NEWS Sortco invests in sorting IN BRIEF...
Germany-based Sortco has commissioned two auto- mated pellet inspection systems from Sikora at its contract sorting and dedusting service centre at Niederzissen. The company is using the Purity Scanner Advanced
systems to offer a 100% optical sorting service to detect and remove contami- nated transparent polymer pellets intended primarily for production of optical parts for the medical, aerospace and automotive industries. “The Purity Scanner
Advanced is typically used where other sorting systems have difficulties, namely in the detection of very small optical defects from a size of 50 microns,” said Hilger Groß, Head of Sales and Quality Management at Sortco. “Black specks are the focus of our sorting work.” Sortco Managing Director
Above: Sortco Managing Director Lars Ruttman beside one of the company’s two Sikora systems
Lars Ruttmann says the cost benefit to producers of pellet sorting can easily be determined from waste and reject analysis. “Sorting is in demand because manufac- turers have recognised that special requirements also necessitate special meas- ures,” he said. �
www.sortco.de �
www.sikora.net
DL Chemical acquires Kraton
Specialty polymer producer Kraton is to be acquired by DL Chemical (a subsidiary of formerly Daelim Industrial) in an all-cash transaction that values the company at around $2.5bn. Kraton Chairman Dan F Smith said that the deal will expand Kraton’s global reach while creating “a robust platform to further
support investment in the existing innovation pipeline and provide for further expansion of sustainable offerings.” DL Chemical acquired
Kraton’s Cariflex elastomer business last year. Sang Woo Kim, Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Korean company said the addition of Kraton’s
specialty polymer and bio-based chemical busi- ness would allow it to offer customers a wider range of products. Kraton is a leading global
producer of specialty chemi- cals derived from renewable resources such as pine derivatives. �
www.kraton.com �
www.dl-chem.com
The US subsidiary of Agilyx said it has part- nered with an undisclosed firm to use its depolymeri- sation technology to recycle brominated flame retardant-laden polysty- rene into a styrene mono- mer with similar purity and performance to that of virgin materials.
www.agilyx.com
Chinese TiO2 producer
Lomon Billions an- nounced it has changed its name to LB Group Co Ltd. The company is a major producer of TiO2 with five plants across China using both the chloride and sulphate processes. It claims a capacity of more than 1m tonnes/yr.
www.lomonbillions.global
Brazil’s Braskem and Thai petrochemicals firm SCG Chemicals have signed an MoU to evaluate a joint investment in a new bio-ethanol dehydration plant at Map Ta Phut in Thailand. It would pro- duce bio-ethylene for production of Braskem’s I’m Green brand of biobased PE.
www.braskem.com
www.scgchemicals.com
German project aims to recycle carbon fibres
Researchers at BTU Cottbus-Senften- berg in Germany are working with Global EnerTec to develop a pilot system for closed-loop recycling of carbon fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRPs) components. The plant will be located at Guben in Germany and uses thermocatalytic technology. It is being funded by
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the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs & Energy as part of the Com- pany Revier project. Global EnerTec is a recycling process system developer active in catalytic degassing and chemical recycling technologies.
“Our goal is to pave the way for the company into the market for carbon
component recycling,” said Professor Holger Seidlitz, leading the project at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. “In addition to the lucrative waste collection, the process should enable the sale of recycled fibres to compounders for reuse.” �
www.b-tu.de �
www.global-enertec.de
www.compoundingworld.com
IMAGE: SIKORA
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