NEWS
Milacron in agreement with Hawk
Milacron Holdings’ DME business has signed an agreement, under which Hawk Mold and Die Supply of Pipersville, Pennsylvania, will become an exclusive US East Coast distributor and warehouse for DME’s mould technologies, mould bases and industrial supplies. Hawk had hitherto been a ‘premier’ stocking distribution channel for a competitor to Milacron. DME launched 15 new products and product line extensions at NPE 2018 in Orlando, Florida, in May. �
www.milacron.com �
www.hawkmold.com
Borealis gives green light to Belgian PDH plant
Polyolefins major Borealis is to go ahead with its plan to build a major propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant at its facility in Kallo, Belgium. The project, which was first announced in 2017, will see Borealis build a world-scale plant with capacity to produce 750,000 tpa of propylene. It is scheduled to start up in the first half of 2022. Alfred Stern, Borealis
CEO, said: “This important investment in our European assets fully supports our strategy to be a leading sup- plier of innovative polypro- pylene solutions and propylene to our customers in Europe… In addition, we are currently studying the
The Kallo facility in Belgium, where Borealis will build its new propylene plant
feasibility of various capacity increases for polypropylene based on this additional propylene capability.” The Borealis Kallo
location was selected due to its logistical position, its experience in propylene
production and handling and synergies with Borealis’ existing PDH unit. Borealis will use Honeywell UOP’s Oleflex technology, de- signed for on-purpose propylene production. �
www.borealisgroup.com
Lanxess adds more compounding capacity at Krefeld-Uerdingen
Lanxess is to build another compound- ing plant at its Krefeld-Uerdingen site in Germany to produce Durethan PA and Pocan PBT technical compounds. The company said work will start on the “mid double-digit million-euro” investment in Q4 of this year with production expect- ed to commence in the second half of 2019. Capacity was not disclosed. This latest investment at the Krefeld-
New compounding
capacity at its Krefeld-Uerdingen will start up next year
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Uerdingen site follows the start up of a new line for production of specialty compounds in March this year. “Krefeld- Uerdingen is our central production platform for high-performance plastics, especially for the European markets. The expansion will enable us to better serve the continuing high demand from this market region in the future,” said Michael
Zobel, Head of the Lanxess High Performance Materials business unit. Lanxess Management Board Member
Hubert Vink said the high performance plastics unit is central to the company’s growth strategy. “By expanding capacity, we are further strengthening our position as a provider of innovative product solutions for modern mobility. At the same time, we are making even better use of the potential of our integrated value chain for these products,” he said. In addition to compounding, Lanxess polymerises PA6 at Krefeld-Uerdingen. At its other European facilities, it also produces PA6 at Antwerp in Belgium and produces PBT and compounds at Hamm-Uentrop in Germany. �
www.lanxess.com
www.injectionworld.com
PHOTO: LANXESS
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