Plastics News - Show Daily - October 17, 2024 - 5

FAKUMA 2024
Plastics News, October 17, 2024 * 5
Syensqo
focused on
R&D, growth
By Frank Esposito
Plastics News Staff
Syensqo is at Fakuma 2024 with
a new name and new materials.
At Fakuma, Syensqo highlighted
a specialty grade of Amodel
PPA resin for electric vehicles.
The fl ame-retardant grade is ideal
for high-voltage battery pyrofuses,
according to Nicolas Batailley,
specialty
polymers
marketing
manager: " Customers want more
safety and more effi ciency from
electric vehicles. "
Other EV-related materials
from Syensqo include a Ryton
PPS resin for laser welding and
recycling in electric actuator
housings and Ajedium PEEK fi lm,
which enhances the effi ciency of
electric motors.
In sustainability, Syensqo showcased
its Echo portfolio, a line of
sustainable
solutions
featuring
bio-based, recycled and mass balance-certifi
ed raw materials. This
includes the world's fi rst ISCC
Plus mass balance-certifi ed polysulfone
resins. Recent Echo materials
have been used in consumer
goods and household appliances.
" Our sustainable materials aren't
developed for dedicated applications, "
Batailley said Oct. 15. " We
can make what a customer needs. "
The Brussels-based
materials
fi rm was formed in 2022 when it
was spun off from Solvay. Batailley
said the split from Solvay has
allowed Syensqo to focus more on
growth and R&D.
" That's been the main benefi t, "
he said. " We can do more with research
and innovation. "
Syensqo includes Solvay's former
Specialty Polymers unit as
well as growth platforms in batteries,
green hydrogen, thermoplastic
composites,
renewable
materials
and biotechnology.
Syensqo had sales of $7.4 billion
in 2023. The fi rm employs more
than 13,000 at 62 industrial sites
and 12 research centers worldwide.
In April, Syensqo broke ground
on a battery-grade polyvinylidene
fl uoride (PVDF) resin plant in
Augusta, Ga. Offi cials said the
Georgia plant will be the largest
PVDF production facility in North
America, supplying the growing
needs of domestic energy storage
markets. PVDF is a fl uoropolymer
that's used as a lithium-ion binder
and separator coating in batteries.
Syensqo makes the material
under the Solef brand name. Offi
cials said the material allows
EVs to go farther on each charge,
extends battery life and improves
battery safety.
The site is expected to make
enough PVDF for more than 5
million EV batteries per year, or
45 percent of expected PVDF demand
needed by 2030. The U.S.
Department of Energy awarded
Syensqo a $178 million grant to
Dirk Krines,
Manager Factory
e-Chain Systems at Igus,
Germany
help build the new plant.
The Augusta plant is part of a
joint venture between Syensqo
and Mexican specialty chemicals
maker Orbia Advance Corp.
SAB de CV.
Syensqo's Nicolas
Batailley says the
company has been able
to focus more on R&D
since it spun off from
Solvay in 2022.
Plastics News photo
by Caroline Seidel
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