NEWS
Braskem bioplastic plans for Thailand
Brazil’s Braskem and Thailand’s SCG Chemicals are to set up a new joint venture – Braskem Siam Company – to produce bio-ethylene by bio-ethanol dehydration to commercialise ‘I’m Green’ bio-based PE. ‘I’m Green’ PE is currently pro- duced in Brazil using renewable ethanol sourced from sugar cane. The company says the bio-ethylene plant in Thailand, which will be located in Rayong, will be the first of its kind outside Brazil and will almost double existing capacity. Roberto Bischoff, CEO of Braskem
said: “We are always looking for opportunities to expand our bio- based PE offer.”
n In addition, Braskem is to buy plastic-derived pyrolysis oil from Vitol of Denmark. The oil is made by Denmark’s WPU. Braskem will use it to make its products more renewable. By 2030, it plans to use 1 million tonnes of products with recycled content in its portfolio. “The use of waste-derived raw
materials in the value chain is a form of upcycling, which will ensure Braskem meets the sustainable needs of its customers,” said Tom Baker, global head of naphtha trading at Vitol. �
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Anton Paar to buy Brabender
Austrian analytical equipment maker Anton Paar has bought Brabender of Germany, which makes both single- and twin-screw extruders for plastics, as well as measurement equipment such as rheometers. The company will be integrated
into Anton Paar under the TourqeTec name and the acquisition will be retroactive to 1 January, 2023. “The decisive factor for our
decision to purchase Brabender was the know-how in the development and production of world-leading measuring instruments,” said Frie- drich Santner, CEO of Anton Paar. The company says it will now
expand and strengthen Brabender’s sites in Duisburg and in Hackensack in the US. �
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www.brabender.com
Nexam of Sweden awarded reactive recycling patent
Swedish additive maker Nexam Chemical says the European Patent Office is to approve a second patent covering its reactive recycling technology. The patent covers the use of the additive technology to recycle polyethylene (PE) polymers, which complements a patent from July this year covering additives to recycle polypropylene (PP).
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www.brueckner.com “The method means that even the
largest recycling streams can be used in more products than was previously possible,” said Christer Svanberg, chief technology officer at Nexam Chemical. “We have once again broken new
ground and broadened the field of use for reactive recycling.” �
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