PolyOne add style to PET containers

MOSCOW (MRC) -- PolyOne, a premier global provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions, has unveiled a new collection of liquid color concentrates for designers and brand leaders that infuse PET containers with shimmer and frost effects, reported the company on its site.

These unique colorants are the latest resource from the company’s InVisiOSM suite of innovative color services and solutions.

Created using ColorMatrix advanced liquid color dispersions, the new colorants produce effects such as iridescent color movements and unique surface appearance that can enhance brand presence and deliver differentiated shelf impact across beverage, personal care and household product packaging applications.

Gary Fielding, marketing director, PolyOne ColorMatrix, explained, "These new, eye-catching formulations give our customers the freedom to push design boundaries and react to global color trends, without disrupting their existing processes. When working closely with customers early in the design stage, we can use these solutions to help them maximize shelf appeal and increase market share."

ColorMatrix shimmer and frost formulations offer varying degrees of reflection, translucency, and apparent texture. Because they are able to use conventional gloss preform and blow molds, there is no need for customers to create new tooling. Ten standard color formulations are accompanied by custom colors, and formulations are suitable for all PET grades while meeting relevant regulatory compliance standards.

As MRC wrote previously, PolyOne Corporation has recently announced a realignment of its manufacturing assets in Brazil. As part of the realignment, PolyOne will close manufacturing plants located in Diadema and Joinville, Brazil. The company will continue to operate and invest in its facilities in Novo Hamburgo and Itupeva, Brazil, while offering specialty solutions throughout the region.

We also remind that in February 2014, PolyOne Corporation announced the addition of new capabilities to its OnColor HC Plus portfolio. These expanded offerings add medical-grade LDPE, nylon, PEBA, PS and PVC to the globally available palette of specialty healthcare colorants, and are pre-certified to meet or exceed biocompatibility requirements for ISO 10993 and/or USP Class VI protocols.

PolyOne Corporation, with 2013 revenues of USD3.8 billion, is a global provider of specialized polymer materials, services, and solutions. PolyOne is a provider of specialized polymer materials, services and solutions with operations in specialty polymer formulations, color and additive systems, polymer distribution and specialty vinyl resins.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Effective August 1st, 2014, Azelis announces that it will extend its co-operation with Allnex, a leading manufacturer of performance materials for all coating applications, said Presscenter.

For the first time, Azelis will offer the complete range of Allnex liquid resins, additives and cross linkers across Germany and Austria for selected customers. Previously Azelis only distributed part of the product range in Germany.

Dr. Rene Manski, Regional Business Manager Azelis Coatings DACH adds, "We are delighted that Allnex has chosen us to fully represent them in Germany and Austria. We already work together well and our dedicated coatings team will use market and product knowledge, backed by Allnex’ technical expertise, to help our customers anticipate market expectations and give them a competitive advantage."

Azelis is now able to distribute high performance waterborne, solventborne and phenolic resins, as well as additives and crosslinkers from Allnex. The Azelis Coatings Lab will also provide further technical support including formulation and application testing.

Both companies look forward to building upon the success already achieved in the paint and inks, building and construction, adhesives and varnish sectors.

As MRC wrote before, Azelis announces a new distribution contract with Evonik, a leading specialty chemicals manufacturer. In addition to other European countries, Azelis can now also offer products in Evonik’s Crosslinkers business line to customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland (DACH) for coatings, inks and other applications.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Flint Hills Resources, LLC announced it is moving forward with a significant expansion of its chemicals business with the completion of its acquisition of PetroLogistics LP and its general partner, PetroLogistics GP LLC, said the producer in its press release.

The USD2.1 billion transaction is the largest in the company’s history and the first chemical asset it has acquired since purchasing Huntsman Corporation’s U.S. commodity chemical business in 2007.

The acquisition was finalized through the merger of Flint Hills Resources’ subsidiary, FHR Propylene, LLC, with and into PetroLogistics. As a result of the merger, all of PetroLogistics’ outstanding common units were converted into the right to receive USD14.00 per common unit in cash, except for those common units owned by Lindsay Goldberg LLC, York Capital Management, MLP GP’s Executive Chairman and its President and Chief Executive Officer, which were acquired for USD12.00 per common unit in cash.

Flint Hills Resources will operate PetroLogistics’ propylene facility, which is located in Houston, as part of its chemical and refining business.

PetroLogistics began operations in 2010 and has an annual production capacity of approximately 1.45 billion pounds. Propylene is one of the basic building blocks for petrochemicals and is used in the production of a variety of end uses including paints, coatings, building materials, clothing, automotive parts, packaging and a range of other consumer and industrial products.

Flint Hills Resources is a leading refining, chemicals and biofuels company with operations primarily in Texas and the Midwest. Its manufacturing capability is built upon six decades of refining experience. The company has expanded its production capacity through acquisitions and capital projects worth more than USD8.6 billion since 2002. Flint Hills Resources is a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc., one of America’s largest private companies. As a result of the merger, PetroLogistics will cease to be a publicly traded company and its common units will no longer be traded on the New York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange.

PetroLogistics is a major producer of propylene with operations in the vicinity of the Houston Ship Channel. The company owns and operates the only propane dehydrogenation facility in the US, and its plant is among the largest of its kind in the world. The facility employs about 100 people.

Flint Hills Resources, through its subsidiaries, is a leading refining, biofuels and chemicals company. Its subsidiaries market products such as gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol, biodiesel, olefins, polymers and intermediate chemicals, as well as base oils and asphalt.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, has announced plans to invest in a new polymerization plant in North America to manufacture Akulon polyamide 6 polymer for film grades used in flexible food packaging and other segments, as per Plastemart.

Financial details of the investment will not be disclosed. With construction scheduled to start in Q4 2014 and completion targeted for mid-2016, site locations for the plant are currently being evaluated.

With these high viscosity extrusion grades of Akulon polyamide 6 (PA6), DSM provides solutions to the world’s growing food packaging industry. Roughly 1.3 billion tons of food is lost or wasted worldwide every year, mostly in industrialized countries1. In North America 40% of the food loss occurs at retail and consumer levels and this is where better packaging can make a difference. Flexible films based on Akulon polyamide 6, with its strong barrier against oxygen and aromas and exceptional mechanical strength and durability, will help to reduce food lost or wasted during its journey from farm to fork.

"This new plant is our first polymerization plant for high viscosity grades in North America for Akulon polyamide 6, besides our existing infrastructure in Europe and Asia. It thus fits perfectly with our growth strategy for Materials Sciences, as it strengthens our global position in PA6 based films. This investment is also a demonstration of DSM’s strong commitment to both our global and North American customers and supports our further growth ambitions in the Americas for engineering plastics," comments Roelof Westerbeek, President DSM Engineering Plastics.

Richard Pieters, President DSM Engineering Plastics Americas, states: "We are determined to grow further in the packaging industry where we have already proven to meet our customers’ demand with our in-depth application know how and innovative solutions. Adding locally produced Akulon polyamide 6 grades for film to our North American portfolio complements our offering and strengthens our position to optimally serve our global and local customers." He concludes: "In addition to Akulon and Novamid® 6 and 6,66 polyamides, DSM serves customers with a range of specialty high performance engineering plastics including Arnitel TPC copolyester, Arnite PBT and PET polyesters, Stanyl high performance polyamide 46 and 4T, and our bio-based engineering plastics EcoPaXX polyamide 410 and Arnitel Eco copolyester."

As MRC reported earlier, last October Royal DSM signed a partnership agreement with long fibre thermoplastic (LFT) specialist Plasticomp (Winona, Minnesota/USA) to develop bio-based LFT composite materials based on DSM’s "EcoPaXX" polyamide 4.10.

Royal DSM is a global science-based company active in health, nutrition and materials. DSM delivers innovative solutions that nourish, protect and improve performance in global markets such as food and dietary supplements, personal care, feed, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, automotive, paints, electrical and electronics, life protection, alternative energy and bio-based materials.
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