NEWS
New Solvay composites capacity
Solvay has completed the installation of its new thermoplastic compos- ites manufacturing facility at its 2,500 m2
site in
Greenville, South Carolina. At full produc- tion capacity, this will create 30 more jobs. The investment was driven largely by growing demand from energy companies, supported by increasing aerospace and automotive demand, Solvay said. The new line will manufacture unidi- rectional composite tape from a range of high- performance polymers including PVDF, PPS and PEEK. This is part of a series
of recent strategic investments in the composites market. Solvay has also recently added capacity for composites tape in Anaheim, started two research and innovation centres in Brussels and Alpharetta Georgia. �
www.solvay.com
DSM mulls plastics exit
DSM has announced a strategic review of its activities that may lead to a sale of its plastics materials businesses. The move is part of a plan to simplify its operating structure and reorganise its activities into three business groups focused on: health, nutrition and care; animal nutrition and health; and food and beverage. DSM’s materials business includes its Engineering Plastics unit, which produces Akulon PA6/PA66, Stanyl PA46, EcoPaxx PA410, Arnite PET/PBT, Fortii PPA4T, and Xytron PPS.
It also includes the
Performance Materials division, which produces Dyneema UHMWPE fibres. “By focusing exclusively
Above: DSM’s engineering materials business supplies the automotive sector among others
on our health, nutrition and bioscience activities, we will be able to operate with greater agility and impact and meet the growing need for better and more sustain- able nutrition,” according to joint CEOs Geraldine Matchett and Dimitri de Vreeze.
The company said in a
statement that the materials business “will likely not be able to maximise their full potential to drive the important industrial shift to a bio-based and circular economy” within the new structure. �
www.dsm.com
Toyoda Gosei expands in US
Japan’s Toyoda Gosei is expanding produc- tion capacity at one of its US subsidiaries, TG Missouri. The total investment will be around $40m and new facilities will be fitted with the latest energy-saving equipment to promote environmentally friendly manufacturing. In all, the company will add about 2,000 of space at its headquarters plant in
m2
Perryville, Missouri. It is also buying a new 10,000 m2
building for the plant at New
Albany, Indiana, where injection moulding machines, painting booths and other equipment will be installed to handle the growing sales of radiator grilles and other interior and exterior parts in the US. �
www.toyoda-gosei.com
Hexpol invests €5.6m in medical TPEs
Hexpol TPE is to invest €5.6m at its site at Åmål in Sweden. The investment will expand TPE production capacity and support growing demand and changing market requirements, the company said. Construction of a new production hall has already com- menced and should be completed in the autumn of 2022. This new space will be dedicated to production of materials for medical devices. It has been designed to minimise contamina- tion risk and will house a new twin-screw compounding line with gravimetric feeders and advanced monitoring systems. �
www.hexpol.com
8 INJECTION WORLD | October 2021
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