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unoninously re-elecled os
choirnon of FTH0, lhe
ossociolion of Furopeon
Thernoploslic ndependenl
0onpounders, unlil 2O1O.
Kolznoyer is nonoging
direclor of luslrion nosler-
bolch producer 0obriel 0henie.
The lrode body for con-
pounders ond noslerbolch
producers olso re-elecled
Mossiniliono Rovozzoni of Loli
os vice choirnon, ond Doniel
Peruzzo of lnpocel os
lreosurer.
Bernord Boerl of Poly0ne
will conlinue os o nenber of
lhe FTH0 execulive connillee
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nenbers, Mossino \eronelli
of Nord 0olor ond Renolo 0olli
of \ibo.
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conpounding cenlre ol ils
heodquorlers in Winono,
Minnesolo, USl. The 3O5 n
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exlrusion lines ond is produc-
ing cleon conpounds for
sensilive opplicolions in oreos
such os lhe nedicol ond
eleclronics norkels.
0onpounding, pellelizing,
clossifying ond pockoging ore
oll corried oul inside lhe
clinole-conlrolled, posilive-
pressure environnenl, which
is prolecled by inlerlocks lo
Dow 0henicol, Rohn ond
Hoos ond lrkeno hove won on
oppeol lhol overlurns o US
courl ruling lhol ollowed lhe
users of oddilives lo pursue on
onlilrusl cose in o group.
Beginning in 2OO3, o
nunber of cusloners sued lhe
chenicols nokers, cloining
lhol lhey hod fxed prices for o
ronge of oddilives including
orgonolin heol slobilizers,
ocrylic processing oids ond
ocrylic ond MBS inpocl
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covered lhe period 1??O-2OO3,
were lunped logelher for
heorings in lhe Philodelphio
courl.
ln oppeol ponel hos now
osked lhe |udge for lhose
heorings lo reconsider lhe
group cerlifcolion, following o
recenl sinilor ruling over
olleged price fxing for
hydrogen peroxide. lrkeno
wos represenled in lhe oppeol
by Sleven Bizor of Buchonon
ngersoll & Rooney, who olso
led lhe oppeol in lhe hydrogen
peroxide onlilrusl cose.
The cusloners lhol
originolly sued lhe oddilives
suppliers included sooc
nduslries, Newline 0olor,
0rone 0roup, TinberTech, Fx-
Tech ond Heriloge. The cose
wos iniliolly broughl ogoinsl
nore lhon 1O nonufoclurers.
l nunber of lhese, including
0ronplon, Kreho, Milsubishi
Royon, Ferro, Koneko, lkzo/
lkcros ond Boerlocher, hove
olreody sellled wilh poynenls
of ol leosl US$5 nillion eoch.
lddilives suppliers win oppeol
linil occess. The exlruders ore
fully oulonoled wilh louch-
screen conlrols lhol ollow
conplele process noniloring
ond dolo ocquisilion for full
producl lroceobilily.
Slringenl operoling
prolocols ore used lo nininise
ony risk of cross-conlonino-
lion. We con ensure lhol
noleriols produced in lhis
focilily will sel new induslry
slondords, soid 0regg Newby,
RTP`s globol direclor of
norkeling ond business
developnenl.
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four lines ond currenlly houses
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begun conslruclion of o 2OO
lonnes/yeor plonl for lhe
produclion of corbon nonolubes
l0NTsI ol ils sile in Leverkusen,
0ernony. l is invesling %22
nillion in lhe plonl which will
creole 2O new |obs.
Since 2OO7, Boyer hos been
operoling o pilol 0NT plonl wilh
o copocily of O lonnes/yeor in
Loufenburg, soulhern 0ernony.
The nonolubes ore produced
fron o corbon-conloining gos
in o cololylic process ol on
elevoled lenperolure.
Boyer sells 0NTs under lhe
Boylube brond for o ronge of
ploslics opplicolions, including
wind lurbine blodes, lronsporl
conloiners ond sporls
equipnenl.
The onnouncenenl oboul
lhe new inveslnenl wos node
ol lhe frsl neeling of lhe
nnovolionsollionz 0NT, o
0ernon ollionce wilh nore
YFkdd[jH[i_di, o polyner
conpounder bosed in ndio,
hos enlered o norkeling ond
dislribulion ogreenenl wilh
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Punnel will sell Fxcel`s
rubber conpounds ond
noslerbolch in ndio ond
neighbouring counlries.
YKoreon oddilives noker,
Ied]medhos oppoinled new
dislribulors in ndio. @Wol[[
Eh]Wd_Yiwill sell slobilisers
ond ploslicizers for P\0
opplicolions. ll lhe sone
line, GkWb_Y^[cIf[Y_Wbj_[i
will dislribule onlioxidonls,
U\ slobilizers ond HlLS for
olher polyners.
YHI>Feboc[h[of Honburg
0ernony is diversifying inlo
lhe lBS ond PP conpound-
ing business ond hos |usl
connissioned o 0operion
conpounding line. The
conpony hos lrodilionolly
focused on lhe recycling of
produclion wosle.
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holding conpony for 0hinese
conpounder >WhX_dN_dZW
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hos fooled on lhe 0T0
Bullelin Boord in lhe USl.
Xindo produces PP con-
pounds for o ronge of cor
nokers in 0hino, including
ludi, Red Flog, \W ond
Mozdo. ls onnuol produclion
copocily is 3,OOO lonnes ond
il hos 2? enployees.
YIf[YjhWCWij[hXWjYôf lhe
UK hos received plonning
pernission lo build o new
plonl in Hollon, Suffolk, ofler
oulgrowing ils exisling plonls
in neorby Holesworlh.
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nonolubes produclion
lhon 7O porlners ond lhe
bocking of lhe 0ernon Federol
Minislry for Fducolion ond
Reseorch lBMBFI. l oins lo
develop new lechnologies ond
opplicolions for 0NTs.
Boyer`s boord nenber
responsible for reseorch, Dr
Wolfgong Pilschke is piclured
ol lhe neeling wilh Thonos
Rochel, lhe porlionenlory
slole secrelory ol lhe BMBF,
which is conlribuling %/O
nillion lowords lhe %8O
nillion lhol nnovolionsollionz
0NT will invesl in R&D.
The globol norkel for 0NTs
is predicled lo grow ol 25%
per yeor lo reoch US$2 billion
in 1O yeors line. Showo Denko
hos olso onnounced plons lo
build on even lorger 0NT
produclion plonl in Jopon lsee
poge 28I.
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Luxus, lhe UK-bosed ploslics con-
pounder ond recycler, hos invesled in
new equipnenl, looling ond sloff for
ils lechnicol cenlre ol ils heodquorlers
in Loulh, Lincolnshire.
l hos inslolled o new Boy 35
in|eclion noulding nochine ond
inlerchongeoble looling for producing
S0-slondord lesl pieces. The conpony
hos olso boughl o new Konico Minollo colour
nolching syslen for fornulolion guidonce ond
quolily conlrol.
Soroh Willis hos been recruiled os loboro-
lory nonoger. She wos previously wilh liloniun
dioxide supplier Millenniun norgonic 0heni-
cols. Willis is piclured wilh Terry Burlon, lhe
lechnicol nonoger ol Luxus.
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The posl nonlh hos seen nore
|ob culs ond plonl closures
lhroughoul lhe polyner,
oddilives ond conpounding
supply choin os conponies
reocl lo globol econonic
downlurn.
87I< is inlroducing shorler
working hours for nore lhon
1,8OO enployees in 0ernony
ond loly. l is olso considering
selling ils leolhers ond lexlile
business os porl of o reslruc-
luring oheod of ils lokeover of
0ibo.
9WXejis closing four plonls
ond one regionol offce,
lenpororily holling produclion
ol lwo furlher plonls, inlroduc-
ing shorler working weeks ol
one plonl ond poslponing lhe
slorl-up of new copocily in
0hino. The culbocks will resull
in lhe loss of 5OO |obs, or 12%
of ils lolol workforce.
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neel bond repoynenls in lhe
currenl business clinole ond
noy be forced lo sell ossels,
occording lo observers.
9bWh_Wdjis reslrucluring ils
business ond shedding 1,OOO
|obs. These ore in oddilion lo
lhe 2,2OO |ob culs onnounced
in 2OO. l is olso reducing ils
lenporory workforce ond
overline levels os well os
inlroducing shorler hours.
9oj[Yis culling oround OO
|obs. l is closing ils speciolly
chenicols operolions in Lo
Llogoslo, Spoin, ond closing
sone lines in Belgiun ond
0ernony.
:em9^[c_YWbposled o loss
for 0/ ond soid lhol ils
operoling roles in Decenber
were |usl //%. l ond hos been
bodly hil by lhe wilhdrowol of
Kuwoil`s P0 fron lhe plonned
K-Dow |oinl venlure. This led
lhe conpony lo pull oul of ils
purchose of Rohn ond Hoos
losl nonlh. l soys lhol il is
slill considering oplions for
fnoncing lhe ocquisilion.
<[hhesoid lhol il cul ils
globol workforce by 12% lo
5,85 in 2OO8 ond is consider-
ing furlher culs. l is closing ils
inorgonics plonl in Linoges,
Fronce, ond hos shul ils
pignenls plonl Toccoo, USl.
>kdjicWdis shedding
1,175 |obs by lhe end of lhis
yeor, equivolenl lo ?% of ils
workforce. l is olso shulling
ils Ti0
2
plonl in 0rinsby, UK.
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slruggle lo neel loon repoy-
nenls ond ils debl hos been
downgroded. l is culling /OO
full-line |obs worldwide,
oboul 15% of ils workforce.
FbWij_YEcd_kc, o no|or
consuner of PP conpounds
for cor conponenls, reporled o
21% decline in ils oulonolive
business in lhe fnol quorler of
2OO8 ond hos worned lhol
lhere will be o furlher shorp
decline lhis yeor.
FeboEd[suffered o 0/ loss
ond hos onnounced 37O |ob
culs, 8% of ils lolol workforce.
l is closing ils P\0 conpound-
ing plonl in Niogoro, 0nlorio,
0onodo, ond is idling olher
copocily.
He^cWdZ>WWiis culling
on oddilionol ?OO |obs lon lop
of lhe ?25 onnounced losl
JuneI ond hos issued o legol
chollenge lo Dow 0henicol
over ils losl ninule decision lo
pull oul of ils plonned
purchose of lhe conpony.
Jhedenhos fled for chopler
11 proleclion of ils US
operolions. The Ti0
2
producer
wos spun off fron Kerr Mc0ee
in 2OO.
nduslry conlinues
culbocks ond closures
Luxus nokes lechnicol cenlre inveslnenl
Rodici opens
new plonl for
PF ond TPF
conpounds
The Rodici 0roup hos
opened o conpounding
operolion, colled Rodici
Flosloneri, in Provoglio
d`seo in loly. The new
conpony produces TPFs
ond PF conpounds.
The TPFs produced ol
lhe new plonl include.
Herofex l SFBS con-
pounds wilh low odour
enissions ond good lighl
slobilily, Herofex B SBS
conpounds wilh good
nechonicol perfornonce
ond high lenperolure
resislonce, Herofex P
elosloneric polyolefns
lorgeled ol sporlsweor
opplicolions such os ski
bools ond skoles, ond
Herofex F lhernoploslic
elosloner copolyeslers.
The PF conpounds,
norkeled under lhe
Rodilene brond none,
include LDPF, LLDPF,
MDPF ond HDPF producls.
Torgel opplicolions include
pipes ond conduils plus
synlhelic lurf infll.
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Teknor lpex hos creoled
dedicoled lines for producing
nedicol-grode P\0 con-
pounds wilh non-phlholole
ploslicizers ol lwo of ils US
plonls.
ll lhese lwo siles, lhe
produclion of vinyl conpounds
conloining DFHP ond olher
phlholole ploslicizers hos been
seporoled fron lhose conloin-
ing ollernolive oddilives, such
os odipoles, cilroles, diben-
zooles, DN0H, D0TP ond
lrinelliloles. The nove could
be exlended lo ils Singopore
conpounding focilily if lhere is
suffcienl denond.
Teknor lpex`s induslry
Showo Denko K.K. lSDKI of
Jopon ond Hyperion 0ololysis
of lnerico hove enlered on
ogreenenl covering corbon
nonolubes l0NTsI supply ond
polenl licenses.
The polenl license
pernils SDK lo sell 0NTs for
use in specifc ploslics
opplicolions covered by
Hyperion`s exlensive polenl
porlfolio. n exchonge, lhe
loller conpony will receive
royollies ond olher poynenls
fron SDK.
Under lhe supply
ogreenenl, SDK will
purchose Hyperion`s Fibril
0NT-bosed producls for sole
olongside ils own grodes.
The lwo conponies ore olso
considering oreos for
colloborolive reseorch ond
developnenl.
Hyperion`s \P of business
developnenl, Dovid Wohl-
slodler soid. We see lhe
orrongenenl wilh Showo
Denko os on iniliol slrolegic
slep lowords leveroging
Hyperion`s polenl porlfolio
ond copilolising on lhe ever
increosing denond for
corbon nonolubes in
connerciol opplicolions.
SDK hos olso lounched o
new 0NT grode ond on-
nounced plons lo build o new
/OO lonnes/yeor plonl lsee
poge 28 for full deloilsI.
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Teknor lpex slorls DFHP-free lines
nonoger, Peler M. 0ollond
exploined lhe bockground lo
lhe nove. While DFHP hos
been used in nedicol devices
for holf o cenlury wilh no
recorded odverse hunon
heollh inleroclions, regulolory
iniliolives like lhe Furopeon
Union lobelling requirenenl
for DFHP, effeclive in 2O1O,
conpel sone device nonufoc-
lurers lo look for conpounds
conloining ollernolive
ploslicizers.
n oddilion lo supplying
nedicol P\0 conpounds
globolly, Teknor lpex olso
produces ploslicizers bolh for
ils own use ond for sole lo
olher conponies. l is
lherefore well ploced lo
provide odvice ond supply lhe
full ronge of oplions.
The conpony soys lhol
conpounds conloining non-
phlholole ploslicizers ore
lypicolly 1O-35% nore
expensive lhon lhose bosed on
DFHP, ollhough D0TP only hos
o slighl preniun. There ore
olso conpronises in perforn-
once, porliculorly reloling lo
woler exlroclobilily.
However, 0ollond wos quick
lo poinl oul lhol lhere ore even
greoler lrode-offs involved in
swilching lo P\0-free
nedicol lubing which con kink
ond resisls solvenl cenenling
ol conneclions. These
physicol foilings pul polienls ol
reol risk, he soid.
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differenl woys ond looks ol how lhey
will be inpocled by lhe globol
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lre ndio ond 0hino slill
londs of opporlunily?
For nony yeors, lhe energing norkels of lsio hove
ochieved lhe highesl growlh roles in lhe globol
conpounding business, overoging onnuol increoses in
produclion ond denond of nore lhon 1O%.
The induslry hos increosed in line wilh lhe growlh in
soles of lhernoploslic resins lhroughoul lhe region,
driven by surging denond for conpounds fron lhe
conslruclion, oulonolive, opplionce, eleclronics ond
wire ond coble norkels. Wilh lhe slowdown in lhe
globol econony, nony of lhese norkels now foce
consideroble chollenges in lhe shorl-lern fulure,
especiolly lhose which hove been heovily relionl on
exporls lo lhe Wesl. However, lhey renoin norkels wilh
high polenliol in lhe longer lern.
Wilhin lhe energing lsion econonies, lhe norkels
ore doninoled by 0hino ond ndio, which hove devel-
oped quile differenl norkel slruclures. n 0hino, lhe
norkel hos lorgely been driven by growlh in denond for
conpounds ond noslerbolch lo serve processors
supplying exporl norkels. By conlrosl, il hos been locol
processing growlh lhol hos underpinned lhe norkel in
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ndion-owned businesses. Such operolions hove
lrodilionolly been snoll, locolised businesses wilh low-
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locolised ond frognenled nolure of lhe ndion induslry
ond lhese renoin chollenges lo ils developnenl.
The high cosl of copilol in ndio hos olso node il
diffcull for snoller conponies lo roise loons ond grow
lheir businesses. However, lhis noy prove on odvonloge
in lhe currenl econonic environnenl os wilhoul high
debls lhese snoller conponies ore oflen surviving
beller lhon lhe lorger, nore indebled ployers.
Wilh econonic growlh in recenl yeors on o por wilh
0hino ond wilh o populolion lo nolch, ndio hos been
en|oying slrong growlh for lhernoploslic resins ond hos
lhe polenliol lo becone lhe lhird lorgesl consuner
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kg in 0hino ond more lhon 8O kg for lhe
Furopeon Union. The ndion morkel is being
driven primorily by rising domeslic demond
for ogricullurol producls, consumer goods,
cors ond heollhcore producls, os well os
infroslruclure needs.
Polymer use in ndio is primorily occounled for by
commodily lhermoploslics. lccording lo lM 0onsull-
ing, lhe morkel in ndio wos oround million lonnes in
2OO8. However, lhe lolol volume of polymers processed
onnuolly is much higher lhon lhis, os lhere ore
signifconl levels of recycling in ndio, lhonks lo more
lhon 1.5 million of lhe counlry`s poor scouring ond
scovenging disposol siles for ploslics lhol con be
recycled. Fslimoles on lhe volumes of recycled moleriol
used in ndio vory from /O% up lo 7O% of lhe lolol
morkel, oll recycled lhrough mechonicol processes.
lfler posling double digil morkel growlh in 2OO7,
demond dropped owoy signifconlly in 2OO8 in ndio, wilh
lhe effecl lhol currenl morkel demond is similor lo
2OO levels. Ploslics processing ond lhe compounding
seclor were olso offecled by lhe ropid rise in oil ond
resin prices during 2OO8, which conlribuled lo lhe
decline in produclion os componies were unoble lo
operole proflobly. There remoins o signifconl shorlfoll
in lhe supply of mosl lhermoploslics in ndio, which
exocerboled price increoses. However, lhe supply
siluolion is expecled lo eose lhrough 2OO lhonks lo
new copocily for polypropylene from Relionce nduslries
ond for polyolefns from lhe Middle Fosl.
0ompounding morkels in ndio hove lended lo grow
ol roles oheod of lhose for polymer consumplion os o
whole. Demond hos grown on overoge by 1/% per yeor
since 18 compored wilh onnuol growlh of 8% for
polymer demond overoll. The frogmenled nolure of
ploslics processing in ndio, wilh o lorge number of
relolively unsophislicoled processors, limils lhe
demond for more odvonced oddilive compounds ond
moslerbolch producls. ndio hos generolly lended lo be
o closed morkel wilh relolively lillle lrode in com-
pounds. High loriff borriers hove olso limiled demond
for sophislicoled engineering producls. Whilsl lhe econ-
omy hos opened up over lhe losl 15 yeors, imporls
conlinue lo occounl for o relolively smoll shore of lhe
locol morkel.
Rising cor produclion in ndio hos driven o number of
recenl inveslmenls in ploslics compounding. BlSF is
building o new compounding plonl ol lhe compony`s
currenl sile in Thone, Mohoroshlro, which is slill on
schedule for loler lhis yeor. Hyundoi Fngineering
Ploslics recenlly enlered lhe morkel wilh o plonl in
0hennoi ond Milsui-Prime Polymers is olso plonning o
new compounding focilily ol Neemrono, Ro|oslhon, for
2OO. Bolh of lhese ore geored lo supplying Koreon ond
Joponese cor inveslmenls respeclively, which ore
moking ndio o hub for smoll cor produclion.
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n 0hino lhe hope for compounders is lhol rising locol
demond will help lo underpin lhe morkel for lhem in
2OO. 0hino lincluding Hong KongI is eslimoled lo
occounl for over holf of bolh lhe consumplion ond
produclion of lhermoploslic compounds in lsio lnol
including JoponI. The morkel hos been growing wilhoul
inlerruplion for neorly 2O yeors. Forlier hiccups, such
os lhe 17-8 lsion fnonciol crisis, borely offecled
0hino ond olher evenls, such os lhe recession in world
lrode in 2OO1, lhe SlRS epidemic ond lhe oulbreok of
lhe roq wor in 2OO2, did lillle lo reslricl 0hino`s
oscendoncy in lhe globol ploslics induslry.
The drivers for lhis growlh hove been lhe ropid
increose in 0hinese ploslics demond, os locol compo-
nies hove increosed oulpul for bolh lhe domeslic
morkel ond for exporl. The role of 0hino os o globol
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moved lheir produclion lo 0hino. This move cleorly
resulls in bolh increosed polymer ond compound
demond, encouroging furlher inveslmenl in 0hino
lhroughoul lhe polymer supply choin.
lllhough ropidly developing ond increosingly
sophislicoled, lhe 0hinese morkel reloins ils chorocler-
islics of being regionol in nolure. Foch province hos ils
own commerciol environmenl ond slruclure ond lhere
does nol yel exisl o homogenous 0hinese morkel. ls
would be expecled, lhe moin cenlres for
compounding demond ore in lhe soulh
oround 0uongdong ond Hong Kong, in
lhe eosl neor Shonghoi ond oround lhe
copilol Bei|ing. However, eoch region
hos ils own choroclerislics. Hoinon hos
o lorge number of inveslmenls by
Toiwonese componies, while 0uong-
dong ond Shonghoi ore more inlerno-
lionol in lheir focus.
l is olso lhe cose lhol cerloin induslries lend lo be
focused in cerloin geogrophies. Thus, 0uongdong ond
lhe soulh hove much more in|eclion moulding, while
pockoging flm, for exomple, is more slrongly cenlred in
0uongdong, Shondong, Jiongsu, Zhe|iong, Shonghoi ond
Hebei.
l is olso cleor lhol ollhough improving in lechnicol
profciency, mony 0hinese processors conlinue lo use
dry blends ond pigmenls in signifconl quonlilies. While,
lhere is o cleor move lo lhe greoler use of moslerbolch,
lhis odoplion hos been slower lhon oflen onlicipoled os
lhe cosl effecliveness of dry blends ond lrodilionol
proclices of using lhese simpler producls only slowly
foll owoy. ncreosingly lhough, os slondords ond quolily
improve, so componies ore seeking lo moke greoler use
of moslerbolch ond more sophislicoled compounds.
0ompelilion in lhe morkel is olso increosing os lhe
hisloricol division of lhe induslry belween lmericon,
Furopeon, Joponese ond locol processors leoch of
which purchosed from lheir respeclive nolionol
suppliersI is breoking down. ls Weslern owned
operolions oppoinl locol 0hinese monogers in key roles,
lhey become less loyol lo lhe old suppliers ond look lo
olher componies regordless of nolionolily lo give lhem o
good deol.
This is o morkel lhol demonds o high level of
commilmenl ond underslonding. The implicolion is lhol
even for Weslern or Joponese suppliers who hove been
oclive in lhe region for mony yeors ond who hove locol
produclion, developing business is diffcull, porliculorly
lo locol 0hinese owned componies. Few, oulside 0hino,
reolly underslond whol is going on lhere.
The currenl economic slowdown is
presenling huge chollenges lo lhe
compounding induslry in 0hino. This is
likely lo resull in reslrucluring ond
reorgonisolion omong bolh lhe
inlernolionolly bocked operolors ond
locolly owned ployers. Weokening demond hos high-
lighled operoling ineffciencies ond cumbersome
monogemenl slruclures omong 0hinese owned
businesses, moking lhese componies slower lo odopl lo
lhe chonging morkel condilions. Thousonds of foclories
hove been molhbolled or closed down, porliculorly in
Shonghoi ond 0uongdong provinces where more lhon
holf of ploslics processing is relionl on exporl lrode.
lmong lhe inlernolionol componies, queslions remoin
oround lheir proflobilily in lhe foce of folling demond
ond lhe loss of lox reboles.
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0hino. Somsung Tolol Pelrochemicols is building o new
28,OOO lonnes/yeor PP compounding unil ol Dongguon.
l is expecled lo come on slreom in 2OO. The plonl will
supply PP compounds for use in household opplionces
ond eleclronic equipmenl. LyondellBosell opened o
15,OOO lonnes/yeor compounding plonl in Nonsho in
2OO8, ond demilsu onnounced plons for on engineering
compounds plonl in neorby 0uongzhou for loler lhis
yeor. These inveslmenls lhough, lied inlo supplying lhe
globol bronds, moy be hil by lhe collopse in exporls.
Locol producers meonwhile ore seeking lo redefne
lheir porlfolio of producls lo move owoy from commod-
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2OO8, leoding locol producer Kingfo ocquired Mionyong
Dongfong Speciol Fngineering Ploslic, which monufoc-
lures high-densily polyelhylene for corrosion prevenlion
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purchoses of goods such os refrigerolors, T\s ond
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0hinese opplionce seclor.
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produclion of onlioxidonls ll0sI ore conlinuolly shifling
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lsion suppliers ore creoling on oddilionol pressure on
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ducers of hindered phenolic lypes olone, ollhough nosl
of lhen hove onnuol copocilies of less lhon 3OO lonnes.
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diffcull norkel condilions lhol ore pulling pressure on
esloblished suppliers. Klous Keck-lnloine, execulive
offcer for globol opplicolions ol Koreon l0 producer
Songwon nduslriol, soys lhol RFl0H legislolion could
see sone snoller suppliers disoppeor fron lhe Furo-
peon norkel if lhey do nol hove suffcienl resources ond
noney lo deol wilh ils conplexily.
RFl0H could olso see sone speciolily slobilizers
wilhdrown if lheir suppliers - even lhe lorger ones
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of regislrolion. Bul lhere is no doubl lhol slobilizer
developnenl will conlinue, if only lo fnd ollernolives
lo high-volune oddilives lhol could in lhe fulure hove
legislolive reslriclions slopped on lhen.
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ploslics producer 0ornel 0lefns, wilh nony yeors
of experience in working wilh oddilives suppliers. He
noles lhol lhe onlioxidonls norkel is bosed oround o
Slobilizers gel speciolized
snoll nunber of workhorse grodes lhol ore connonly
referred lo by lhe codes given lo lhen by lhe world`s
biggesl producer, 0ibo. So 1O1O ond 1O7 lypes refer
lo 0ibo`s rgonox chenicolly hindered phenol prinory
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phosphile secondory l0.
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lwo lypes, bul ore fornuloled for nore specifc opplico-
lions. Joponese conponies like Sunilono 0henicol
lwilh ils Sunilizer grodesI hove developed nunerous
speciolilies ond lhere is o lendency loo onong weslern
suppliers lo concenlrole on speciolilies, becouse of
lheir odded volue.
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cusing on more opplicolion-specifc developmenls lhol
lronslole inlo exlro feolure benefls in end producls,
ond which con lherefore commond o premium. Peler
Smilh, vice presidenl for onlioxidonls ond U\ slobilizers
ll0/U\I ol 9^[cjkhWin lhe USl, soys lhol nol enough
ollenlion is poid lo lhe lolol cosl of gelling lhe oddilive
inlo lhe polymer molrix - powder oddilives for exom-
ple moy require speciol sloroge syslems lo minimize
lhe risk of explosion. This is one of lhe reosons for lhe
developmenl of 0hemluro`s Weslon LPP liquid oddilives
lLPP slonds for Liquid Produclivily PlolformI. These con
be hondled more eosily ond dosed more precisely, soys
lhe compony.
0f course, lhere is nolhing new oboul liquid onlioxi-
donls, lhere hove been grodes ovoiloble for 15 yeors
or more. Bul lhey hove nol been problem-free, porlly
becouse lhey oflen conloin nonylphenol lNPI, which hos
some loxicily issues ossocioled wilh il. Weslon 7O5, o
lrioryl phosphile, is lhe frsl NP-free liquid phosphile
onlioxidonl, occording lo Smilh.
Jonolhon Hill, lechnology direclor for l0/U\s wilh
0hemluro in Trofford Pork, Fnglond, soys Weslon
7O5 is inlended os on ollernolive lo Weslon TNPP, on
NP-conloining grode lhol is widely used in polyolefns,
lBS, P\0 ond olher polymers. TNPP con`l be beolen
for ils cosl-effecliveness, he soys, bul Weslon 7O5
molches il.
The new oddilive is bosed on o complelely new
chemislry ond is currenlly going lhrough opprovol
processes oround lhe world. l hos recenlly obloined
regislrolion in lhe USl ond so is ovoiloble for use now
in lhe lmericos. The full process should be complele
by lhe end of lhis yeor. Food conlocl opprovols ore olso
being soughl.
The big odvonloge of Weslon 7O5 is lhol il eno-
bles you lo creole liquid phenol-phosphile synergislic
blends, Hill noles. lnd mosl slondord solid phenolic
l0s will dissolve in il loo.
0hemluro is working on more liquid l0s, including
o phenolic, Nougord /31 Plus. This is on old molecule,
bul we hove redesigned lhe process lo moke o dromolic
improvemenl in producl quolily, soys Hill. Whereos lhe
old molecule wos o yellowish, honey-like moleriol,
nol well suiled lo polyolefns, Nougord /31 Plus is much
less viscous ond woler while - ond il hos improved per-
formonce. n porliculor, we ore looking ol combining il
wilh Weslon 7O5 lo creole new liquid blends, Hill soys.
Nougord /31 is in lhe fnol sloges of developmenl.
Jusl os innovolive, bul in o quile differenl woy, is
0enox FP, o combined primory ond secondory l0 lhol
is especiolly good in polyolefns. Derived from rope
seed oil, il is one resull of 0hemluro`s drive lo develop
greener producls. l exhibils zero discolorolion, lhe
bone of phenolics. l is olso more resislonl lo so-colled
gos foding, lhe yellowing coused by exposure lo nilro-
gen oxides.
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olefns. For exomple, il hos produced o liquid phosphile
lhol con be used in ploce of TNPP in LLDPF, HDPF, ond
olher resins. Technicol direclor Mick Jokupco soys lhol
il offers enhonced colour ond mell fow process slobil-
ily, compolibilily ond long-lerm heol slobilily compored
lo commodily phosphiles. 0urrenlly, il is opproved for
use in indirecl food conlocl opplicolions wilhin lhe FU,
while FDl opprovols ore pending.
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used Doverphos / HiPure lrisnonylphenol phosphile
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food-opproved compolibilizer lhol eliminoles lhe bloom
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process slobilily lhol is equivolenl lo high performonce
phosphiles, bul wilh improved economics.
7bX[cWhb[`s Flhonox 33O, o high moleculor weighl
hindered phenolic onlioxidonl, is described os o supe-
rior processing slobilizer lhol relords breokdown of lhe
polymer during processing ond end-use opplicolions.
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opplicolions due lo ils excellenl resislonce lo exlroclion
in woler ond oil. l is olso very well suiled lo wire ond
coble grodes.
Unlike olher hindered phenolic onlioxidonls, lhis
producl does nol hove esler groups which ore more
prone lo hydrolysis, soys Kos Noyok, lechnicol odvisor
for polymer onlioxidonls ond blends ol llbemorle. l hos
brood opprovols for indirecl food conlocl opplicolions.
Becouse of lhe oddilive`s wide uses in polyolefns, we
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ing of Flhonox 33O ond olher co-oddilives for improved
slobilily of HDPF pipes lo exlend lheir life beyond 1OO
yeors, Noyok soys.
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menls in polyolefn row moleriols,
lhere is olso o need for oddilives
lo improve in order lo ensure lhe
improved properlies of lhe moleriol
ore moinloined or enhonced.
She ciles rgoslob RM 8, for use
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oxidolion ofler processing, ond is in lhis sense more
occurolely lermed long-lerm lhermol slobilizer.
Long-lerm lhermol slobilizers obviously hove lo func-
lion effeclively ol lemperolures well below lhe melling
poinl of lhe polymer.
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oimed ol lhermoploslic polyurelhone lTPUI opplicolions
in sporls ond leisure producls such os ski bools, in-line
skoles ond lronsporenl oir cushions. Unlike mony olher
lighl slobilizers, il does nol offecl lhe iniliol colour of
TPU ofler compounding ond in|eclion moulding. ls
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TPF producers ond nochinery nokers ogree lhol lhere is
slill slrong growlh polenliol in lhe nid- lo long-lern.
Poul Killion, lechnicol norkeling nonoger ol globol
conpounding group HJF, confrns lhol TPFs were
experiencing good growlh prior lo lhe recenl slowdown.
He odds. lhe oclivily lhol we see ond lhe infornolion
lhol we ore receiving supporl lhis pro|ecled growlh, so
our long-lern view is nol chonging.
However, in lhe shorl-lern ol leosl, proflobilily is
being hil by lhe generol slowdown in business, espe-
ciolly in lhe oulonolive seclor. For AhW_Xkh]JF;lhis is
on issue, os lhe cor induslry is ils biggesl cusloner. The
conpony`s chief execulive, Fronz Hinlerecker soys lhol
he believes lhe slowdown could be os nuch os 2O-25%
in lhe posl yeor. Bul lhis hosn`l donpened his oplinisn.
ll K 2OO7 in Dsseldorf, 0ernony, he predicled
lhol lhe TPF induslry would conlinue lo see growlh of
oround 5-7% per yeor - o prediclion lhol in lhe nid-
lern he is slill posilive oboul. Nobody knows ol lhe
nonenl how long il is going lo loke ond when il`s going
lo chonge, we |usl hove lo be polienl, he soys.
Rolf J. Dohl, leoder for lwin-screw exlruders ol
TPFs reody lo bounce bock
AhWkiiCW\\[_8[hijeh\\ogrees. TP\ is on lhe brink
of |unping inlo olher induslries, he soys. Therefore
lhink lhol lhe 5-7% onnuol growlh role, depending on
lhe opplicolion ond oreo, is slill volid.
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lions in order lo renoin fexible os norkel condilions
conlinue lo deleriorole. The doys of lhe norrow producl
line, regionol conpounder ore over, occording lo Bob
Fller, presidenl of HeX[hj;bb[h7iieY_Wj[i. 0onpound-
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We look lo our producl diversily ond our independ-
ence os key slrenglhs, soys Killion. The besl woy lhol
RTP con work lhrough lhese lougher limes is by lever-
oging our diversily of lechnologies ond conlinuing lhe
innovolion cycle, he odds. 0ne woy lhol lhe compony
is doing lhis is by coupling ils TPF lechnologies wilh ils
ploslics oddilives experlise, creoling on olmosl limil-
less supply of moleriols. For exomple, lhe compony
hos developed ond is preporing lo releose some new
FM shielding grodes.
AhW_Xkh]JF;hos olso loken on lhe some concepl,
developing o very wide ronge of TPFs lhol con be
combined wilh o very wide ronge of lhermoploslics.
Hinlerecker soys. For lhe overmoulding business we
ore very well prepored becouse we con offer solulions
for neorly every kind of lhermoploslic, even PP.
Kroiburg hos olso been busy working on o new
generolion of TPFs lhol con wilhslond lemperolures up
lo 17O0 ond ore resislonl lo medio such os molor oil,
fuels, greoses ond coolonls - properlies which were
previously only olloined by high-performonce rubbers.
Therefore lhese new TPFs con be used in oulomo-
live under-lhe-hood opplicolions such os pipes, breok
hoses ond fuel hoses, soys Hinlerecker.
The producl, which wos developed in con|unclion
wilh Lonxess, hos been undergoing lesling in recenl
monlhs ond will be morkeled under lhe lrode nome
Hipex. lccording lo Hinlerecker, lhe morkel reoclion
lo lhe lriol producls hos been very good. suppose we
were olmosl surprised ol how posilive lhe response
wos, he odds. They ore iniliolly ovoiloble wilh 7O ond
8O Shorel hordness wilh sofler compounds under
developmenl.
FeboEd[hos olso inlroduced lwo high-performonce
TPFs - 0nFlex-\ 2/OO ond lhe 0nFlex-\ 2OO. The lher-
moploslic vulconizoles lTP\sI ore speciolly formuloled
for exlrusion processes, providing o good surfoce quol-
ily ond lhroughpul. Furlhermore, lhey con wilhslond
lemperolures of over 15O0 ond employ o slobilisolion
syslem lhol imporls heol ogeing resislonce ond melol
deoclivolion. The 0nFlex-\ 2OO ronge of compounds
come wilh lhe odded benefl of being highly fome
relordonl ond RoHS complionl.
lnolher recenl developmenl from Poly0ne is ils
0nFlex Bio series of lhermoploslic polyurelhone lTPUI
compounds. These ore mode from ol leosl 2O% renew-
oble resources bosed on C[hgk_diW`s Peorllhone Fco
TPU lechnology.
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menl of rubber oulomolive rubber seoling wilh TP\s.
KroussMoffei Berslorff`s Dohl soys lhol lhe lrend is
being driven by oppeoronce ond cosl issues.
0ne of lhe eorly odoplers of lhe lechnology hos been
Peugeol. ls 3O8 model feolures slolic window seols
mode from o TP\-S, developed by 9JI, lhe compound-
ing division of Tessenderlo which includes 0ousin-Tess-
ier, Soplosl ond T0T-Polsko. The moleriol is bosed on
on inlerpenelroling nelwork of polypropylene ond SFBS,
which is supplied by AhWjed. The developmenl is on
imporlonl slep forword occording lo Benoil Burel, busi-
ness developmenl monoger ol 0TS. f you speok oboul
compression sel, il will of course be eosy lo show lhol
lhermosel rubber is beller in lhol choroclerislic, bul
in lhis cose lhe shope of lhe seols hos been odopled
lo work properly wilh lhe TPF, he soys.
The moin benefl of lhe TP\-S seol is o
consislenl visuol oppeoronce for lhe exlrusions,
corner mouldings ond in|eclion-moulded compo-
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in chorge of lhe oulomolive morkel. The syslem
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FPDM seols, bul insisls lhol lhe moin driving force for
lhe chonge wos improved oppeoronce. TP\-S looks
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lowords conlinuous compounding grows.
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combinolion of o shorl rubber processing exlruder wilh
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lo be fed conlinuously lhrough lhe mochine wilhoul lhe
need for pre-pellelizing.
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lhrough lhe norrow opening is nol possible, ond lhere-
fore il needs lo be pellelized frsl. This con become
diffcull becouse rubber is very slicky ond you need lo
powder il ogoin, occording lo Dohl. This is why some
compounders slill prefer lo use bolch mixing, ond lhis
is whol inspired us lo develop o solulion, he odds.
Berslorff is equolly involved in bolh rubber ond
ploslics lechnology, which mode lhe developmenl of lhe
mochine eosier occording lo Dohl. We |usl looked lo
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hondle lhese rubber slrips or rubber slobs? They hod o
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0operion`s recenl 0pen House evenl provided lols of proclicol
processing odvice os well os o voluoble insighl inlo lhe fulure plons
of lhe world`s leoding supplier of lwin-screw conpounding exlruders.
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More lhon 2OO people golhered in Slullgorl, 0ernony,
ol lhe end of Jonuory for lhe 0operion 0pen House
evenl, which look lhe lhene of lhe Fulure in 0on-
pounds ond Moslerbolches. Bock in lhe 1?5Os, when il
wos known os Werner & Pfeiderer, lhe conpony
pioneered lhe use of lwin-screw conpounding exlrud-
ers, ond under lhe 0operion brond il is slill lhe norkel
leoder. So ils lhoughls on lhe fulure of conpounding
corry plenly of weighl.
The inlernolionol oudience heord oboul sone
exciling new lechnicol developnenls, including on
innovolive syslen for feeding diffcull noleriols inlo lhe
exlruder. There wos olso o live denonslrolion of on-line
colour neosurenenl ond lhe conpony reveoled plons
for ils lorgesl ever exlruder.
More on lhose developnenls loler, bul frsl sone
focls ond fgures. lccording lo Wolfgong Poschl,
nenber of lhe execulive boord of 0operion, lhere ore
nore lhon 1O,OOO 0operion/W&P conpounding syslens
inslolled oround lhe world, which occounl for nore lhon
25% of lhe lolol norkel.
Losl yeor sow o record lurnover of %58O nillion for
lhe whole 0operion 0roup, including lhe noleriols
hondling business. This wos o 21% increose on 2OO7
ond wos lorgely driven by o peok of oclivily in polyolefn
plonl conslruclion in lhe Middle Fosl, 0hino ond Soulh
lnerico. This resulled in o surge in denond for lhe
conpony`s lorgesl conpounding lines, wilh 2OO7`s order
inloke reoching %O? nillion, which in lurn led lo 2OO8`s
record lurnover.
This peok in denond hos possed - losl yeor`s order
inloke wos bock down lo %5OO nillion - ollhough Poschl
soys lhol lhere ore slill sone polyolefn pro|ecls in lhe
0operion opens ils doors
ond looks lo lhe fulure
pipeline in 0hino, Russio ond ndio. He olso soid lhol lhe
oin is lo grow lurnover lo %8OO nillion in lhe nexl lwo
lo lhree yeors. Poschl soys lhol lhe conpony would
consider ocquisilions in od|ocenl norkels such os food,
chenicols ond shipping. n 2OO7 il ocquired lhe olunino
hondling business, Horlnonn.
0operion nonufoclures ond ossenbles lwin-screw
exlruders ol ils plonls in 0ernony, lhe US ond 0hino.
The loller produces lhe 0TS nodel for lhe locol lsion
norkel ond ossenbles lhe STS exlruders wilh globolly
sourced porls for cusloners oll oround lhe world. The
lop of lhe ronge ZSK nochines ore produced in
0ernony ond lhe US.
Nexl yeor will see o new oddilion lo lhe ZSK ronge.
Wilh ils /2O nn dioneler screws, lhe ZSK /2O will be
lhe lorgesl exlruder in lhe 0operion line-up - lhe
currenl leoder is lhe ZSK 38O. l will loke lhe noxinun
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onniversory of lhe inlroduclion of lhe ZSK Mego0om-
pounder Plus mochine, which hos quickly become lhe
big seller in lhe ronge. Peler von Hoffmonn, generol
monoger for compounding syslems for engineering
ploslics ond moslerbolch, exploined lhol lhe Plus
model hod occounled for more lhon holf of 1,1OO ZSKs
sold in lhe four yeors since ils inlroduclion.
l hos proved porliculorly populor for producing gloss
fbre flled compounds, where ils 2O% increose in lorque
lypicolly leods lo even lorger increoses in lhroughpul.
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lime ol lhe 0pen House.
Feed Fnhoncemenl Technology lFFTI involves
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|usl downslreom of where lhe solid moleriols ore being
fed inlo lhe exlruder. l vocuum is opplied lo lhe porous
zone, which is permeoble lo gos, lo help drow lhe solids
inlo lhe feed zone.
The porous zone con be locoled ocross lhe lop of lhe
borrel or on lhe side of eoch screw. 0operion soys lhol
FFT con olso be opplied lo smoller lwin-screw side
feeders, insleod of lhe moin exlruder, for exomple for
improving lhe hondling of lolc.
The Feed Fnhoncemenl Technology olso involves
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lhe solids conveying. Nilrogen con be used lo provide o
bockfush lo cleon lhe porous zone. n oddilion, lhe
porosily ond vocuum level con be odopled lo reduce lhe
risk of blocking.
lccording lo Peler Heidemeyer, heod of lechnologies
ol 0operion, lhe compony hos ochieved dromolic
increoses in lhroughpuls in lriols wilh FFT. He soys
lhol lhe process is porliculorly suiled lo compounding
highly flled moleriols, moslerbolch, wood-ploslic
composiles, powder coolings ond PP wilh hollow gloss
microspheres.
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exlruding HDPF wilh differenl porlicle sizes. The
biggesl increose wos for resin wilh o fne porlicle size
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n furlher lriols, lhe lolc wos odded seporolely in lhe
fourlh borrel seclion using o ZSB feeder wilh ond
wilhoul FFT ossislonce. lpplying lhe vocuun ossislonce
lo lhe lwin-screw feeding unil gove inprovenenls of
3O-2OO% in overoll lhroughpul. The biggesl increose
wos wilh o 32% looding of lolc wilh o bulk densily of
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porlicle size of 3.7 nicrons, being
processed on o ZSK 5O ol OO rpn.
0operion opplied for o polenl for lhe lechnology in
0clober losl yeor lclick here lo view lhe opplicolion in
fullI. Heideneyer soys lhol lhe lechnology is ovoiloble
connerciolly ond lhe frsl exonple hos been produced
for o ZSK ?2 line.
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Heideneyer olso used lhe 0pen House lo inlroduce o
lronsporenl plug lhol con be incorporoled inlo lhe
borrel woll lo ollow operolors lo see whol is hoppening
inside lhe exlruder. The plug, which wilhslonds 7O bor
ond lenperolures up lo 25O0, con be flled lo ZSK
nodel sizes up lo /O//3. There is enough spoce in lhe
\olune benefls for
corbon block
0operion used lhe 0pen House lo presenl sone inleresling fndings
on lhe produclion of corbon block noslerbolch. The conpony hod
been osked by one of ils cusloners whelher lhis nonufocluring
process would be besl corried oul using o Mego0onpounder Plus or
o Mego\olune Plus nochine, which hos /O% nore free volune lD
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Mego0onpounder ond o ZSK 5/ Mego\olune unil.
The frsl lesls involved conpounding LDPF wilh /O% corbon block
wilh o porlicle size of 2O nononelres, ond lhe Mego\olune exlruder
ochieved 8O% higher lhroughpul wilh lhe sone quolily levels. The
second lriol involved LLDPF looded wilh /O% corbon block wilh o
lorger porlicle size of 3O nononelres. Here lhe Mego\olune ochieved
o 1OO% in lhroughpul, while noinloining producl quolily.
We were oslonished by lhe resulls, soys Mollhios Weinnonn,
nonoger for noslerbolch ond STS nochines ol 0operion. We hove
found sonelhing new ond we plon lo expond lhe work furlher.
0operion 0pen House lZkZcigZk^Zl
plug lo include lighling lo illuminole lhe moleriols os
lhey ore being processed.
0operion hos olso developed o new sompling plole
for producl evoluolion. The sompling lime is lypicolly
oround 1O seconds ond con even be corried oul in semi-
flled oreos of lhe exlruder. The volve con be buill in ol
ony oxiol posilion on ZSK model sizes from 18 lo 2.
lnolher developmenl for process moniloring wos
shown in oclion ol lhe 0pen House evenl. The R00
0olor0onlrol Syslem provides direcl on-line colour
meosuremenl of pellels. 0ronules con be exlrocled
oulomolicolly, immediolely downslreom of lhe pel-
lelizer. 0nly smoll somples ore required compored wilh
lrodilionol lechniques. The pellels ore spreod on o
lemperolure-conlrolled bench for sconning by lhe
speclrol line comero.
Soflwore evoluoles lhe scon reodings ond deler-
mines lhe colour of lhe pellels, moking ollowonces for
slress-whilened zones on lheir chopped edges. l con
produce resulls in less lhon lhree minules ond
eliminoles lhe need lo in|eclion mould ploques for
lesling, which con exlend lhe whole process lo 25-/O
minules, occording lo R00.
The syslem is porliculorly
suiloble for colour compounds,
where lhere is very good
correlolion belween lhe on-
line meosuremenls ond lhose
from ploques. l con olso be
used wilh moslerbolch
produclion, ollhough lhe correlolion wilh
lrodilionol lesl melhods is nol os close.
The colour correclions need lo be mode by
lhe compounding line operolor. The 0pen House
demonslrolion used o ZSK 2 line fed wilh o dry
pigmenl mix ond wilh colour correclions mode by
od|usling single pigmenl concenlroles lor mono-
moslerbolchesI vio o grovimelric feeder. R00 is looking
ol woys of oulomoling lhe correclion process, possibly
lhrough on odvisor syslem, os lhe compony feels lhol
lhere would slill be o need for operolor supervision.
ls reporled in lhe December issue of 0ompounding
World, 0operion hos signed on exclusive dislribulion
ogreemenl wilh R00 0plicol0onlrol covering lhe
0olor0onlrol Syslem.
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role pre-weighed doses of
moleriols lhol do nol need lo
be blended.
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omounls of less lhon 1O lb
l/.5 kgI up lo 2OO lb lO kgI,
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pony`s 0uordion bolch blend-
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monuol bullon or oulomoled
signol, o progrommoble
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molic gole feeder lo lronsfer
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processed using lrodilionol
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con olso produce exlremely
fne powders wilh on overoge
porlicle size of 3O microns.
The liquid nilrogen lechnol-
ogy hos been developed by
The Jel Pulverizer 0ompony of
New Yersey, USl, which hos
mony yeors of |el milling ex-
perience. l hos formed o new
compony colled LiquoJel lo de-
velop ond opply lhe new liquid
nilrogen process. l is offering
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hos used lhe lechnology lo
mill o ronge of polymers
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PP, Pl ond PLl.
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monlh`s feolure on exlruder
screw design ond monufoclure.
The new operoling unil hos
been esloblished lo supply
replocemenl weor porls for oll
leoding bronds of co-rololing
lwin-screw exlruders includ-
ing bolh Fnlek ond non-Fnlek
mochines. l will olso offer o
ronge of oddilionol supporl
services.
The US-bosed compony hos
invesled lo increose ils pro-
duclion copocily ond lo provide
fosler deliveries of screws ond
borrels. Severol new mochin-
ing cenlres ore now complelely
dedicoled lo lhe replocemenl
weor porls business.
n oddilion, Fnlek Plus
will offer o ronge of services
including. employee lroining,
lesling of new compounds
using ils in-house develop-
menl lob, mochine rebuilds
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performonce expeclolions for
ploslicized colendering ond
ploslisol opplicolions.
The new generolion of
solid 0o/Zn slobilizers con
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ing ond ovoid T-lobels under
lhe FU direclive 7/5/8/FF0.
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mers for lhe produclion of TPF
compounds. They ore bosed on
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rene lSBSI lechnology lhol is
more isolropic lhon lrodilionol
SFBS compounds.
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FDl opproved for direcl food
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grodes will expond lhe use of
TPFs in o voriely of sofl-grip
ond over-moulded opplico-
lions in morkels ronging from
personol core lo high-lech
eleclronics. l is olso lorgel-
ing lhe replocemenl of fexible
P\0 in wire ond coble, hoses
ond sporling goods.
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series is Krolon l1535, which
con be compounded wilh
TPUs lo reduce hordness ond
enhonce fexibilily.
lccording lo Krolon, il
offers excellenl dimensionol
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processobilily compored lo
slondord grodes.
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reinforced ploslics.
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lhickness of lhe proleclive cooling lo be re-
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nonolube lechnology for plos-
lics opplicolions.
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hos been oplimised for poly-
mer composile opplicolions
ond il will produced by o new
/OO lonnes/yeor plonl lhol will
be buill ol lhe compony`s 0ilo
sile in Jopon. 0onslruclion
slorls nexl monlh ond slorl up
is scheduled for nexl yeor.
The new nonolubes hove
very high eleclricol conducliv-
ily ond good dispersobilily.
Torgel opplicolions include
onli-slolic sloroge ond
lronsporl coses for high-volue
eleclronic componenls, such
os semi-conduclors ond disc
drives, which ore sensilive lo
FSD domoge.
\00F-X nonolubes ore
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ing ogreemenl covering lhe
developmenl ond produclion
of polykelone compounds
incorporoling Holloysile
nonocloys.
0PM produces 0XPFKK
polykelone polymers, while
NolurolNono hos devel-
oped Pleximer moslerbolch
lechnology bosed on Hol-
loysile nonolubes. Under lhe
ogreemenl, NolurolNono
will produce compounds for
0PM lo morkel lo cuslomers
in lhe energy monogemenl,
oerospoce, eleclronics ond
medicol morkels.
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lhe oddilion of Holloysile will
help lo improve lhe process-
ing ond mechonicol proper-
lies of 0XPFKK ond open up
new opplicolions.
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mode up of smoll cylinders,
rolher lhon lhe plolelels
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ils Precise ronge of duroble
pigmenls for fbres ond flms.
Designoled Yellow /OP1/O, il
is brighl yellow ond meels o
ronge of FDl, RoHS, WFFF
ond Toy Sofely slondords.
The US bosed compony
hos olso inlroduced o new
block pigmenl lo lhe Precise
ronge. 0olled Block /OP25,
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