Polymer-Chevie joins forces with Resysta to develop eco-friendly material for CIS markets and Chech Republic

MOSCOW (MRC) -- German compounder Polymer-Chemie is collaborating with Resysta International (Pfaffing-Forsting/Germany) to further develop processing opportunities for its "Active Resysta Filler" (ARF), reported Kunstoffweb.

To date Resysta, a fibre-reinforced hybrid material mostly made from rice husks, has been produced as a pre-fabricated product for floor boards, facades and marine decks.

Polymer-Chemie will concentrate on markets in Russia, including the former CIS states, Ukraine and Czech Republic.

Dirk Breitbach, managing director of Polymer-Chemie, said: "Resysta has unique properties which will open up completely new markets for us."

Resysta said ARF is totally recyclable, with 100% water-resistant and UV-resistant properties, and can achieve the look and feel of wood through further processing.

As MRC wrote previously, in December 2013, Polymer-Chemie expanded the PVC product range and capacity at its Russian subsidiary Polymer-Chemie Rus in Russia’s Tula region. The company installed a new extrusion line to produce rigid PVC granules at its plant in Tula. Polymer-Chemie’s latest project is part of an ongoing expansion programme for the site which already serves the CIS countries.

Polymer-Chemie is an independent, privately owned company serving as a link between polymer manufacturers and the plastics processing industry. Polymer-Chemie modifies and compounds polymers, develops customer-specific solutions and keeps adapting its product portfolio to the latest market requirements.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- BASF has launched two new Joncryl products for water-based inks and overprint varnishes (OPV) used in the paper and corrugated board industry, as per the company's press release.

Joncryl 8053 and Joncryl 633-E expand BASF’s portfolio with two water-based styrene acrylic emulsions. Due to their high efficiency, the two products allow inks and OPVs to be manufactured at lower cost but with the same high quality and performance.

Joncryl 8053 is a low cost-in-use film-forming emulsion. As an effective film former, Joncryl 8053 ensures that less soft emulsion is needed in the final ink or OPV formulation to achieve the required properties. It also enables the printing companies to add extra water in their ink or OPV formula without losing application properties.

Joncryl 633-E is an opaque acrylic emulsion that can replace up to 75% titanium dioxide in white inks for corrugated board and natural kraft substrates. As the mileage of the ink improves thereby, significant cost savings can be achieved. In colored inks for paper, board and corrugated board, Joncryl 633-E offers good hiding of the brown substrate which results in bright colors.

As MRC wrote previously, last year BASF presented its innovative solutions for energy-efficient and low-maintenance construction in Russia. The company's new wide-range construction portfolio is aimed to increase energy efficiency in buildings and enhance durability and, thus, reduce repair and maintenance costs.

BASF is the largest diversified chemical company in the world and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany. BASF produces a wide range of chemicals, for example solvents, amines, resins, glues, electronic-grade chemicals, industrial gases, basic petrochemicals and inorganic chemicals.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- DCM Shriram Consolidated Limited (DSCL) has entered into a joint venture agreement for its polymer compounding business with Axiall Corporation, a North American manufacturer of chloro-vinyl, aromatics and building products, said Business-standard.

Under the agreement, Axiall will invest Rs 34.65 crore to acquire a 50% stake in in Shriram Vinyl Polytech (SVP), a 100% subsidiary of DCM Shriram Consolidated. Consequently, SVP will have access to Axiall’s polymer compounding technology and market knowledge. This arrangement is intended to enable SVP to launch latest-generation polymer compounds in India, offering more cost-effective polymer solutions for different applications to Indian customers.

Axiall's products can be used in high-performance plastics, pulp and paper production, packaging, chemical intermediates, pharmaceuticals, medical and agricultural applications, and paints, acrylics and varnishes. Under the Royal Building Products and Exterior Portfolio brands, Axiall manufactures a complete line of custom and other vinyl-based building and home improvement products including window profiles, siding, pipe and fittings, mouldings and trim, and decking.

As MRC informed before, Axiall Corp. says it is considering building a USD3 billion ethane cracker and chemical plant in Louisiana. The Atlanta-based chemical manufacturer says it could make a decision sometime early next year. Axiall would invest USD1 billion of its own money, while an unnamed partner would put in USD2 billion.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Octal Petrochemicals is setting up a project in Saudi Arabia to manufacture polyethylene terephthalate (PET) dairy cups and trays for dairy and poultry industries, said Timesofoman.

Octal Petrochemicals will be investing USD20 million for the downstream project, which will generate USD70 million revenue per annum, once it goes on stream.

"We are in an advanced stage to implement the project. We have already formed the company and have recently leased the land. Orders have been placed for equipment," said Geroge Freiji, manager (Corporate Development) of Octal. He also said that the Saudi venture is a 100 per cent owned by the Omani company.

"Our main base of operations is in Oman and Saudi will be a downstream project for a specific segment, which is dairy segment. The project is a downstream venture to our Salalah project," he said, adding: "The main raw material (PET sheets) for the Saudi project will be exported from Salalah." The project will be commissioned within six to eight months.

Freiji said the Saudi Arabian company would manufacture 4,000 tonnes of PET dairy cups and trays in the initial phase.

Octal Petrochemicals last year said that the value of the company's exports stands at USD100 million per month or about 2% of the gross domestic products of the Sultanate and 15% of the non-oil exports. The company has achieved remarkable revenue growth — from USD500 million to USD1.5 billion over a six-year period only after being rated as one of the biggest four producers of PET resin and PET sheets.

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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Rosneft wants its Chinese partners in on a project to build a polymer plant in the far eastern city of Nakhodka, said Ria.

The tentative deal is in exchange for Rosneft’s participation in the construction of the Tianjin oil refinery, a joint project with China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), Igor Sechin said.

Sechin did not specify what share of the Eastern Petrochemical Company, which is behind the polymer plant, would go to the Chinese state-run company. The Eastern Petrochemical Company, a Rosneft subsidiary, is set to construct a petrochemical complex in Nakhodka worth an estimated USD1.3 trillion rubles (USD37 billion).

The plant is expected to produce up to 6.8 mln tons of polymers a year by 2028, which would require Rosneft to increase the amount of oil pumped through the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline (ESPO) from the current 30 mln tons of crude a year to 90 mln tons.The Tianjin refinery, in the works since 2010, has a price tag of USD5 bln and is to be 51% owned by CNPC and 49% by Rosneft.

Rosneft became Russia's largest publicly traded oil company in March 2013 after the USD55 billion takeover of TNK-BP, which was Russia’s third-largest oil producer at the time.
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