NEWS
NGA takes Collin to India
The NGA Group has established a subsidiary in Chennai in India for production and sales of extrusion and compound- ing machinery under the Collin Asia brand. NGA will hold a 70%
stake in the business, with its long-term distribution partner Techscience Service holding the rest. Rajnissh Soodd has been named Country Manager for the new company, which will target markets in India, South East Asia and Africa. “India is the fastest
growing market for the polymer industry, especially for masterbatch, com- pounding and blown and cast film production,” according to Dr Friedrich Kastner and Corné Ver- straten, majority sharehold- ers of the NGA Group. The first series of machines to be introduced will be the Easy Line tabletop systems. These include extruders, com- pounders, and blown and flat film lines. �
www.nga.at
PureCycle opts for KM
KraussMaffei Extrusion is to supply extrusion equipment for the PureCycle Technolo- gies PP recycling plant currently under construction at Ironton in Ohio, US. PureCycle uses a propri- etary technology licensed from P&G that is claimed to allow waste PP to be recycled into pure PP resin with virgin-like properties for use in applications such as consumer goods and automotive. The Ironton plant is its first commercial- scale unit and is designed for a capacity of almost 50,000 tonnes/yr. The core component of
the PureCycle process is the extraction step, which uses a recirculated solvent to remove pigments, odours and other polymers from
molten PP waste, in this case from PP carpet production. KraussMaffei is supplying two twin-screw extruders capable of plasticising and feeding up to 8 tonnes of molten carpet waste into the PureCycle process via a melt pipe. The cleaned melt is then passed to a degassing extruder to remove volatiles prior to pelletising. “We are extremely
pleased about this order and the trust
PureCycle has placed in us,” said Carl Philip Pöpel, Director of Product Man- agement at KraussMaffei. “As a full-line provider of various extrusion technolo- gies, we are in a position to deliver an outstanding high-performance package solution.” �
www.kraussmaffei.com �
www.purecycletech.com
KraussMaffei is supplying
twin screw extrusion equipment for PureCycle’s recycling plant in Ohio, US
TPE Solutions adds COPE grades
US-based TPE Solutions has developed two lines of COPE (copolyester elasto- mer) TPE compounds that it says can replace currently used alternatives, matching or improving on process- ability while offering better support for light colours.
According to the com-
pany, the newly developed COPEPlus and COPEnhance lines can be blended with a wider range of 15D (Shore 70A) to 80D grade COPE materials. The COPEPlus line comprises performance
enhancing concentrates (masterbatches) intended for use with COPE engi- neered base resins, while the COPEnhance products are fully compounded ready-to-process COPE grades. �
www.tpesinc.com
Lubrizol targets India with CPVC partner
Lubrizol Advanced Materials has signed an agreement with Mumbai, India-based Prince Pipes & Fittings, one of India’s largest pipe systems makers, to produce and sell its Corzan brand of CPVC material and piping systems across India. “With this collaboration, Lubrizol will
broaden its product offerings in the Indian industrial piping sector and will
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strengthen the position of Prince Pipes & Fittings in the industrial piping systems in India,” Lubrizol said in a statement. Corzan CPVC is mainly used for
transporting chemicals, industrial water treatment, mineral processing, and in oil and gas applications. It is recyclable and is commonly reused as an additive in other PVC compounds.
COMPOUNDING WORLD | September 2021
Unlike most global markets, the €1.8bn industrial pipe market in India is currently dominated by mild steel rubber lined types, with CPVC mainly used in domestic applications. The two partners, therefore, see strong growth potential for the products in the Indian marketplace. �
www.lubrizol.com �
www.princepipes.com
www.compoundingworld.com
IMAGE: KRAUSSMAFFEI
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