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of microorganisms. The active ingredients used in the antimicrobial additives are registered with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and under the EU’s Biocidal Products Regulation 528/2012 (BPR), the partners report. Products with good colour stability and transparency are available. The jointly developed antimicrobials are sold under the nShield brand name and suppress the growth of bacteria, algae, fungus, mould and mildew that cause unpleasant odours, discoloration, staining, deterioration and corrosion; they do not offer protection against disease-causing organisms. ‘Our partnership with LIFE is ideal due to our shared value of providing tailored solutions that meet our customers’ needs’, says Teoh. Customers will now be able to use a wide range of organic and inorganic additives to deliver protection against bacteria, fungi and algae. These products benefit a wide range of applications including medical textiles and plastics, he reports. The technology is also applicable in kitchen and bathroom products that are constantly subjected to moisture, such as baths, sinks, dishwashers and taps. LIFE Material Technologies is a full-service antimicrobial solutions company that provides built-in antimicrobial technology for plastics, textiles, coatings, ceramics, cement and other solid materials. It specializes in antimicrobial additives that inhibit bacteria, fungi, algae and other microorganisms. The company has offices in Thailand, Taiwan, Australia and France. Contact: Americhem, Inc, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA. Tel: +1 330 929 4213, Web: www.americhem.com Or contact: Life Material Technologies Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand. Tel: +66 2 651 9322, Web: www.life-materials.com
BASF doubles capacity for Hexamoll DINCH in Germany
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hemicals behemoth BASF reports that it has doubled production capacity for its non-phthalate plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH from 100 000 tonnes/y to 200 000 tonnes/y at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany by opening a second plant for the product. The successful start-up of the additional plant will strengthen supply security worldwide and satisfy growing global customer demand, the company says. Hexamoll DINCH (1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid diisononyl ester) is a non-phthalate plasticizer especially
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developed for applications with close human contact, says BASF. Launched in 2002 [ADPO, September 2002], it has become an established plasticizer in food packaging, medical devices and toys. Recent years have also seen increasing demand for its use in flooring and wall covering, the company reports. ‘In the last few years we have been experiencing a strong customer demand for alternatives to traditional phthalates and a market change to non-phthalate plasticizers’, comments Prof. Rainer Diercks, president of BASF’s petrochemicals division. In a further plasticizer-related development, BASF and Sinopec plan to build a new world-scale production plant for polyalcohol neopentylglycol (NPG) at their BASF-YPC 50:50 joint venture site in Nanjing, China. The plant is scheduled to go on stream at the end of 2015 and will have an annual capacity of approximately 40 000 tonnes. It will benefit from backward integration into the Nanjing Verbund site, allowing high delivery reliability and maximizing efficient use of energy and resources, the partners say. NPG has many end-use applications due to its high chemical and thermal stability. It is mainly used as a building block in polyester resins for coatings, unsaturated polyester and alkyd resins, lubricants and plasticizers. As the global market leader with 55 years of experience in manufacturing and supplying NPG, BASF has existing production facilities in Ludwigshafen, Freeport (USA) and Jilin (China). ‘With this new plant, we are responding to our customers’ growing demand for high-quality NPG, especially in the Asia Pacific region, and at the same time strengthening our position as the global leading supplier of NPG’, says Sanjeev Gandhi, president, BASF Intermediates division. Contact: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Tel: +49 621 60 0, Web: www.basf.com
Colloids sets up first overseas masterbatch plant in China
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K-based Colloids Ltd is setting up a new masterbatch manufacturing plant, Colloids Plastic (Suzhou) Co, Ltd, in Changshu, China, for an initial investment of US$6 million (E4.4 million). The new 3700 m2 plant, which will be the company’s first manufacturing facility outside the UK, is scheduled to start operations in the third quarter
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of 2014. It will have an initial capacity of 3500 tonnes of masterbatch per annum but the company says that there is ample space at the site for future expansions. The new Chinese site, 90 km northwest of Shanghai, will service international companies with operations in China and Asia, as well as local enterprises. Target markets include the automotive, electrical, white goods and consumables industries. According to Russell Livesey, managing director and CEO of Colloids, setting up a masterbatch manufacturing plant in Changshu is ‘an exciting and positive development in the history of Colloids’. ‘This is part of our ongoing strategy to grow Colloids’ masterbatch presence in Asia, offering our customers the benefit of our products being produced and supplied locally and further enhancing our global capabilities’, he says. In view of the company’s annual growth rates, the new masterbatch plant in the Changshu Economic and Technological Development Zone, represents ‘a key strategic building block’ that enables it to serve efficiently the emerging local markets onsite, Livesey adds. The company will develop relationships and supply local Chinese customers who will benefit from Colloids’ expertise combined with local production. The Changshu development is also planned to meet the needs of the company’s established western customers as they grow in China. Colloids, which is part of the Tosaf group, already has two manufacturing plants in the UK, at Knowsley and Rushden, manufacturing white, colour, additive and black masterbatches. The company currently employs 130 people and generates annual income of $55 million. Contact: Colloids Ltd, Liverpool, UK. Tel: +44 151 546 9222, Web: www.colloids.co.uk
According to Addivant, the new facility (see below for address details) ‘demonstrates its strong commitment to growth’. Speaking at the HQ’s opening ceremony, CEO Peter Smith said that the company has made ‘significant progress in 12 short months’, and become a respected standalone company that is ‘growing and innovating’ through investments in production capacity, new products and specialized expertise. ‘Our strong intellectual property portfolio of innovative, proven technologies, along with our new management provides a strong foundation for us to build upon. We are well positioned for future success, and will continue to serve our customers as a long-term strategic partner and solutions provider’, he said. In the coming months, Addivant says that it plans to announce innovative new products and technologies, begin the next phase of its capacity expansions in South Korea and Saudi Arabia and, in August, open its first customer formulations centre in Shangdong, China. It has also recently boosted its presence in the Southern African markets by appointing Synetica (Pty) Ltd as the new distributor for its entire range of polymer additives for the region. Addivant is a global supplier of antioxidants, antiozonants, intermediates and inhibitors, polymer modifiers, and light stabilizers for the automotive, packaging, consumer durables, electrical/electronics, building & construction, and agriculture sectors. It claims to be the only manufacturer to market all major families of stabilizers. Contact: Addivant, 4 Mountainview Terrace, Danbury, CT 06810, USA. Tel: +1 203 702 6140, Web: www.addivant.com
Akcros establishes new additives Addivant opens new headquarters venture in India K-based Akcros Chemicals has established a as celebrates first anniversary new venture in India. In addition to a sales
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ew US polymer additives major Addivant has marked its first anniversary as a standalone organization with the opening of its new headquarters in Danbury, CT, USA. Addivant was previously a business unit of Chemtura in Middlebury, CT, and became an independent portfolio company of SK Capital in May 2013 [ADPO, July 2013]. From its new HQ, the company operates 11 plants on five continents and nine technology and application testing centres worldwide.
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office in Mumbai, Akcros India has set up a dedicated independent production facility for local manufacture under the global Akcros brands. Akcros India will promote a full range of stabilizer technologies, along with biocides, bonding agents, epoxies and antistatic agents. The new organization is headed by managing director Gita Bendale. ‘With my new team and Akcros’ support, we will build a great business in this rapidly developing market, bringing high-quality products and services to the industry’, Bendale says.
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of microorganisms. The active ingredients used in the antimicrobial additives are registered with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and under the EU’s Biocidal Products Regulation 528/2012 (BPR), the partners report. Products with good colour stability and transparency are available. The jointly developed antimicrobials are sold under the nShield brand name and suppress the growth of bacteria, algae, fungus, mould and mildew that cause unpleasant odours, discoloration, staining, deterioration and corrosion; they do not offer protection against disease-causing organisms. ‘Our partnership with LIFE is ideal due to our shared value of providing tailored solutions that meet our customers’ needs’, says Teoh. Customers will now be able to use a wide range of organic and inorganic additives to deliver protection against bacteria, fungi and algae. These products benefit a wide range of applications including medical textiles and plastics, he reports. The technology is also applicable in kitchen and bathroom products that are constantly subjected to moisture, such as baths, sinks, dishwashers and taps. LIFE Material Technologies is a full-service antimicrobial solutions company that provides built-in antimicrobial technology for plastics, textiles, coatings, ceramics, cement and other solid materials. It specializes in antimicrobial additives that inhibit bacteria, fungi, algae and other microorganisms. The company has offices in Thailand, Taiwan, Australia and France. Contact: Americhem, Inc, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, USA. Tel: +1 330 929 4213, Web: www.americhem.com Or contact: Life Material Technologies Ltd, Bangkok, Thailand. Tel: +66 2 651 9322, Web: www.life-materials.com
BASF doubles capacity for Hexamoll DINCH in Germany
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hemicals behemoth BASF reports that it has doubled production capacity for its non-phthalate plasticizer Hexamoll DINCH from 100 000 tonnes/y to 200 000 tonnes/y at its Ludwigshafen site in Germany by opening a second plant for the product. The successful start-up of the additional plant will strengthen supply security worldwide and satisfy growing global customer demand, the company says. Hexamoll DINCH (1,2-cyclohexane dicarboxylic acid diisononyl ester) is a non-phthalate plasticizer especially
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developed for applications with close human contact, says BASF. Launched in 2002 [ADPO, September 2002], it has become an established plasticizer in food packaging, medical devices and toys. Recent years have also seen increasing demand for its use in flooring and wall covering, the company reports. ‘In the last few years we have been experiencing a strong customer demand for alternatives to traditional phthalates and a market change to non-phthalate plasticizers’, comments Prof. Rainer Diercks, president of BASF’s petrochemicals division. In a further plasticizer-related development, BASF and Sinopec plan to build a new world-scale production plant for polyalcohol neopentylglycol (NPG) at their BASF-YPC 50:50 joint venture site in Nanjing, China. The plant is scheduled to go on stream at the end of 2015 and will have an annual capacity of approximately 40 000 tonnes. It will benefit from backward integration into the Nanjing Verbund site, allowing high delivery reliability and maximizing efficient use of energy and resources, the partners say. NPG has many end-use applications due to its high chemical and thermal stability. It is mainly used as a building block in polyester resins for coatings, unsaturated polyester and alkyd resins, lubricants and plasticizers. As the global market leader with 55 years of experience in manufacturing and supplying NPG, BASF has existing production facilities in Ludwigshafen, Freeport (USA) and Jilin (China). ‘With this new plant, we are responding to our customers’ growing demand for high-quality NPG, especially in the Asia Pacific region, and at the same time strengthening our position as the global leading supplier of NPG’, says Sanjeev Gandhi, president, BASF Intermediates division. Contact: BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany. Tel: +49 621 60 0, Web: www.basf.com
Colloids sets up first overseas masterbatch plant in China
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K-based Colloids Ltd is setting up a new masterbatch manufacturing plant, Colloids Plastic (Suzhou) Co, Ltd, in Changshu, China, for an initial investment of US$6 million (E4.4 million). The new 3700 m2 plant, which will be the company’s first manufacturing facility outside the UK, is scheduled to start operations in the third quarter
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of 2014. It will have an initial capacity of 3500 tonnes of masterbatch per annum but the company says that there is ample space at the site for future expansions. The new Chinese site, 90 km northwest of Shanghai, will service international companies with operations in China and Asia, as well as local enterprises. Target markets include the automotive, electrical, white goods and consumables industries. According to Russell Livesey, managing director and CEO of Colloids, setting up a masterbatch manufacturing plant in Changshu is ‘an exciting and positive development in the history of Colloids’. ‘This is part of our ongoing strategy to grow Colloids’ masterbatch presence in Asia, offering our customers the benefit of our products being produced and supplied locally and further enhancing our global capabilities’, he says. In view of the company’s annual growth rates, the new masterbatch plant in the Changshu Economic and Technological Development Zone, represents ‘a key strategic building block’ that enables it to serve efficiently the emerging local markets onsite, Livesey adds. The company will develop relationships and supply local Chinese customers who will benefit from Colloids’ expertise combined with local production. The Changshu development is also planned to meet the needs of the company’s established western customers as they grow in China. Colloids, which is part of the Tosaf group, already has two manufacturing plants in the UK, at Knowsley and Rushden, manufacturing white, colour, additive and black masterbatches. The company currently employs 130 people and generates annual income of $55 million. Contact: Colloids Ltd, Liverpool, UK. Tel: +44 151 546 9222, Web: www.colloids.co.uk
According to Addivant, the new facility (see below for address details) ‘demonstrates its strong commitment to growth’. Speaking at the HQ’s opening ceremony, CEO Peter Smith said that the company has made ‘significant progress in 12 short months’, and become a respected standalone company that is ‘growing and innovating’ through investments in production capacity, new products and specialized expertise. ‘Our strong intellectual property portfolio of innovative, proven technologies, along with our new management provides a strong foundation for us to build upon. We are well positioned for future success, and will continue to serve our customers as a long-term strategic partner and solutions provider’, he said. In the coming months, Addivant says that it plans to announce innovative new products and technologies, begin the next phase of its capacity expansions in South Korea and Saudi Arabia and, in August, open its first customer formulations centre in Shangdong, China. It has also recently boosted its presence in the Southern African markets by appointing Synetica (Pty) Ltd as the new distributor for its entire range of polymer additives for the region. Addivant is a global supplier of antioxidants, antiozonants, intermediates and inhibitors, polymer modifiers, and light stabilizers for the automotive, packaging, consumer durables, electrical/electronics, building & construction, and agriculture sectors. It claims to be the only manufacturer to market all major families of stabilizers. Contact: Addivant, 4 Mountainview Terrace, Danbury, CT 06810, USA. Tel: +1 203 702 6140, Web: www.addivant.com
Akcros establishes new additives Addivant opens new headquarters venture in India K-based Akcros Chemicals has established a as celebrates first anniversary new venture in India. In addition to a sales
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ew US polymer additives major Addivant has marked its first anniversary as a standalone organization with the opening of its new headquarters in Danbury, CT, USA. Addivant was previously a business unit of Chemtura in Middlebury, CT, and became an independent portfolio company of SK Capital in May 2013 [ADPO, July 2013]. From its new HQ, the company operates 11 plants on five continents and nine technology and application testing centres worldwide.
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office in Mumbai, Akcros India has set up a dedicated independent production facility for local manufacture under the global Akcros brands. Akcros India will promote a full range of stabilizer technologies, along with biocides, bonding agents, epoxies and antistatic agents. The new organization is headed by managing director Gita Bendale. ‘With my new team and Akcros’ support, we will build a great business in this rapidly developing market, bringing high-quality products and services to the industry’, Bendale says.
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