NEWS
New investment ups PP compounding capacity at Genk in Belgium
Solvay invests in composites
Solvay has installed a new, 2,500m2
thermoplastic composites (TPC)
SABIC adds capacity for PP compounds
SABIC has commissioned an additional large scale PP compounding line at its European PP compounding centre at Genk in Belgium. The capacity of the new line has not been disclosed but SABIC Director of PP Business Europe, Bert Claessens said it provided a “substantial increase in our compounding capacity at Genk and will make it one of the largest PP compounding facilities in the world.” Genk is one of three global SABIC PP com-
pounding locations; the other two are in Bay St Louis in the US and Shanghai in China. The company’s European compound development centre is also located at Genk, which Claessens said is a “strategic location” due to its proximity to major customers and its PP production sites. The new compounding line will use PP resins produced at the company’s sites at Gelsenkirchen in Germany and Geleen in the Netherlands. It will focus on
production of mineral filled and glass reinforced PP grades for injection moulded lightweight applications, as well as Stamax LFT grades. “The added capacity enhances our on-site production flexibility for introducing innovative new PP polymer technology without compromising the security of supply of established compound products,” said Lada Kurelec, SABIC’s General Manager PP & E4P Business. �
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manufacturing facility at its site in Greenville, South Carolina, US. The company said that the investment is a response to the “growing demand from energy companies, supported by increasing aerospace and automotive demand.” It will produce unidirectional composite tape from a range of high-performance polymers including PVDF, PPS and PEEK. The move is one of
several recent strategic investments by Solvay in the TPC sector. Others include adding capacity for TPC tape at Anaheim in California, and establish- ing two R&I centres in Brussels, Belgium, and Alpharetta, US. �
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Lati adds to Polyplastics set on LFTs
eco offer Italian technical com- pounder Lati is to distrib- ute hemp-blended compounds produced by US-based Hemp Plastic Company. The materials are said to be suitable for a diverse range of polymer- based end-use applica- tions extending from packaging to automotive and furniture. �
www.lati.com �
www.hempplastic.com
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Japan’s Polyplastics launched its Plastron long-fibre thermoplastic (LFT) product line last month, claiming the move “expands the area of thermoplastic resin conver- sion of metals and fibre-reinforced plastics (FRPs)”. Plastron, which was developed by Polyplastics’
parent firm Daicel, will be available in PP, PA6, PAMXD6 and PA9/T base resins with the option of glass or carbon fibre reinforcements at 40-60%. The company says that key attributes of the Plastron
materials include high stiffness and impact resistance, good dimensional stability and creep performance, and retention of physical properties at elevated temperatures. It claims that, due to the reduction in fibre fracture surfaces in the LFT materials, users will also see a reduction in wear. �
https://www.polyplastics-global.com
November 2021 | COMPOUNDING WORLD 5
IMAGE: SABIC
IMAGE: POLYPLASTICS
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