MASTERBATCH | MATERIALS
Recent masterbatch innovations include PFAS-free formulations, additives that help greenhouse film promote plant growth and special effect colour formulations
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Added benefits: latest masterbatch advances
Masterbatches make life easier for extrusion companies, helping them create formulations and products more quickly – whether they need a specific colour shade or a key additive. UBQ Materials has launched a new masterbatch
portfolio that is sourced from household waste. It uses a patented process to transform mixed household waste – including organics and hard-to- recycle materials – into a bio-based thermoplastic composite that can be used in a wide range of goods such as flowerpots and building materials. “We’re turning the world’s most difficult waste into a manufacturing advantage,” said Albert Douer, chairman and CEO of UBQ Materials. “This masterbatch unlocks the ability to replace oil- based resins with a circular material made from household waste, with no need to compromise on performance or process.”
UBQ has manufacturing facilities in Europe and plans to open a US facility too. The material is available in the US, Europe and across Latin America. Making the masterbatch can divert up to 95% of household waste that would otherwise be sent to landfills or incinerators, it says. The European Commission awarded UBQ
Materials a €5 million grant from the Just Transition
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Fund to expand sustainable material solutions. The masterbatch portfolio can be combined
with a range of polymers and can be processed in several different ways. The material offers easy handling, good dispersion, cost competitiveness and a negative carbon footprint, claims UBQ.
Natural colours Ampacet has introduced its Earthen Clay collection of special effects masterbatches that replicates natural matte colours.
Suitable for use in polyethylene, for extrusion and multi-layer blow moulding, the materials can be used in applications including personal care, hair care and beauty packaging – as well as home and garden products. Because of the recyclable muted matte outer layer, it is part of Ampacet’s R3 ‘sustainable solutions’ portfolio. “This collection harks back to prehistoric times, when clay figurines and pottery were made by cultures as a form of artistic expression,” said Mercedes Landazuri, market insight manager at Ampacet. The masterbatches are available in six colours:
clay-fired red, sunbaked adobe, golden argilla, limestone loam, volcanic blue and ancient nettle.
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Main image: Masterbatch can be used to distribute both colour and additives into polymers
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