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Pictured from left by the new line: BPC’s General Manager Mike Krause, Process Manager Reggie Dunn and Operator Austin Castleberry
BPC starts up new toll compounding capacity
BPC Toll Compounding & Blending of Meredosia, Illinois, has commenced production on the Entek 73mm twin-screw extruder compounding line it ordered at the last NPE show. The company will use the new line mainly to expand its toll compounding business, whose capacity will rise from 10,000 to 27,000 tonnes/year as a result. This line is BPC’s second
and features K-Tron Coperi- on feeders and a Gala
underwater pelletiser. “In the past our capacity was limited to one line, now we are able to expand our customer base,” said General Manager Mike Krause. “In addition to the extruder, we are adding more blending capacity as well as more trucks and off-loading equipment to handle the increased extrusion capacity.” BPC makes a wide range
of compounds based on PP, PE, TPOs, TPEs and engi- neering polymers, using additives that include talc,
mica, calcium carbonate and flame retardants, Originally located in
Houston, BPC moved to Illinois in 2012 and diversi- fied from testing services to toll compounding. The company currently employs 20 people in a 7,400 m² plant. The facility includes a development lab with a compounding line with a strand pelletiser, lines for five-layer blown film and cast film and tape, and an injection moulding machine. �
https://bpctoll.com
Brüggemann invests in additives
L Brüggemann is investing €25m in new production capacity at its polymer additives site at Heilbronn in Germany. The company has provided no further detail on the expansions but said the new capacity is expected to commence production in 2019. The company produces a wide range of additives, including reducing agents, zinc derivatives, and additives for PA and polyester. These go mainly into the automo- tive and electronic sectors, plus rubber, textile, cosmetics and construction.
10 COMPOUNDING WORLD | September 2018 Brüggemann claims to be the global
leader in reducing agents for initiation of emulsion polymerisation and environment- friendly binding agents. The company, which celebrated its 150th anniversary this year, was sold in 2017 to Ronald Ayles. The move ended four genera- tions of ownership by the Brüggemann family. Managing directors Joachim Hof- mann and Dr Josef Berghofer remain at the helm. �
www.brueggemann.com
Mitsui Elastomers Singa- pore (MELS), a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsui Chemi- cals, is to increase capacity for the Tafmer brand of high performance elasto- mers at its Jurong Island facility from 200,000 to 225,000 tonnes/year by about July 2020. Tafmer is used as an impact modifier for PP and soft moulding material. Applications are found in automotive and packaging materials, engineering plastic modifiers and sports shoe midsoles.
www.mitsuichemicals.com
Addivant’s Weston 705 nonylphenol-free stabiliser has been included in the revision to the food contact regulation of the South American Mercosur region. The material is already approved for such uses in more than 180 countries and is the first antioxidant since the 1970s to achieve such widespread food contact approval, accord- ing to the company.
www.weston705.com
Turkish TPE producer Elastron Kimya has gained certification to NSF/ ANSI 61, the US national standard for drinking water system components, for its V 281 series of thermoplas- tic vulcanisates (TPVs). The products cover a hardness range of 55-90 Shore A and 40 Shore D and are specifically developed for pipes, fittings and accessories.
www.elastron.com
www.compoundingworld.com
PHOTO: ENTEK
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