NEWS Lanxess opens €20m China plant
Lanxess has officially inaugurated its new €20m compounding facility at Changzhou in China. The facility produces the com- pany’s Durethan and Pocan high-tech compounds, which are used mainly in the automotive, electrical and electronics sectors. “This facility was built to
address several strategically vital markets,” said Hubert Fink, Member of the Lanxess Board, at the opening ceremony. “In the automo-
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Turkish compounder Epsan has launched Eplon+, a new range of recycled PA compounds made from post-industrial materials. Eplon+ grades are said to offer heat-age- ing properties that match prime PA compounds with similar mechanical properties. Applications are envisaged in the automotive and household appliances markets.
www.epsan.com.tr
Carbon nanotube producer OCSiAl has supplied a licensing agreement with Skintech of Brazil to supply its Tuball Matrix product in the country. Tuball Matrix is a pre-dispersed form of OCSiAl’s Tuball graphene additive. Initial applications in the Americas are focused on electrostatic discharge flooring.
www.ocsial.com
www.skintech.ind.br
12 The €20m Lanxess compounding operation at Changzhou in China
tive industry, lightweight materials become ever more important in new
mobility. At the same time, the electrical and electron- ics sector sees an increasing
need for best-in-class flame retardant, easy flow and easily processable grades.” The new facility is part of the company’s High Performance Materials business unit, which includes sites at Brion, Dormagen, Krefeld-Uerdin- gen and Hamm-Uentrop in Germany, Antwerp in Belgium, Gastonia in the US, Porto Feliz in Brazil, Jhaga- dia in India, and Changzhou and Wuxi in China. �
www.lanxess.com
PureCycle claims carpet success
PureCycle Technologies said last month it has completed tests in the feedstock evaluation unit (FEU) at its site at Hanging Rock, Ohio, US, during which waste carpet was transformed into “clear, odourless, ultra-pure recycled PP.” The Hanging Rock site uses technology developed by Procter & Gamble, which PureCycle said “can remove virtually all contaminants and colours from used plastic, [and] has the capacity to revolutionise the plastics recycling industry”. A second phase is due online at Hanging Rock in
PHOTO: PURECYCLE TECHNOLOGIES Ultra-Pure recycled PP produced from carpet waste
summer 2021, which will process about 54,000 tonnes/yr of waste PP into 47,600 tonnes of virgin quality material. This is expected to find applications in packaging, home furnish- ings and others where recycled PP is rarely used. PureCycle is also hoping
to obtain a letter of non- objection from the FDA for use of its material in food grade applications. The company said that the first plant is now fully subscribed and it has initiated site selection for a large-scale operation in Europe. �
www.purecycletech.com
A TPU first for First Graphene
First Graphene and Steel Blue, a maker of work boots, have completed prototype trials for production of graphene-enhanced industrial safety boots using what is claimed to be a new TPU masterbatch “first”. The boots were manufactured using First
Graphene’s PureGraph 10 graphene powder infused in the TPU soles and
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foamed innersoles. According to the company, it is the first time the material has been successfully incorporated into a TPU masterbatch. PureGraph 10 is characterised by non-aggregated, graphene nanoplatelets that ensure even dispersal. �
www.firstgraphene.net
www.compoundingworld.com
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