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Korea, South: Solvay – silica
FOCUS Papers' mill at Patiala, Punjab; at ITC Ltd's Tribeni mill in West Bengal; at paper mills operated by Tamil Nadu Paper Mills Ltd (TNPL, headquartered at Chennai/Madras), by Ballarpur Industries (headquartered at Gurgaon, Haryana) and by Shree Krishna Paper Mills (of Kolkata/Calcutta). In March 2015, Gulshan Polyols announced that it had signed a memorandum of understanding with Orient Paper & Industries Ltd (OPIL, a subsidiary within the CK Birla group) to install and operate a satellite PCC plant linked to OPIL's paper mill at Amlai in the Shahdol district of Madhya Pradesh (about 720 km east of Indore). The PCC output from this plant will be mainly used for coating writing papers produced at this mill. Original Source: Chemical Engineering World, Chemical Engineering World, Mar 2015, 50 (3), 8 (Website: http://www.cewindia.com) © Jasubhai Group 2015. Original Source: Gulshan Polyols, 30 Mar 2015 (G-81, Preet Vihar, Delhi 110092, India, Website: http://www. gulshanindia.com) © Gulshan Polyols 2015
India: Prayag – masterbatch Prayag Polytech (headquartered in New Delhi) is nearing completion of a 10,000 tonnes/y plastics masterbatch plant at Dahej (Gujarat, about 100 km south of Vadodara/Baroda). The company already has three units for making up to 50,000 tonnes/y of masterbatch at its complex at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan (70 km southwest of New Delhi). Three years ago, it was reported that Prayag was going to raise capacity at Bhiwadi to 70,000 tonnes/y, but this plan seems to have been scaled-back. (See also 'Focus on Pigments', Mar 2014, 5). Original Source: Plastics News, 27 Feb 2015, (Website: http://www.plasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2015
India: Welset – masterbatch Welset Plast Extrusions Ltd is spending a total of $975,000 on two projects at its Jogeshwari East manufacturing complex on the northern outskirts of Mumbai. The company will increase its capacity for making vinyl compounds to 16,800 tonnes/y. It will also increase its polyethylene masterbatch capacity from 3580 tonnes/y to 5990 tonnes/y. Original Source: Plastics News, 26 Mar 2015, (Website: http://www.plasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2015
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Korea, South: Solvay – silica Solvay has commenced construction of a new plant for making highly dispersible silica (HDS) at a site in the Saemangeum district of Gunsan in Jeollabuk-do province on the mid-western coast of South Korea. The plant will have a capacity in excess of 80,000 tonnes/y and it is expected to come on-stream in mid2017. When it is fully up and running, Solvay will close down a substantial part of its silica capacity at its Incheon site. This site is located within an area designated for future residential development. Mr An Nuyttens (President of Solvay's Silica business unit) said: "This new production platform at Gunsan will be dedicated to silica innovations for Asia. The commissioning of this plant, together with the silica research facility, part of our new research centre at the Ehwa University campus in Seoul, means that we are well placed to speed up innovations in close cooperation with our regional customers.'' The Gunsan plant will produce the most advanced grades of HDS, including Efficium, which offers higher productivity and greater flexibility in producing energysaving passenger car and truck tyre compounds. Solvay Silica has nine plants and four silica research facilities worldwide. Silica is widely used as a carbon black replacement in the vehicle tyre industry; as a key ingredient of exfoliants, toothpastes and other personal care products; in high-performance membranes; and in animal nutrition. Original Source: Solvay SA, 27 Apr 2015 (Rue de Ransbeek 310, 1120 Bruxelles, Belgium, Tel: +32 474 117091, Website: http://www. solvay.com) © Solvay 2015
Turkey: Schulman – masterbatch Schulman (headquartered in Copley, OH) plans to spend €5–7 M to build a new plant on a leased property in the Greater Istanbul area for the production of up to 18,000 tonnes/y of additive, white and "breathable'' plastic masterbatches. Target customers will be food and industrial packaging manufacturers in Turkey and in other fast-growing markets in the Middle East and North Africa. The plant should be ready to commence production before the end of August 2016. Original Source: ICIS Chemical Business, 13-19 Apr 2015, 287 (14), 7-8 (Website: http://www.icis.com) © Reed Business Information Limited 2015
US: Americhem – plastics masterbatch Americhem Inc has installed two new small-lot plastics masterbatch production units at its Cuyahoga Falls, OH, plant (55 kmsouth of Cleveland). The new units are located inside workcells that enhance process flow, hasten product change-over times and reduce wastage. As well as improving overall efficiency, the project resulted in the provision of an extra 1360 tonnes/y of capacity. Original Source: Compounding World, Mar 2015, 17 (Website: http://www.amiplastics. com/mags) © Applied Market Information Ltd 2015
US: Delta Energy – carbon black from scrap tyres Delta Energy LLC (of Monroeville, PA) is spending $45 M to build a new plant at Natchez, MS (160 km southwest of Jackson, MS), employing its patented process for recovering various basic raw materials from shredded vehicle tyres. Included among the outputs is a product branded DE-Black, which is marketed as a carbon black substitute for use in rubber and plastics industry applications. Another product yielded is D-E Oil, an organic liquid with a high calorific value. The new plant is being built on a brownfields site previously occupied by an International Paper mill. It should be ready to commence production during 3Q 2015 and will provide 91 jobs. Delta Energy's first plant for making carbon black came on-stream at Berthold, North Dakota towards the end of 2007. (See also 'Focus on Pigments', Feb 2008, 6 & Nov 2008, 6). Original Source: Chimie Pharma Hebdo, 23 Feb 2015, (708), (Website: http://www. industrie.com/chimie/) (in French) © ETAI Information 2015
US: Precision Colors – plastics masterbatch On 1 December 2014, a new company, founded by Mr Bob Mann, bringing 20 years of plastics industry experience with him – Precision Colors LLC – opened its plastic colour concentrates plant at Fort Wayne, IN (200 km northeast of Indianopolis). The company plans to make 90–180 tonnes of custom colour concentrates during its first year of operation. Its initial focus will be on colorants for use with polyethylene,
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India: Prayag – masterbatch Prayag Polytech (headquartered in New Delhi) is nearing completion of a 10,000 tonnes/y plastics masterbatch plant at Dahej (Gujarat, about 100 km south of Vadodara/Baroda). The company already has three units for making up to 50,000 tonnes/y of masterbatch at its complex at Bhiwadi, Rajasthan (70 km southwest of New Delhi). Three years ago, it was reported that Prayag was going to raise capacity at Bhiwadi to 70,000 tonnes/y, but this plan seems to have been scaled-back. (See also 'Focus on Pigments', Mar 2014, 5). Original Source: Plastics News, 27 Feb 2015, (Website: http://www.plasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2015
India: Welset – masterbatch Welset Plast Extrusions Ltd is spending a total of $975,000 on two projects at its Jogeshwari East manufacturing complex on the northern outskirts of Mumbai. The company will increase its capacity for making vinyl compounds to 16,800 tonnes/y. It will also increase its polyethylene masterbatch capacity from 3580 tonnes/y to 5990 tonnes/y. Original Source: Plastics News, 26 Mar 2015, (Website: http://www.plasticsnews.com) © Crain Communications Inc 2015
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Korea, South: Solvay – silica Solvay has commenced construction of a new plant for making highly dispersible silica (HDS) at a site in the Saemangeum district of Gunsan in Jeollabuk-do province on the mid-western coast of South Korea. The plant will have a capacity in excess of 80,000 tonnes/y and it is expected to come on-stream in mid2017. When it is fully up and running, Solvay will close down a substantial part of its silica capacity at its Incheon site. This site is located within an area designated for future residential development. Mr An Nuyttens (President of Solvay's Silica business unit) said: "This new production platform at Gunsan will be dedicated to silica innovations for Asia. The commissioning of this plant, together with the silica research facility, part of our new research centre at the Ehwa University campus in Seoul, means that we are well placed to speed up innovations in close cooperation with our regional customers.'' The Gunsan plant will produce the most advanced grades of HDS, including Efficium, which offers higher productivity and greater flexibility in producing energysaving passenger car and truck tyre compounds. Solvay Silica has nine plants and four silica research facilities worldwide. Silica is widely used as a carbon black replacement in the vehicle tyre industry; as a key ingredient of exfoliants, toothpastes and other personal care products; in high-performance membranes; and in animal nutrition. Original Source: Solvay SA, 27 Apr 2015 (Rue de Ransbeek 310, 1120 Bruxelles, Belgium, Tel: +32 474 117091, Website: http://www. solvay.com) © Solvay 2015
Turkey: Schulman – masterbatch Schulman (headquartered in Copley, OH) plans to spend €5–7 M to build a new plant on a leased property in the Greater Istanbul area for the production of up to 18,000 tonnes/y of additive, white and "breathable'' plastic masterbatches. Target customers will be food and industrial packaging manufacturers in Turkey and in other fast-growing markets in the Middle East and North Africa. The plant should be ready to commence production before the end of August 2016. Original Source: ICIS Chemical Business, 13-19 Apr 2015, 287 (14), 7-8 (Website: http://www.icis.com) © Reed Business Information Limited 2015
US: Americhem – plastics masterbatch Americhem Inc has installed two new small-lot plastics masterbatch production units at its Cuyahoga Falls, OH, plant (55 kmsouth of Cleveland). The new units are located inside workcells that enhance process flow, hasten product change-over times and reduce wastage. As well as improving overall efficiency, the project resulted in the provision of an extra 1360 tonnes/y of capacity. Original Source: Compounding World, Mar 2015, 17 (Website: http://www.amiplastics. com/mags) © Applied Market Information Ltd 2015
US: Delta Energy – carbon black from scrap tyres Delta Energy LLC (of Monroeville, PA) is spending $45 M to build a new plant at Natchez, MS (160 km southwest of Jackson, MS), employing its patented process for recovering various basic raw materials from shredded vehicle tyres. Included among the outputs is a product branded DE-Black, which is marketed as a carbon black substitute for use in rubber and plastics industry applications. Another product yielded is D-E Oil, an organic liquid with a high calorific value. The new plant is being built on a brownfields site previously occupied by an International Paper mill. It should be ready to commence production during 3Q 2015 and will provide 91 jobs. Delta Energy's first plant for making carbon black came on-stream at Berthold, North Dakota towards the end of 2007. (See also 'Focus on Pigments', Feb 2008, 6 & Nov 2008, 6). Original Source: Chimie Pharma Hebdo, 23 Feb 2015, (708), (Website: http://www. industrie.com/chimie/) (in French) © ETAI Information 2015
US: Precision Colors – plastics masterbatch On 1 December 2014, a new company, founded by Mr Bob Mann, bringing 20 years of plastics industry experience with him – Precision Colors LLC – opened its plastic colour concentrates plant at Fort Wayne, IN (200 km northeast of Indianopolis). The company plans to make 90–180 tonnes of custom colour concentrates during its first year of operation. Its initial focus will be on colorants for use with polyethylene,
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