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chief procurement officer at AMB. “The recycled material available through our partnership with Indorama means we can divert more plastic waste – to become safe, food-grade packaging.” After more than 72 months of research and development, Indorama was able to produce rPET flakes from post-consumer trays commercially at its facility in Verdun, France. DK Agarwal, deputy group CEO at Indorama, added: “Each new partnership with companies like AMB smooths the path towards a circular economy for PET trays and extends the PET lifecycle.” In 2022, AMB launched its tray-to-tray recycling
brand ‘AMB TrayRevive’ to develop infrastructure to support recyclable packaging.
Complex parts Sabic has introduced two new materials for sheet extrusion and thermoforming. It says its PP compound H1090 and Stamax 30YH611 offer an alternative to traditional sheet metal forming, compression and injection mould- ing – allowing customers to form large, complex structural parts, it said. The products are 30% glass fibre-reinforced,
intumescent, flame retardant (FR) materials, based on polypropylene (PP). They can be used for electric vehicle (EV) battery pack components such as top covers, enclosures and module separators. Both grades offer good thermal barrier properties to delay or contain thermal runaway propagation. In addition, their properties offer design, system cost, inherent thermal and electrical insulation and weight advantages compared to stamped sheet metal, said Sabic. Compared to injection moulding of thermo- plastics and compression moulding for thermosets – which require expensive tooling and equipment – extrusion and thermo- forming can be more cost-effective and efficient for several cases, said Sabic. “By providing alternatives to traditional materi- als and processes, we can enable customers to design and manufacture the next generation of battery components while driving down costs and gaining a competitive advantage,” said Abdullah Al-Otaibi, general manager for ETP and market solutions at Sabic.
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Above: Two new Sabic materials can be used for parts such as EV battery pack components
IMAGE: SABIC
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