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LyondellBasell grows Chinese compounding operations
LyondellBasell has started up a new 20,000 tonnes/ year PP compounding plant at Dalian in China, its third in the country.
The new plant joins
LyondellBasell’s existing Chinese PP compounding operations at Suzhou and Guangzhou. It is said to be
strategically located in the country’s regional automo- tive sector, which is home to major automotive names including BMW, Daimler, GM,
Volkswagen, Audi, Nissan and Chery and is expected to show strong growth over the next few years. LyondellBasell is the
LyondellBasell’s new compounding plant at Dalian in China
Imerys acquires Regain
Imerys’s Performance Additives division has acquired Regain Polymers, a major UK plastics recycler, and will combine the newly acquired firm with its existing ImerPlast waste polyolefin compati- bilisation business. The move makes the minerals giant one of Europe’s largest polyolefin recyclers. “Both companies have
extensive knowledge about compounding and applications. Imerys’s laboratory, technical facilities and mineral portfolio will help widen the market offer,” Imerys said in a statement. �
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world’s largest producer of PP compounds with 15 wholly owned facilities, all using the same process and materials. Commenting on the latest addition, CEO Bob Patel said: “This plant leverages our global value chain, from PP technology to specialised compounded products, for the benefit of our customers in the region.” �
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BASF working on UV mapping
BASF has partnered with the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre to develop a new tool to help maximise the service life of plastic products by precisely matching plastic additive additions to the predicted intensity of UV radiation in specific regions of the world. The company is working to optimise the dosage of its light stabilisers based on global maps of UV radiation levels developed by the two agencies, with the aim to create a final product perfectly adapted to the region where it will be used. The full global mapping database from DLR is currently available exclu- sively to BASF.
COMPOUNDING WORLD | October 2017
Solar UV radiation is a major factor in the prema- ture degradation of plastics exposed to sunlight, most notably in the agriculture, construction and automo- tive markets. It varies considerably from region to region and at different times of year, at different times of
the day, and with other climactic conditions. BASF said the ability to optimise light stabiliser usage to specific exposure levels is expected to lead to longer-lasting plastics while opening the potential for cost savings. �
www.plasticadditives.basf.com
New mapping tool could help optimise greenhouse film stabilisation
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