NEWS
Pandemic hits German plastics recycling hard
A survey by German waste trade body BDE found the country’s plastic recyclate market “collapsed” during the Covid-19 crisis, with overall use of recycled materials falling by 41% due to the combination of low virgin resin prices and declining demand from users. The impact varied
according to polymer type and market sector. PVC was the most severely affected polymer type (down 53%), followed by PET (-45%). The biggest market slumps were felt in the automotive and electronics segments, where demand fell by an average of 60% and by up to 80% in isolated cases. Smaller falls
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All 16 Birla Carbon manufacturing facilities across the globe have now gained International Automotive Task Force (IATF) certification. The company claims to be the first carbon black manufac- turer to achieve this certification.
www.birlacarbon.com
Use of recycled plastics fell by 41% in Germany during the pandemic, says BDE
in demand were seen in the horticultural and agricultural (-35%), construction (33%) and packaging (-30%) sectors. “The BDE views the development with great concern because the current crisis poses the risk
that not only the planned expansion of the recyclate markets will be slowed down, but that what has been achieved so far will be called into question,” said BDE Managing Director Dr Andreas Bruckschen. �
www.bde.de
LehVoss pitches into additives
Hamburg, Germany-based Lehmann&Voss has launched a new Plastic Additives business unit, which will focus on supply- ing additives and fillers for
the compounding and masterbatch industry. The company said the new division’s portfolio will include in-house manufac- tured products as well as
product from the firm’s distribution partners. Nadia Kursawe recently joined the company to head the Plastics Additives team. �
www.lehvoss.de
BASF 3D Printing Solutions is to buy the XStrand business line from Owens Corning and add it to its Forward AM 3D printing materials portfolio. The XStrand portfolio com- prises three 30% glass fibre-reinforced filaments based on PA6, PP and PC.
www.forward-am.com
KraussMaffei said it delivered the first of its large ZE BluePower twin screw compounders to customers at the end of the summer. Launched at the K2019 show, the machines cover 98, 122, 142, and 166mm screw diameters and offer throughputs up to 2.5 tonnes/h.
www.kraussmaffei.com
Suez and Loop invest in rPET for Europe
Suez and Loop Industries announced plans to build a PET recycling facility in Europe based on Loop’s depolymerisa- tion technology that they say will be the largest PET recy- cling plant in the world. The partners said the planned recycling facility will have a
production capacity of 84,000 tonnes of rPET pellets per year, requiring approximately 96,000 tonnes of PET and polyester fibre waste feedstock. Final site selection and engineering are targeted to be completed by mid-2021 and commissioning of the facility is currently projected for 2023. �
www.suez.com �
www.loopindustries.com
10 COMPOUNDING WORLD | October 2020
The planned Suez/Loop rPET facility will be built at a yet-to-be- decided European location
www.compoundingworld.com
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IMAGE: SUEZ
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