NEWS
Mechanical recycling
plans TotalEnergies is building a new mechanical recycling unit at its Grandpuits site in Seine-et-Marne in France. Scheduled to be commissioned in 2026, the plant will produce 30,000 tonnes/yr of high value- added compounds containing up to 50% recycled plastics. It will target the high-perfor- mance packaging market, in particular the pharma- ceutical and cosmetics industries, and will include a customer technical assistance and product development centre. “This new investment is good news for the Seine- et-Marne region and an additional step in the Grandpuits zero-oil platform project,” says Bernard Pinatel, General Manager of the Refining- Chemicals branch of TotalEnergies. “This plastics recycling unit is fully in line with the company’s ambition to develop the circular econo- my and will contribute to... producing 1m tonnes of circular polymers by 2030.” �
https://totalenergies.com
Neste leads renewable path to construction
Finnish renewable feed- stocks group Neste, working together with polymer producer LyondellBasell, and bio-based compound developer Biofibre and bio-composite processor Naftec (the latter both based in Germany) claim to have developed a value chain for production of construction elements using natural fibre reinforced bio- based polymers. The matrix material for the new products is LyondellBasell’s Circulen- Renew C14 polyproylene, which is manufactured using a Neste feedstock
produced from waste residues and includes a measurable bio-based content. According to the project
partners, the bio-based elements — suitable for use
in applications such as fence posts — temporary store the carbon seques- tered during the biomass growth stage while in use. An LCA study carried out by GreenSurvey for Biofibre shows that the carbon removed from the atmos- phere exceeds supply chain emissions from the logistics and manufacturing of the plastic granules. �
www.neste.com �
www.lyondellbasell.com �
www.biofibre.de �
www.naftex.de
Bio-based composites offer a favourable carbon footprint
Metal-detect grades from Ascend
Ascend Performance Materials has introduced pre-coloured, metal-detect- able Vydyne PA66 com- pounds for production of cable ties and fasteners used in industries where foreign object contamina- tion causes health concerns and reputational damage, such as in pharmaceutical and food processing facilities.
The new compounds are said to meet the most stringent performance standards and simplify the supply chain for cable tie and fastener producers. “This new metal-detectable Vydyne reduces the need for additional tolling or masterbatch steps and ensures the material performs as intended right out of the box,” said Tim
Goossens, cable tie seg- ment leader for Ascend. Beyond cable ties and fasteners, the compounds could also find application in safety-critical applications in other sensitive market segments, such as ma- chined plastic stock shapes and consumables that require HACCP-managed food safety. �
www.ascendmaterials.com
ExxonMobil invests in polymer modifiers
ExxonMobil has announced the startup of two new chemical production units at its manufacturing facility at Baytown in Texas in the US as part of a $2bn investment intended to focus its US Gulf Coast facilities on higher value products. A new performance polymers line will produce 400,000 tonnes/yr of
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Vistamaxx and Exact-branded polymer modifiers, which are used to make automotive parts, construction materi- als, hygiene and personal care prod- ucts, and various packaging products. The second new unit is a linear alpha olefins line that will produce 350,000 tonnes/yr of Elevexx-branded product,
a new market entry for the company. “With startup of these two new lines,
ExxonMobil is delivering high-value materials for a variety of products that society depends on every day,” said Karen McKee,Ppresident of ExxonMo- bil Product Solutions. �
https://corporate.exxonmobil.com
www.compoundingworld.com
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