NEWS
Lanxess invests in E&E development
Lanxess has extended its technical support services for the electrical and electronics market with the develop- ment of an experimental injection mould that will allow application- focused development of new com- pounds. The mould was developed in the company’s High Performance Materi- als unit at Dormagen in Germany, where Lanxess also offers its HiAnt demoulding and flow property analysis, and is described as “a highly functional, housing-like demonstrator part integrating numerous aspects from different areas of application”. The palm-sized component, which is designed to reflect the typical challenges encountered during injection moulding of flame-retardant PA and PBT compounds, comprises a complex geometry including sudden changes in wall thickness, openings, larger planar sections, ribs, ‘imitations’ of plug connections, snap fits, and screw bosses of varying diameters. “We want to use this mould for the realistic analysis of new flame-retard-
ant as well as hydrolysis-stabilised materials,” said Katharina Schütz, a Project Engineer in the Dormagen lab. She said the aim is to identify special processing characteristics in time to adapt formulations during development, and to give processors specific recommendations for serial production. �
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Total Corbion hits name- plate capacity for PLA
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Total Corbion said last month that its polylactic acid (PLA) bioplastic production plant at Rayong in Thailand is now running at its full nameplate capacity of 75,000 tonnes/ yr. It said the unit has produced a cumulative production volume of 100,000 tonnes of its Luminy brand PLA since start-up in 2019. “As with any new plant, the ramp-up phase is critical to reaching full capacity production, and we are extremely proud that our dedicated and passion- ate team in Thailand have reached this
important milestone of 100kT cumula- tive PLA production,” said Simon Goldney, Plant Director at Total Corbion PLA.
Last year, the company announced it was to build a second PLA produc- tion unit with 100,000 tonnes/yr capacity at Grandpuits in France. This will be the first volume PLA produc- tion unit in Europe. Learn more about the latest developments in bioplastics in our feature on page 27. �
www.total-corbion.com
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