LDPE manufacturer is expanding production to 2013

The Russian petrochemical group Salavatnefteorgsintez will increase the production of LDPE. The company is therefore currently working on a new plant to be completed by the end of 2013. This is the current annual production capacity increased by 66 percent to 200,000 tons, reports the international plastics portal eplastics.

"We have the necessary financial resources and credit for this investment," said the Director-General Damir Szawalejew. The total cost for this investment, which extends over five years amount, reported to 100 billion rubles (2.4 billion euros).

To the Group's products include styrene, which is used in the manufacture of packaging plastics. Similarly, the Russians produce ethylene, which is a basis in the production of PVC. Corporate gifts, according Salavatnefteorgsintez is one of the largest petrochemical companies in Russia.

Source : plasticker.de

Die plate with an external diameter of 1.5 m

Pelletizers and Melt Pumps for High Capacity Plants
Right on time for this year´s K show Coperion GmbH, formerly Werner & Pfleiderer, will be presenting new machine sizes in their UG underwater pelletizer and MP melt pump series for high capacity polyolefin compounding plants.

Underwater Pelletizers: Breaking the 100 t/h barrier
An eye catcher on the Coperion booth B33 in Hall 14 will be the die plate from a UG 1.250, the largest underwater pelletizer in the world. It boasts a range of superlatives: The average cutting diameter is 1250 mm and it can have up to 11,000 die holes. Manufacturing the die plate, its wear protection as well as the uniform distribution of the melt onto the cutting ring present particular challenges. The new UG 1.250 allows throughputs in excess of 100 t/h for polyethylene and water flow rates of up to 1,500 m³/h. The hydraulic control elements and the drive system are based on technology that has proven itself in long term operation on other machine sizes. The first UG 1.250 will go into operation soon. A slightly smaller but similarly constructed UG 925 for polypropylene has been in operation since the middle of 2009.

Coperion also builds exceptionally large underwater pelletizers for thermoplastic elastomers. An example of this is a UG 750 which will go into operation at the beginning of 2011. The design and method of operation reflect the fact that TPE pellets tend to be very sticky. The axial water flow along the knife shaft into the cutting chamber and the radial water flow along the pelletizing knives towards the water chamber exit minimize turbulences in the cutting chamber. This results in fewer collisions between the freshly cut, tacky pellets, which prevents agglomeration.

Melt Pumps for up to 65 t/h of Polyolefins
Coperion presented in-house manufactured melt pumps for the first time at K 2007. Following successful installation and trouble free operation, in various cases for more than three years, the next model size, the MP 450 melt pump, will achieve a target throughput of up to 65 t/h. An MP 450 melt pump is currently in the final stages of installation. When processing polypropylene it will cover a throughput range from 30 to 50 t/h. Two further melt pumps of the same type with throughputs between 40 and 50 t/h for polyethylene are close to delivery to the client.

Coperion uses a well proven design for their melt pumps: A pair of involute gears run on hydrodynamic plain bearings lubricated by the polymer melt. These components are built into the housing that is sealed to the outside on both sides by a cover containing a contact-free threaded shaft seal. The detailed process dependent design factors, for example the type of cooling and the size of the operating clearance, are calculated and specified for each project and product. The melt pumps have single or twin shaft drive options.

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BASF plans new blending facility for antioxidants in Bahrain

BASF has announced plans to build a production facility for customer specific antioxidant blends (CSB) in Bahrain. The new CSB plant will come in addition to the existing tolling agreement for CSB with Astra Polymer in the Kingdom of Saudi-Arabia, which is mainly supplying local customers.

“With the new production facility in Bahrain, we will be able to support the fast growth of our customers in the Middle East region while providing the flexibility in supply and service speed that our customers require”, explains Hans W. Reiners, President Performance Chemicals Division of BASF.

John Frijns, Senior Vice President Plastic Additives Europe/EAWA, adds: “Following the evaluation of several investment options, we have decided that a new antioxidant blending facility in Bahrain will provide the highest value for both, our customers and BASF”.

As the world’s leading Plastic Additives supplier, BASF is committed to support polymer growth in the Middle East Region with local production as well as the services that customers demand.

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Cellect Plastics announces name change, license

Cellect Plastics LLC has changed its name to Cellect Technologies LLC and has licensed its I-Cell EVA and polyethylene roll business to XL Foam LLC, a private investor group.

Cape Cod-based Cellect Technologies now will concentrate solely on low-carbon-impact specialty foams, including Opflex-brand materials for oil spill cleanup and Microflex LCI for yoga mats and other consumer applications.

Scott Smith, president and owner of Cellect, said in a news release that the deal strengthens his firm’s capital position. He added that the company plans to establish a new headquarters in Florida, Alabama or Massachusetts.

Source: plasticsnews.com

Biopolymers & Biology bring function in PLA

Bioplastics are the plastics industry's response to the demand for environmentally responsible alternatives to oil-based products. Sukano introduces the K 2010 bio-based additive solutions to improve the performance and functionality of bioplastics.

SUKANO ® Biology polymer alloys for injection molding applications
The new polymer-Alloys (English alloy) will give the successful bio-plastics for their use in injection molding applications required application properties.

Biology The product line consists of finished with Sukano technology PLA-based bioplastics. Here, the PLA is the addition of specific additives modified so that it analogous in many application areas an oil-based plastic can be processed and used. The Biology Alloys increase impact strength and stiffness and the thermal heat resistance of PLA for injection molding applications and allow for optimal processing, the provider. Geared to the needs of manufacturers and users they are made in compounding.

Sukano Biokonzentrate for film extrusion
This Biokonzentrate were developed to the functional characteristics of bioplastics in the film extrusion to improve. This PLA is now analogous to all other oil-based plastics can be produced and processed.

Sukano Biokonzentrate are highly concentrated masterbatches based on bio-polymer carriers. The user will then mixed with a small proportion of its biopolymer, to obtain the desired properties in the final product. The bio-based SUKANO Gleit-/Antiblock ® masterbatches promise to reduce the friction and thus the processability and to facilitate unstacking of the products. The controlled nucleation by masterbatches crystallization is to increase the thermal resistance of the finished film. With the bio-based SUKANO ® UV Masterbatches of UV-content protection will ensure the finished film. The patented transparent SUKANO ® impact modifier increases already substantially in a low dose, the impact strength of the molded part.

Besides functional masterbatches offers Sukano optical masterbatches to improve the visual appearance of the finished product. These include pigments and soluble dyes, as well as white and black concentrates for transparent and opaque applications.

All Sukano Biokonzentrate and SUKANO ® Biology are on the provider information industrially compostable and fully equipped with a bio-based carbon content up to 100%.

Source : plasticker.de

Superior Essex Announces Acquisition and Expansion Of IVA Enamel Manufacturing into China

Superior Essex Inc. announced today the acquisition of a 70% majority ownership in Changzhou Olong Electrical Insulating Materials Co., Ltd. (‘Olong’), located in Changzhou, China. Olong is a leading Chinese producer of enamel coatings used in the manufacture of copper and aluminum winding wire for the electrical motor, transformer and power generation industries.

Superior Essex Inc., a subsidiary of LS Cable, is currently the world’s largest manufacturer of winding wire and, through its IVA operations, the world’s second largest manufacturer of enamel coating for winding wire applications. The acquisition of Olong will add strategic enamel manufacturing capabilities in China, the world’s largest and fastest growing winding wire market, and will complement existing IVA enamel production operations serving the European market from Meyzieu, France and the North American market from Ft. Wayne, Indiana.

The Company intends to operate the acquired business under the IVA name and expand the current operations to provide vertical capabilities to service the requirements of Superior Essex’s China magnet wire operations as well as certain of LS Cable’s requirements.

Valéry Mercier, VP Global Enamel, stated “this investment is a key strategic advancement for our global enamel capabilities. The combination of the Superior Essex IVA technology and enamel expertise with the manufacturing and distribution capabilities of Olong in China should yield exceptional growth opportunities for our global operations. We are also excited about developing Olong’s existing customer base by servicing them with our best quality product and service.”

Source: businesswire.com

Canada declares BPA toxic, plans to draft regulations

Canada’s federal government has decided that bisphenol A is a toxic substance and is drafting regulations to manage the chemical. It is the first country to take such an extreme view of the byproduct of certain plastics production.

“Our science indicated that Bisphenol A may be harmful to both human health and the environment and we were the first country to take bold action in the interest of Canadians,” stated Minister of Health Leona Aglukkaq in an Oct. 13 announcement.

The verdict of toxicity was echoed by Minister of the Environment Jim Prentice.

“We are continuing our leadership on this issue and Canadians can rest assured that we are working hard to monitor and manage bisphenol A,” Prentice noted in the announcement.

Bisphenol A has been added to Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which enables development of regulatory risk management measures.

The recent pronouncement strengthens Canada’s approach to bisphenol A. Nearly two years ago it banned polycarbonate baby bottles because they might contain BPA but it allowed 18.9-liter water bottles. In July 2009 it said BPA did not pose a health risk in bottled water, powdered infant formula and baby foods in glass jars with metal lids. This past summer the federal government announced BPA is present in the urine of most Canadians.

Source: plasticsnews.com

Georg Fischer expanding new Beijing pipe plant

Plastic pipe maker Georg Fischer Piping Systems has opened a plant in Beijing to tap what it said is demand for higher-quality building components, as it saw sales growth there rise 45 percent in the first half of the year.

The Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based firm said the 58 million Chinese yuan ($8.7 million) Beijing factory has the capacity to make 20,000 kilometers of pipe annually. China is now its largest market, the company said.

The investment came as the firm announced a partnership in September with Dow Chemical Co. to promote a new Chinese national standard for polyethylene raised-temperature-resistance pipe for hot and cold water applications.

That new standard will create opportunities because it will “carve out a high performance segment” in China’s existing pipe market and increase regulatory standards, the company said. The two firms plan a series of technical seminars across China targeting designers, testing bodies and others.

As China has sought to upgrade its water and gas piping systems, and consumers pushed for more reliable systems, China accounted for 14 percent of GF Piping Systems total sales in 2009, and that is likely to be “significantly more” in 2010, said Pietro Lori, president of GF Piping, in a statement.

The piping systems unit had 2009 sales of 1.06 billion Swiss francs ($1.09 billion), down 13 percent from 2008, as the company implemented restructuring and cost cutting programs. First half 2010 sales in the unit were 584 million Swiss francs ($603.0 million).

Lori said he expects the 16,700 square meter Beijing factory to be at high capacity utilization rates within two years.

It will open with two extrusion lines, with plans to add additional lines to boost capacity to 80,000 kilometers of pipe annually, likely within one year of finishing the initial phase of investment, the company said. That initial phase is expected to be complete in August 2011.

The factory employs 60 now with plans to add another 100 by the end of the initial phase.

The Beijing factory will make building technology systems for hot and cold water installations, along with heating and geothermal systems. It will also make fittings, valves, instrumentation and control technology, and will have an on-site training facility.

The factory gives GF Piping 12 factories in Asia, doubling its footprint there in the last five years, the company said. It opened a manufacturing operation in India last year, and one in Malaysia in 2008.

Source: http://plasticsnews.com

Arkema opening PVDF plant in China

French materials firm Arkema Group will open a new polyvinylidene fluoride plant in China early next year, its first PVDF facility in Asia.

The company will open the factory at its large manufacturing complex in Changshu, Jiangsu province, and said it is part of an effort to strengthen distribution of its Kynar PVDF resins in Asia. In particular it singled out the high-performance coatings market.

A company spokeswoman declined to reveal capacity details or investment, citing company policy.

The Colombes, France-based company said the Kynar resins are used in a wide variety of applications, including high-performance lithium ion batteries and photovoltaic panels.

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