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Increased sustainability set
for materials firms at K 2022
By Frank Esposito
Plastics News Staff
SUSTAINABLE
PACKAGING
SOLUTIONS
Thermoforming
machines, tools and
automation
Live on demonstration
Visit us at our booth E90 in hall 3.
DuPont Co., DSM Engineering
Materials and Polyplastics Group
are among the materials firms in
the spotlight at K 2022, Oct. 19-26
in Düsseldorf, Germany.
DuPont's Mobility and Materials
unit will focus on sustainable
materials and application developments,
officials with the Wilmington,
Del.-based firm said in a
news release. New developments
touted by DuPont include materials
for sustainable solutions, automotive
electrification, robotics,
consumer electronics, sporting
goods and footwear.
DuPont's booth at K 2022 will
include Future Lab, a section of
the stand where designers and engineers
can find eco-friendly solutions
that are new or have yet to be
introduced to the market. These
materials include Hytrel ECO
B-brand thermoplastic elastomers
made with biomass; Rynite-brand
PET based on post-consumer recyclate;
low-density Zytel-brand nylon;
and foamable grades of Hytrel
for weight reduction.
Officials said Hywww.kiefel.com
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trel ECO B delivers
performance
equivalent to Hytrel
grades made from
fossil feedstock but
with biomass content
up to 72 percent
by weight. In the
auto sector, DuPont
will feature DuPont
Chemical Bonding,
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Effi ciency and sustainability -
a progressive formula.
a patented technology that simplifies
manufacturing via direct
nylon-aluminum joining. Officials
said that process produces higher
bond strength but is " a common
challenge " for automotive
and industrial components.
In running shoes, standard and
foamable Hytrel is being used in
filament uppers, insoles, midsoles
and outsoles. One DuPont
customer recently launched patented,
foldable swim fins, thanks
to an upgrade from Hytrel ECO B.
DSM launching more
sustainable resins
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At K 2022, DSM Engineering Materials
is launching a new, more
sustainable version of its flagship
Stanyl-brand nylon. Stanyl B-MB
(bio-based, mass-balanced) has
up to 100 percent bio-based content.
The new material uses the
maximum possible levels of biomass
waste feedstock and allows
DSM to cut the carbon footprint
of the material in half, officials
with DSM in Geleen, Netherlands,
said in a news release. DSM plans
to have bio-based and/or recycled-based
alternatives for its entire
portfolio by 2030.
" With both consumers and
regulators demanding more sustainable
materials, the launch
of [Stanyl B-MB] is an important
step forward for our industry, "
Engineering Materials President
Roeland Polet said.
" We are fully committed to developing
sustainably sourced
products with a reduced environmental
impact, " he added.
DSM EM also announced that
Samsung Electronics is using Akulon
RePurposed-brand nylon in a
smartphone device for the first
time. The material is made by
DSM from repurposing discarded
fishing nets collected from the Indian
Ocean. The new Galaxy S22
series smartphones and Tab S8
series tablets " underline DSM's
commitment to enabling a circular
economy through recycled-based
innovation, " officials said.
Samsung Materials R&D Manager
Pranveer Singh Rathore said
that through the open collaboration
with DSM, Samsung " successfully
developed a solution that
bridges the needs of the planet
and our Galaxy users. "
Polyplastics expands
its portfolio
Polyplastics of Tokyo will
highlight its expanded product
portfolio and material supply capabilities
at K 2022. Officials said
the firm's Duracon-brand acetal,
Laperos-brand liquid crystal polymer
(LCP) and Topas-brand cyclic
olefin copolymer lines address
demanding end-use
requirements in the
medical, electrical/
electronics and automotive
industries.
Polyplastics has
expanded LCP sales
to the Europe, Middle
East and Asia
region and the Americas
while making
timely investments
in capacity to better
respond to market growth, officials
said. The firm's Technical
Solutions Center in Raunheim,
Germany,
officially opened in
April. The site serves the technical
support needs of its growing
customer base in Europe.
Polyplastics also is building a
new acetal plant in Jiangsu Province,
China, which will open with
annual production capacity of
almost 200 million pounds, with
that number later increasing to
more than 300 million pounds. The
new capacity will meet growing
demand for acetal, improve lead
times and reduce transportation
costs, officials said. Initial start-up
is expected in November 2024.
In new materials, Polyplastics'
long-fiber thermoplastic resin is
made of specially formulated regenerated
cellulose fibers. The
eco-friendly material provides
weight reduction plus mechanical
strength, officials said, enabling
manufacturers to reduce their
carbon footprint and meet sustainability
demands.
In 2020, Celanese Corp. of Dallas
ended the Polyplastics joint venture
by selling its share to partner
Daicel Corp. of Tokyo for almost
$1.6 billion in cash. Celanese had
a 45 percent stake in Polyplastics,
which makes specialty plastics
including acetal, polyphenylene
sulfide and LCP. since 1964.
Polyplastics
operates
two
plants in China and plants in Japan,
Malaysia and Taiwan. The
business also operates two plants
in Germany - one making specialty
polymers and one making
specialty chemicals. According to
its website, Polyplastics has annual
acetal production capacity
of almost 700 million pounds.
Visit us at the
19-26 October 2022
Düsseldorf, Germany
Hall 9 / A16

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