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South Korea, Indonesia and countries in the Middle East. However, he said in Essen that executives at the company were surprised how many lines it was starting to sell in Europe and North America without specifically focusing on those markets.
Above: Polarfin block copoly- mers from Interface Polymers could double the life of poly-tunnel films
wide range of technologies and market opportuni- ties, while industry leaders took part in a series of informative training seminars and business debates. “The focused nature of the expos worked very well for visitors from the plastics recycling and com- pounding sectors,” said Andy Beevers, events director at AMI. “
Exhibition highlights Some aspects of the event were of interest to those in the film and sheet sector. For instance, AceRetech Machinery – set up in Zhangjiagang, near Shanghai in China, just three years ago – makes single-screw recycling extrusion lines that can reprocess film, bags, fibres and other flexible plastics. Laye Wong, sales director, said at the show that it uses a 3-in-1 technology approach – with cutting, compacting and extrusion all integrated in the same line. AceRetech’s ACS-H systems are suitable for
reprocessing production scrap and post-consumer waste. The ACS-H range starts with an 80mm screw extruder, at 160-220 kg/h throughput rate, and goes up to 180mm screw, at 1,000-1,200 kg/h throughput. The company also makes ACS-Pro systems, with throughputs up to 2,000-2,100 kg/h. Twin-screw extruder manufacturer Changzhou Jwell Chemical Machinery says it is setting up a dedicated export company targeting Europe and North America. Bond Shan, vice president and sales director at the company (part of China’s Shanghai Jwell Machinery), said it has been working to grow its export sales in Russia, India,
Added value Dow Performance Silicones said it will launch a new line of additives for PE films combining slip and anti-block performance at the Fakuma show later this year. Christophe Paulo, global segment leader for plastic additives, said the new additive masterbatches use a compatibilisation chemistry that allows silicone slip additives to be compound- ed with a silica-based anti-block – something that cannot usually be achieved effectively. The new products will also comply with Chinese, as well as EU, FDA and Japanese, regulations. “In the past, you were OK in China if you had EU
and FDA approval but now they are enforcing their own standards,” he said. UK-based Interface Polymers presented its
Polarfin block copolymer, which is based on technology developed at the University of Warwick and allows compatibilisation and surface modifica- tion of polyolefin resins. Polarfin materials have clear application potential in recycling of incompat- ible polymer blends, such as PE with PS, PA or PET. However, business development manager Simon Waddington said the additives may hold even greater potential in surface modification. He cited the example of agricultural films for poly-tunnels where effectiveness is often limited by the durability of the anti-fog and anti-drip performance. Traditional additive-based solutions suffer migration issues, which means they have a working lifetime of around 18 months. Polarfin additives are permanently fixed in the polymer so will last as long as the film itself, which can be as long as three years.
CLICK ON THE LINKS FOR MORE INFORMATION: �
www.ami.international �
www.aceretech.com �
www.czjwell.cn/en �
www.consumer.dow.com �
www.interfacepolymers.com
Compounding World Expo and Plastics Recycling World Exhibition will not run in Germany next year – because of
the K 2019 show – but will return to Essen on 3-4 June 2020, when they will be joined by two additional focused events: the Extrusion Expo and the Polymer Testing Expo. Next year will see the US debut of the Compounding World, Plastics Recycling World and Extrusion Expos at the Huntington Convention Center in Cleveland, Ohio on 8-9 May 2019. For information on exhibiting at these events, contact Matt Wherlock (
matthew.wherlock@ami.international) on +44 (0)117 314 8122 or
visitwww.ami.international/exhibitions.
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