The non fossil fuel-based portfolio offers same high quality and performance for applications in all industries.

Gehäuse aus Kunststoff

Elektromechanik

Kühlkörper

Polyethylen

Kunststoff Werkstoffe

Thermoplaste

Polystyrol

Kunststoff-Aufbereitung

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Verfahren

Standardkunststoffe

Polypropylen

Kunststoff

Bauwesen

Baustoffe

Kunststoff-Regenerate

Kunststofffasern

Verstärkungsstoffe

Kunststoff-Recycling

Borealis Launches Portfolio of Circular Polyolefins

The Danish company Plastix recycles old fishing nets and ropes. The granules produced are used by JSP International, among others, to manufacture expanded polypropylene (EPP).

Expanded Polypropylene from Maritime Plastic Waste

Schaumstoffe und Vorprodukte

Schaumstoffe

Recycling

Umweltmanagement

Polypropylen-Compound

Kunststoff-Rezyklat

From Fishing Net to Particle Foam

The central issue in all polyurethane applications is the conversion from the past linear economy into a circular economy, and the use of sustainable raw materials in manufacturing. To do so, manufacturers are taking measures such as using bio-based raw materials, chemical recycling, and CO2 as a synthesis component. Digitalization, electromobility, autonomous driving and the construction industry are also driving PU development.

Polyurethane (PU)

Bauchemie

Automotive

Elektronik

Polyurethan-Schaumstoffe (PUR)

Halbzeuge und Zwischenprodukte

Kunststoff-Halbzeuge

Baubetrieb / Bauwirtschaft

Polyurethan

Windkraft

Energieerzeugung

Erneuerbare Energie

Sustainable Growth

Due to its high-performing properties polyetheretherketone thermoplastic polymer is being used more and more frequently in many products.

Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)

Elektronik-Fertigung

Polyetherketon

Mikroelektronik

Medizintechnik

Hochleistungskunststoffe

Medizinprodukte

Delivering Efficiency Even in  Harsh Environments

Styrenics can be polymerized using different technologies and it can be modified with a range of copolymers. The resulting plastics offer a wide range of properties allowing to customize them for different applications. Because of this range of properties they are suitable for many industries. Strong demand is for example driven by the automotive industry, healthcare and the packaging industry.

Styrenic Polymers

Verpackungsmaterial

Logistik

Technische Kunststoffe

Styrol-Copolymerisate

Diverse Shapes and Applications

Lightweight construction, functionality and design are characteristic of material development in all areas of application for PC compounds, composites and films. The range of materials has enormous opportunities when it comes to the mobility of the future, lightweight structural construction with continuous fiber-reinforced composites, 5G technology and medical technology.

Polycarbonate (PC)

Polycarbonat

Present in a Multitude of Trends

Optics play an increasingly important role in plastic components. Glossy and even surfaces are decisive for an attractive appearance. With glass fiber-reinforced polyamides (PA), these requirements can usually only be achieved with an additional coating. A PA specially developed for surface design offers an alternative approach.

Aliphatic High-Performance Polyamide for Plastic Surfaces

Spritzgießen

Polyamide

Oberflächentechnik

Faserverbundwerkstoffe

Andere Werkstoffe

Glossy Components without Painting

Renouncement is the trend that determines public perception of plastics today. Many consumers prefer products that are better for the environment, which is often equated to using less plastics. It is true, though, that plastics are important materials when it comes to finding answers to the challenges posed by the increase in population, high energy demand as well as growing urbanization and mobility.

Guest Commentary by Dr. Michael Zobel

Kunststoffe

Photonik

Optik

Leichtbau

Kunststoffhandel

Dienstleistungen

Handel

Werkstoff

The Answer to Many Questions

In this interview with Kunststoffe, Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis, explains why he considers fixed recycling quotas to be necessary and why voluntary commitments do not work.

Alfred Stern, CEO of Borealis, Talks about the Circular Economy

Schröder, Susanne

Streifinger, Florian

“Unfortunately, the Only Globally Accepted Ideology Is Money”

Bio-based plastics can lock away vast quantities of CO<sub>2</sub> in durable, recyclable applications and make a real contribution to climate protection. All that is needed for this is the right product design and a functioning circular economy. By focusing more on this approach, the plastics sector has the chance to evolve into a key industry of a green economy.

How Bio-Based Polymers Can Help Sequester CO<sub>2</sub> for the Long Term

Kunststoffe, biobasiert

Biokunststoffe

Kunststoffe, bioabbaubar

Into the Future with Biopolymers

For a long time, chemical recycling was considered an unfinished addition to established material processes. In the meantime, however, some technologies are making the leap into large-scale industrial use: an overview of the various processes and providers.

Overview of the Various Processes and Suppliers

What Is Happening in Chemical Recycling?

Susanne Schröder will become editor-in-chief of the magazines Kunststoffe and Kunststoffe international on December 1, 2020. The current editor-in-chief Dr. Karlhorst Klotz will leave the company by mutual agreement.

Werkzeuge für Leichtbauwerkstoffe

Präzisionswerkzeuge

Tiefziehwerkzeug

Werkzeug-, Formen- und Modellbau

Werkzeugüberwachung

Toolmanagement

Werkzeugwechselsysteme, Spritzgieß

Kunststoffverarbeitung: Maschinen und Komponenten

Werkzeuge für die Kunststoffverarbeitung

Spritzgießwerkzeuge

Werkzeug- und Formenbau

Modulare Werkzeugsysteme

Absaugungen für Werkzeugmaschinen

Betriebsausrüstung / Betriebsmittel

Absaugvorrichtungen

Fluorkunststoffe

Werkzeugverwaltungssoftware

Prüfen von Kunststoffen

Messtechnik

Presswerkzeuge, Kunststoff

Werkzeugreinigung, Kunststoffe

Kunststoffverarbeitung

Lohnfertigung

Füllstoffe für Kunststoffe

Betriebstechnik für Kunststoffverarbeitung (Peripherie)

Qualitätssicherung Kunststoff

Qualitätssicherung

Change in the Chief Editorial Office of Kunststoffe

Leonhard Kurz’s “Iconic Space Grille”, does not only illustrates modern vehicle design but was also produced in a new production process.

Award-Winning Front Panel Combines Exciting Design with an Efficient  Manufacturing Process

An Eye-Catching Addition  to Electric Vehicles

The Elastoflex E polyurethane (PU) foam system from BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany, supports mass-production of an exterior car component featuring a honeycomb sandwich technology with a Class A film. The roof module in the standard model of the new Smart Fortwo from Daimler AG, Stuttgart, Germany, consists of a paper honeycomb and two surrounding glass fiber mats, which in an impregnation process are sprayed with the low-density, heat-activatable Elastoflex E 3532 polyurethane foam system and pressed together with a solid-colored Class A film. A single operation thus produces a roof module that is claimed to be 30 % lighter than the standard roof on the predecessor model – but retains the same strength and flexural rigidity. The lightweight roof was developed by F. S. Fehrer Automotive GmbH, Kitzingen, Germany, which manufactures it at its plant in Großlangheim, Germany. 

PU Foam System Can also Be Used Outdoors  

Harze

Verbundwerkstoffe / Werkstoffverbunde

Honeycomb on the Car Roof 

The processing of plastics with outstanding chemical or mechanical properties presents a major challenge to processors. Weiss Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH & Co. KG, Illertissen, Germany, specializes in the processing of such materials, for example for applications in the engine compartment, in the body structure of cars, in the chassis of commercial vehicles or (as sensor housings) in truck tires. Metals are frequently substituted and additional functions are integrated into the plastic parts. At its fair booth, Weiss Kunststoffverarbeitung will be demonstrating i. a. a sensor housing for truck tire pressure control systems that is produced in large quantities by 2C injection molding with injected TPE seal (Fig.), as well as automotive components such as brake servo housings made from a glassfiber-reinforced polyamide that as a highly viscous material makes high demands on the process control. 

Weiss Kunststoffverarbeitung 

Sophisticated Parts of High-Performance Materials 

Dow and NGSA Cooperate on Ambitious Grid Upgrade

Dow expertise and Endurance insulation system supports Saudi cable manufacturers supplying power grid upgrade.

As National Grid Saudi Arabia (NGSA) progresses with its ambitious power grid infrastructure upgrade, Dow has been providing materials for pre-qualification testing of power cables and Saudi manufacturers use Dow’s cable insulation system as they intensify EHV cable production.

NGSA, a subsidiary of Saudi Electricity Company (SEC), is seeing rapid progress in upgrading its power grid infrastructure with the help of national and international cable manufacturers. This is being achieved by replacing the old High Voltage (HV) cable underground network consisting of oil filled cables with XLPE cables. It is being further boosted up by the induction of XLPE cables at Extra High Voltage (EHV) level.

Since its four formerly separate grids were interconnected, NGSA has built power links with many neighboring countries including a High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) back-to-back converter station to connect 50 and 60 Hertz networks. In tandem with Dawiyat, another subsidiary of SEC, the fiber optic network has grown significantly with the expansion of its overhead transmission network. Now, submarine telecom cables at the landing stations in Jeddah, Al Khobar and Yanbu are connected to a high-performance data network with the help of optical ground wire from overhead transmission lines (OHL).

Championing Saudi Engineers and Technicians

A long-time champion of home-grown talent and improving the knowledge and skills of Saudi engineers and technicians, NGSA encourages Saudi-based cable manufacturers to develop the technical capabilities required to locally manufacture HV and EHV cables and systems. Local manufacturers in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) are successfully supplying power cables up to HV level, not only in KSA but also in Gulf Coast countries. Now these manufacturers are stepping up into the production of EHV cables at 380kV level.

Dow is a strong proponent of innovative product solutions required to fulfil the growing energy demand in the Middle East, particularly in KSA. Dow has successfully conducted pre-qualification testing of 380 kV cables produced within KSA.

Successful pre-qualification test, requires the entire system, including cables and accessories, pass strict testing and requires a high level of processing acumen proven by the cable manufacturer as well as the utilization of materials of exceptional quality. International standards organizations such as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) regulate EHV participation and only approve high performance cables with long service life.

Saudi cable manufacturers have quickly emerged as a force to be reckoned with in the Middle East. The proof is the construction of cable manufacturing towers ranging from 40 m to 125 m that house vertical continuous vulcanization and catenary continuous vulcanization lines. This was possible with investment in world-class equipment, including electrical cable testing equipment and facilities in accordance with international standards such as IEC 62067 for 150 kV-500 kV and AINSI/ICEA S-108–720 for 46–500 kV.

Recently, 380 kV power cables have been used to connect the Fadhili gas plant. This co-generation plant has a capacity of 1,500MW, including 400MW for the gas plant, while the remaining 1,100MW is supplied to the national grid.

Dow has a long history of close collaborations in the Kingdom, including the academic-research-industry partnership in form of the Dow Middle East Innovation Centre (Dow MEIC) and the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and the alliance between Dow and Saudi Aramco which formed the Sadara Chemical Company.

Inspired by the efforts of NGSA, strong collaborations have been developed throughout the value chain and culminated in successful deployment of electrical infrastructure to support the further economic growth of the KSA. Highlights of EHV cable installations include:

<ul><li>Connection of new power plants</li><li>Construction of compact EHV substations and interconnections in new administrative and residential districts, replacing the OHL by underground cables which come within the city boundaries, as the city expands.</li><li>Neom City, a mega-city that planned on the Red Sea coast, the northwestern Saudi province of Tabuk</li><li>Beautification of infrastructure at Red Sea tourist project spreading over islands, beaches, desert, mountains and volcanic areas as well as the power supply for 2nd stage of Riyadh Public Transport Project (RPTP) metro system are also recent examples.</li></ul>

Dow Europe GmbH  

https://www.dow.com

Gas Plant from National Grid Saudi Arabia (NGSA) in Fadhili

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News Dow 23.2.21

Hisham K. Al Ghofaili, National Grid SA, Senior Power Transmission Engineer

Don B. Aparicio, National Grid SA, Power Transmission Engineer

Roshan Aarons, Dow Europe GmbH, Senior Technical Service & Development Specialist