Contrary to the current perception, plastics, as a component of packaging materials, often represent the most environmentally sound option. The plastics industry is currently undergoing a transformation, shifting the focus onto the realization of closed material loops as well as reducing the resource input with highly efficient materials.

More Resource-Efficient Materials for Thermoforming

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Resisting the Pressure

The many different additives in plastic compounds make their composition extremely complex. Special stabilizers help to prevent the generation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) resulting from the interaction of components in subsequent, long-term automotive applications. 

Stabilizer Reduces VOC Emissions from Polypropylene with No Drawbacks in Processing 

Polypropylen

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Not for Sensitive Noses 

Lightweight is no longer just a matter of replacing metal. More and more often, plastics already in use are substituted by lighter weight polymers. New low-density compounds exhibit not only good materials and processing properties. On top of that, they offer various secondary advantages, such as are illustrated by an engine room bulkhead cover and a car door sill.  

Reducing Density and Part Weight via the Material without Altering Existing Processes 

Polyamide

Strong Flyweights 

After the explosion of developments in polymer formulations over the last year, it is worth taking a closer look during Fakuma at details such as functional additives or application-specific modifications. Overall, lightweight design continues to spur development but defined surface characteristics are also in demand. The reported innovations do not just follow current consumer trends but also provide ideas for advanced product and process developments. 

Functional Modifications Characterize Developments in Additives and Compounds 

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Polymers Can Be Expected Everywhere 

ZEAL has been optimized to deliver superior propylene yields while maintaining the base catalyst performance. 

Commercial Launch of New Fluidized Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Additive  

BASF Introduces ZEAL to Deliver More Propylene for Refiners 

Higher mechanical properties with lower density make polypropylene an interesting alternative to polyethylene for a large number of applications. New catalysts and production processes offer a wider range of products. Monolayer films and recycling are under development. In the meantime, China consumes almost one-third of the PP produced worldwide.

Growth through Sustainability and Technical Specialization

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Weight reduction is one of the major requirements of automotive components. Regardless of the vehicles in which they are used. One of the lightest materials that can be considered is polypropylene (PP).

PP Compounds for Automotive Lightweight Construction

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Easier to Reach the Destination

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

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Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, today announced that CEDAP, Compagnie Européenne Des Applications Plastiques, joins the organisation.

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CEDAPJoins Styrenics Circular Solution

TER HELL PLASTIC GMBH, one of the leading distribution and compounding companies for plastics raw materials in Germany, Europe and China. It is an important partner of well-known, global plastics manufacturers such as Azoty Tarnow, Chevron Phillips, Clariant, DSM, Evonik, Franplast, Momentive, Lucobit, Polimeri, Sabic, Samsung, Teknor Apex and Total Petrochemicals.

Ter Hell Plastic GmbH  

https://www.terhell.de

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Milliken & Co., Ghent, Belgium, has developed a new variant of its well-established Millad NX 8000 clarifying additive for polypropylene that it has tailored for use in the extrusion blow molding (EBM) process. This new additive performs significantly better in higher melt-flow-rate (MFR) grades of PP, and yields excellent results in both optics and productivity. 

Yields Glass-Like Optical Properties 

Extrusionsblasformen

Millad NX 8000E Clarifier 

Whether it was the motto presented by the trade fair’s committee or threatened prohibition proceedings: material producers are getting more involved with sustainability. While some are participating in campaigns and initiatives, others are investigating more closely the basis of their raw materials and their products. In view of the challenge to create a circular economy for plastics, all other topics take second place this year.

Raw Materials Producers See Signs of the Times, and Implement them in Different Ways

Polyethylen

PVC-weich (Compounds)

Andere Werkstoffe

Werkstoffe für additive Verfahren

Verarbeitungshilfsmittel, allgemein

Kreislaufwirtschaft

About Drivers and the Driven

Emmi, Borealis and Greiner Packaging jointly develop the first chemically recycled polypropylene ready to drink iced coffee cups

Cooperation on Chemical Recycling of Polypropylene

In the automotive industry, many injection molded plastic components are painted with multi-layer coating systems. After suitable surface pretreatment, at least one layer of primer, a basecoat, and a clearcoat are applied. A new polypropylene compound now fulfills all technical criteria without application of a primer, so saving time and money. However, this achievement does not depend on the material alone. 

Right Material and Processing Parameters for Primerless Painting of Polypropylene  

Lackiermaschinen für Kunststoff

Lackieren

Beschichten von Kunststoffen

So the Paint never Comes off 

RTP Company, a compounder of custom engineered thermoplastics, announces the development of its new RTP 100 eXtra Performance (XP) Compounds, a series of thermoplastic compounds formulated for higher strength, modulus and impact properties than any standard chopped fiberglass polypropylene (PP) compounds available on the market today. 

For Higher Strength, Modulus and Impact Properties 

RTP 100 eXtra Performance (XP) Compounds 

New PP Additive for Thermoforming Food-Contact Applications

Milliken PP additive for thermoforming uses cleaner chemistry to deliver brighter look.

Designed for use by thermoformers, the latest high-performance additive for polypropylene (PP) homopolymers from Milliken & Company’s Chemical Division, Ghent, Belgium, reportedly delivers an excellent balance of physical properties and superb aesthetics, all enabled through cleaner chemistry.

Hyperform HPN 909ei checks all those boxes, and more, as this formulation also addresses an important aspect for safety reassurance in the European Union. Tailored specifically to minimize migration, especially in food-contact applications, this new grade of Hyperform has one specific migration limit (SML) less than the previous generation product. A lower number of SMLs means there is one less substance that must be monitored and tested for, reducing customers’ compliance burden. With this simplification, the reassurance of safety is even stronger. This is vital, given that this type of PP homopolymer is typically used to thermoform drink cups and lids, food packaging, and trays.

Traditional nucleating agents require customers to sacrifice impact to gain greater stiffness. Hyperform HPN 909ei, however, delivers improved stiffness (flexural modulus) while maintaining the impact performance. It also provides isotropic shrinkage (similar shrinkage in both directions, thereby reducing warpage) and a higher heat-deflection temperature, which offers improved heat resistance vital for hot-fill and microwaveable applications. It also helps to override the nucleation effects of pigments, thereby reducing design complexity.

According to the company, Hyperform HPN 909ei achieves all this without sacrificing aesthetics. “In fact,” notes Bhavesh Gandhi, Global Product Line Manager for Milliken’s Chemical Division, “it yields products with excellent optical properties, including lower haze, reduced yellowing and an overall cleaner look. This can further enhance sustainability,” he says, “by allowing end users to replace other resins in various applications with highly recyclable polypropylene, with its low overall carbon footprint.”

Milliken Europe BVBA Milliken Chemikal 

https://www.millikenchemical.com

With its growing range of Hyperform HPN high-performance additives, Milliken helps converters improve their processing and enhance the performance of their final PP parts

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