NEWS


MB buys another BiPower


MB Spritzgusstechnik of Marktoberdorf, Germany, has installed a second Negri Bossi BiPower VH2700-56000, a two-platen machine with 27,000 kN clamping force and injection capac- ity of 28 kg of HDPE. MB has been in operation for 15 years and has 30 machines. It converts recycled plastics into industrial pallets. The new machine


features servo electric screw rotation and a special screw profile for complex recycled materials, with complete Sytrama automation and a Kuka six-axis robot. The injection unit, according to Negri Bossi, is de- signed so that a uniform melting and homogenis- ing of the recycled material is possible. � www.negribossi.com


Total Corbion starts up PLA plant in Thailand


Total Corbion announced the start-up of its 55,000 tpa PLA bioplastic plant at Rayong in Thailand in December. The move makes the company the world’s second largest player in PLA after US-based Natureworks. The facility will produce a


full range of PLA resins, which will be sold under the Luminy name, including standard and high heat resistant grades. It is integrated with a 100,000 tpa plant producing lactides from locally-grown sugar cane and is located on the same site as Total-Corbion’s 1,000 tpa pilot plant, which will provide a product development capability. “The start-up of this


state-of-the-art plant establishes Total Corbion as a world-scale PLA bioplas- tics producer ideally located to serve growing markets from Asia Pacific to Europe


Total Corbion’s PLA plant in Thailand is now in operation


and the Americas. The subsequent increase in global PLA capacity will enable manufacturers and brand owners to move into the circular economy and produce bio-based products with lower carbon foot- prints,” said Total Corbion CEO Stephane Dion. � www.total-corbion.com


n In a separate move, process equipment produc- ers Futero, Sulzer and TechnipFMC have an- nounced the formation of a


new partnership to offer turnkey plant for production of PLA bioplastics. The PLAnet partnership is intended to support construction of plant with a throughput of up to 100,000 tpa. It brings together Futerro’s proprietary technology for production of lactic acid and raw lactides, Sulzer’s lactide purification and polymerisa- tion know-how, and Tech- nipFMC’s plant design and engineering skills. � www.lactic.com


EuPC survey shows recyclate quality concerns


Converters are looking for consistency in recyclate


Most European plastics convert- ers (76%) believe that improved collection and sorting of plastic waste would be the most suitable way to increase the quality of recycled plastic materials, according to the second survey carried out by the European Plastics Converters Association (EuPC). They also said that they saw investments in


better recycling technolo- gies by recyclers (53%) and better design for recycling


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(29%) as important measures. EuPC said an increase in the volumes of recyclate being incorporated into new products, as envisioned in the Plastics Strategy, “is practically impossi- ble under the current conditions”, because the supply is only adequate for two of the polymers included in the survey. In quality terms, only PET supplies are good enough, they added. The EuPC carried out the survey in the first nine months of 2018 in partnership with Polymer Comply Europe, with 376


converters from 21 countries completing the online question- naire. It is described as part of the association’s ongoing work to address the technical issues related to the recycling of polymers and the use of recyclate by converters. A third survey will take place


this year. The EuPC is also currently working on a project to develop a single, unified online tool to monitor the use of recycled material in the European plastics converting industry. � www.pceu.eu


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