correct the colour fully automatically during production,” the company said. � www.maag.com


Solvay PESU line onstream


Solvay said it has started operations at its new Veradel polyethersulphone (PESU) line at Panoli in India. Targeting growing demand in the Asian


region from healthcare and water treatment industries, the investment is part of Solvay’s plans to increase sulphone polymer production capacity by 35% by 2022. This will include investment and process optimisation at its two US sites. Separately, Solvay has also announced


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the opening of two innovation centres dedicated to thermoplastic composites (TPCs). The Product Development Centre at its Speciality Polymers and Composite Materials business HQ in Alpharetta, Georgia, US, will focus on development of new TPCs, while the Customer Engagement Centre at Brussels in Belgium will offer virtual engineering, rapid prototyping and advanced mechanical testing and validation. � www.solvay.com


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