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05 Industry news
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17 Tumultuous times for titanium dioxide
Depressed demand and over-production have been causing upheavals in the TiO2 pigment industry. Ed Barlow of TZMI analyses the changes.
21 The white stuff: titanium dioxide technologies

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Peter Mapleston looks at the latest developments in TiO2 pigments for plastics, including new challengers to established suppliers and technologies.
31 Bring in the reinforcements
A range of property improvements are enhancing bre performance in compounds and expanding applications, reports Pat Toensmeier.
39 Deregulation opens up new opportunities in India

AMI has published a new report that examines the plastics market in India. Its author Alex Brownbridge provides an overview of key trends.
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45 PolyOne sets its sights on designers 49 Your guide to K 2013 starts here 51 Compounders look ahead to K 2013
Selling custom polymers means getting in at the start of the design process. PolyOnes Europe VP Holger Kronimus explains the companys latest strategies.
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Peter Mapleston asked senior managers at 10 different compounders about their predictions and expectations for K 2013.
58 K 2013 preview: the A-Z of machinery 79 K 2013 preview: more materials
We report on new developments in compounding machinery and ancillary equipment that will be shown in Dsseldorf this month.
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Following on from last months rst preview, we look at some more of the polymers, additives and compounds that are being introduced at K.
90 Compounder of the month: APPL Industries 92 Dates for your diary
coming next issue

S News from K 2013 S Carbon black S Continuous and batch mixers
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Huntsman buys Rockwood pigments businesses

Huntsman is to pay US$1.1 billion to acquire Rockwood Holdings performance additives and Sachtleben titanium dioxide business. The deal is expected to close during the first half of next year and precedes a planned public offering of Huntsmans Pigments business, which president and CEO Peter Huntsman said would take place within two years. We anticipate TiO2 demand will continue to recover in the coming quarters, and during this time we will be focused on strengthening our world class pigments business and capturing approximately US$130 million in expected annual cost savings, to be fully achieved by the end of 2015, said Huntsman. In addition to creating a US$3 billion pigments leader, we believe this public offering will allow greater investor focus and appreciation for our Huntsman will strengthen its TiO2 business by buying Sachtleben from Rockwood differentiated businesses, he added. Rockwoods performance additives and TiO2 business manufactures and supplies sulphate-process TiO2, synthetic iron-oxide and other types of organic pigments, various timber treatment products, and specialty automotive materials. The deal includes Holliday Pigments, the ultramarine pigment supplier, and Gomet, the Italian producer of rubber and thermoplastics compounds and automotive components. According to Huntsman, the acquisition will make it the worlds second largest producer of titanium dioxide and inorganic colour pigments.
Lanxess invests in phosphorus

Lanxess is expanding its phosphorus-based chemicals activities with the takeover of the production assets and customer lists of the French subsidiary of the insolvent Dutch company Thermphos International. The Thermphos site in Epierre, France produces phosphorus pentoxide and polyphosphoric acid, which are used as intermediates in the production of flame retardants and pharmaceuticals. Lanxess says that both of these chemicals complement its existing product portfolio. The Epierre operation will be integrated into the Lanxess Functional Chemicals unit.
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Clariant takes ColorWorks to North America

Clariant has opened its latest ColorWorks colour development centre in Chicago, taking the colour development and support initiative into the North American marketplace. Intended to support customers in both the US and Canada, the company says that the new ColorWorks centre will help clients accelerate development of new products and assist in the more effective use of colour for brand recognition. It has a key competence in packaging, but will also support other markets such as the automotive, appliance, electrical/
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Masterbatches North America. To my knowledge, there is no other resource like it in North America. ColorWorks North America is located in the same building as Clariants Chicago masterbatch production unit, which is one of the companys largest and is capable of producing colorants in both masterbatch Clariant has opened its latest ColorWorks colour development centre in Chicago, USA electronic, furniture and medical sectors. Were exploring new approaches to helping designers, brand owners and OEMs bring new products to market faster, more efficiently and with a greater likelihood of success, said Peter Prusak, head of marketing at Clariant and liquid concentrate form. The companys new ColorWorks facility includes a 350 m2 Co-Creation Studio, as well as a 220 m2 Processing Lab. It is staffed by a full-time team of six people.
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Coperion opens worlds largest test centre

Coperion has opened what it claims is the worlds largest compounding test centre at its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany. The new 2,700 m2 facility replaces Coperions previous test centre and provides a total floorspace of 4,500m over
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ADG sets up in Atlanta

US-based compounding and recycling equipment supplier ADG Solutions has established a technical centre in Atlanta, GA, USA to provide spares, technical support and reconditioning services to its customers in the plastics reclamation industry. ADG Solutions is the exclusive North American
three levels. It is intended to allow customers to optimise compounding systems at close to production conditions and is expected to handle more than 100 customer trials a year, as well as supporting internal machine development work. The new facility is equipped with 20 different ZSK extruders with throughputs ranging from 10 to 3,000 kg/hr, including some of the companys latest ZSK Mc18 and ZSK MegaVolume Plus designs. The unit is equipped with materials handling systems to support all raw material formats, including liquids. Pelletizing options include water-ring, underwater and strand designs. Coperion has two other compounding test centres, one at Ramsey in New Jersey, US, and one at Nanjing in China. Coperions new test centre houses more than 20 extruders
agent for Davis-Standard recycling and compounding equipment as well as Fimic screen-changers, Tecnofer washing and separation systems and Filtec pelletizers imported from Italy.
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Sabo takes Chimassorb license

BASF has licensed its Chimassorb 2020 light stabiliser technology to Sabo of Italy. Chimassorb 2020 provides good UV and long-term thermal stability in applications such as PP tapes and fibres (left) and demand has been growing steadily, according to BASF. The license deal with Sabo ensures world-wide product availability and supply security to customers, said BASF. Sabo says the Chimassorb license complements the range of high molecular weight monomeric light stabilisers it produces in Bergamo, Italy.
www.basf.com www.sabo.com
PlastiComp to develop bio-based LFTs

US-based PlastiComp has reached an agreement with DSM to develop a range of long fibre reinforced thermoplastic (LFT) compounds based on the latters bio-based EcoPaxx PA 4,10 resin. The programme involves the development of both glass- and
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carbon-fibre-reinforced compounds and it is aimed at meeting the requirements of end-markets such as automotive. The partners already claim to have produced trial carbonfibre-reinforced EcoPaxx products suitable for structural applications at up to 200C.
DSM sees the EcoPaxx LFT compounds appealing to customers looking to reduce CO2 emissions due to the combination of the high renewable content of the EcoPaxx resin 70% and the potential to lightweight designs. The project partners also
plan to collaborate with potential customers to design injection-moulded composite parts, employing CAE tools to optimise fibre architecture to meet appearance and performance requirements.
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Polykemi to grow in China

Swedish compounding group Polykemi marked its 45th anniversary last month with the announcement of plans to double the size of its Chinese operation. Polykemi China managing director Magnus Lindahl said that the intention is to double the size of the plant next year. The Chinese facility currently operates ve lines and has a capacity of 4,000-5,000 tonnes/ year; he said the goal is to reach 20,000 tonnes/year within ve years. The company also plans further investment at its headquarters operation at Ystad in Sweden and at its Rondoplast recycled plastics operation. Polykemi vice president Lars Hugoson said prospects for the Rondoplast business, which currently has an annual output of 15,000 tonnes, are very promising. Magnus Lindahl, MD of Polykemi China, is planning a major expansion
SK and Teijin form PPS venture

SK Chemicals and Teijin have formed a new polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) joint venture called Initz, which is constructing a 12,000 tonnes/year resin and compounds plant at Ulsan in South Korea. The new venture, which is 66% owned by SK Chemicals, aims to become a world leader in PPS resins and compounds, targeting a 20% market share and annual sales of US$280 million by 2020. Initz says it will be using proprietary technologies from SK Chemicals that will allow it to produce the rst range of PPS resins with no residual chlorine or sodium. Both are by-products of conventional PPS production and residual amounts in the polymer can cause corrosion problems in use, the company claims.
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Heritage to produce Ecovio in US

US-based compounder Heritage Plastics is to produce the BASF Ecovio line of compostable polymers at its plant at Picayune in Mississippi under a new manufacturing agreement between the two companies. BASFs Ecoex-based Ecovio compounds are certied compostable and BASFs Ecovio resin is used in these coffee capsules contain bio-based content but until now have only been manufactured in Europe. The agreement will allow BASF, which will continue to market and sell the products, to better serve the North American market. Our partnership with Heritage Plastics allows us to respond efciently to a growing market and pass along numerous benets to our customers in North America, said Juergen Keck, vice president global business management biopolymers at BASF.
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Large numbers of compounders have already booked their places at the rst Compounding World Forum, which is being held by AMI and the conference coordinator, Kelly Cressman. Many are sending two or more representatives, and with two months to go we still expect many more to join us at the event. Compounders that are already signed up to attend include: PolyOne, Teknor Apex, A Schulman, Chroma, Styron, BASF, Techmer PM, Foster Corporation, PlastiComp, Westchester Plastics, Asahi Kasei, Heritage Plastics, Sylvin Technologies, PMC Group, Omni Plastics, Enviroplas, Mesa Industries, Southwire, Lubrizol, AGC Chemicals, Continental Compounders, Penn Color, Colorant Chromatics, Roscom, Ampacet, Polymera and PolyVisions. For more details go to http://bit.ly/CWF2013p, and book by 1 Nov to save US$200.
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Baerlocher to produce PVC stabilizers in Turkey

Germanys Baerlocher has commenced construction of a new manufacturing facility for the production of PVC stabilizers at Ashikar in the Manisar district of Turkey. The 40,000 tonnes/year plant is expected to commence operation at the end of 2014 and will produce both calcium and lead-based one-pack products. Baerlocher said the facility is completely focused on meeting the needs of local customers and to that end will also include a technical applications laboratory. We clearly recognise that speed of response is critical in these dynamic markets and this new investment will enable us to provide customers with choices which they desire, said Baerlocher CEO Arne Schulle. Arne Schulle: Speed of response is critical in these dynamic markets
Michelman opens new tech centre

Michelman opened its new European Technical Centre at Windhof in Luxembourg last month. It includes a new laboratory space and an analytical facility. Michelman produces water-based surface modifiers, additives and polymers for a range of applications including sizing for reinforcements.
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Altana buys Rockwoods clay business

Specialty chemicals group Rockwood has sold its clay-based additives business to Germanys Altana Group for US$635 million. The business was part of Rockwoods Performance Additives division and supplies clay-based additives mostly used as rheology modifiers. It includes Southern Clay Products, which produces a wide range of clay products, including nanoclays used in polymer nanocomposites. Altana said it will integrate the acquired business which has production sites in the US, the UK and Germany into its BYK Additives and Instruments division.
Artec and Berstorff team up

Artec of Austria and KraussMaffei Berstorff of Germany have announced a cooperation agreement to develop systems for the single-step recycling and compounding of plastics. The Edelweiss concept brings together Artecs material cutting, compaction, degassing and melt filtering technologies with Berstorffs ZE twin-screw extruders and melt pumps. According to the partners, the combination of recycling and compounding technologies will allow recyclers and compounders to add value to their products and improve quality, while also saving energy. The Edelweiss technology enhances the energy-balance in the material flow. The main benefit of this solution is the possibility to produce highquality compound on a single heat, says Ralf Dahl, division manager for twin-screwextruders at Berstorff.
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Artecs material preparation technology takes in the scrap plastic film or fibre direct from the washing process, using the friction produced by cutting and compaction to eliminate much of the remaining water before introduction to a plasticizing extruder. Vacuum degassing is used to remove residual moisture and other volatiles before the melt is passed through a filter system. In the new combined
systems, the filtered melt is then fed via a gear pump into the top or side of a Berstorff twin-screw compounder (below), where mineral fillers, colorants or reinforcing fibres can be incorporated. Dahl said the Edelweiss technology will be introduced at the K show and can be applied to systems with throughput rates of between 300 and 2,500 kg/h.
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Clariant buys Jiangsu and grows in China

Clariant has strengthened its position in pigments in China with the acquisition of the organic pigments business of Jiangsu Multicolor Fine Chemical, which is based in Jiangsu Province. Jiangsu is a Chinese supplier of high-performance pigments with sales of RMB 210 million (around E25 million). It products are predominantly pigments and pigment preparations that are used for coatings, plastics and printing inks. Clariant said that it plans to build a world-scale Pigment PV23 plant in Zhenjiang in Jiangsu Province, which together with the Jiangsu acquisition will expand its pigment activity in China. The acquisition of the Jiangsu Multicolor Business and the investment in a world-scale pigment plant in Zhenjiang will consolidate our position as a leader in the pigments industry and it is in line with Clariants strategy of taking advantage of growth opportunities in Asia, said Hariolf Kottmann, CEO of Clariant. Clariant CEO Hariolf Kottmann: taking advantage of growth opportunities in Asia
Dow drops additives sell-off

Dow has shelved plans to sell its plastics additives business after bids fell short of its expectations, according to reports last month by Bloomberg. The news agency said Dow considered that the bids it had received for the business, which generates annual sales of around US$600 million, undervalued its potential. The Plastics Additives business produces processing aids and impact modifiers under the Paraloid, Surecel and Tyrin brand names. Dow put the business up for sale back in March of this year (see http://bit.ly/CWDow) as part of a package of disposals which included its PP licensing activities and were together expected to raise around US$1.5 billion. Dow considerably expanded its plastics additives business back in 2009 when it acquired Rohm and Haas.
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Techmer PM opens German office

Techmer PM has opened an office in Cologne, Germany to focus on expansion opportunities in the European market. The US-headquartered company manufactures a wide range of additive and colour masterbatches as well as engineered compounds. David Turner, Techmer PMs international sales manager, said: We have been present in the European market for decades, somewhat on the outside looking in. However, our new sales office will allow us to better serve the needs of current customers, while capitalizing on new growth opportunities. The company will also be exhibiting at the K show in Dsseldorf for the first time this month. One of the products it will be highlighting is its Techsurf hydrophilic melt additive technology (formerly Irgasurf HL) which it acquired from BASF in 2010.Techmer PM will also be promoting its masterbatches and compounds on stand D32 in hall 7a.
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DSM and Ravago team up in recycled PA 6

DSM has expanded its partnership with Ravago to develop a new portfolio of glass-reinforced PA 6 compounds containing more than 50% post-consumer recycled polymer. The materials, available with 30% and 35% glass reinforcement, will be offered
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PolyOne combats counterfeiters

PolyOne has launched a new portfolio of anti-counterfeiting technologies under the Percept name that it claims will help manufacturers and brand owners minimise risk of loss of revenues or reputation. The company says that the Percept technologies include covert, overt and forensic anti-counterfeiting measures and are supported with formulation and consultancy expertise covering technology selection, design, usage and specification development. Percept technologies are the latest example of our commitment to our solutionsbased approach focused on helping customers enhance their brand and grow their business. This highly customizable set of technologies was developed to help our customers protect market share and reduce risk, said John Van Hulle, president of global colour, additives and ink at PolyOne. Percept technologies can be implemented in a wide variety of polymers and processing environments. Application areas include medical devices, drug packaging, consumer electronics, packaging, apparel, toys and automotive parts. Drug packaging is a target market for PolyOnes anti-counterfeiting technologies
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PE bag and film recycling plant opens in UK

UK-based PlasRecycle has opened a 10.7 million (E12.7 million) plant in south east London to recycle up to 20,000 tonnes/year of post-consumer plastic film and bags. The 10,000 m2 facility is claimed to be the first in the UK dedicated only to handling bags and films from local authority kerbside collection schemes and retailers. The company says that the unit, which includes separation, washing, melt filtration and pelletizing, could be expanded to handle up to 50,000 tonnes in the future. In an unrelated move, the UK Government announced plans in September to introduce a tax on plastic carrier bags of 5p per bag in 2015.
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Programme launched for Concentrates 2014

AMI has revealed the programme for its 17th Thermoplastic Concentrates conference, which takes place at the Coral Springs Resort in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, on 28-30 January next year. The line-up of speakers for the 2014 event includes experts from across the masterbatch industry supply chain. In addition to major suppliers of pigments, additives and processing
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machinery, the programme includes speakers from concentrate manufacturers such as A Schulman, PCC, Techmer PM and ONeil. This years programme also includes a keynote presentation from Dolbys Vince Voron, who will discuss critical consumer design issues. In addition, Rank Groups Kent Boyd, who is responsible for US$125 million of concentrate purchasing, will talk about the
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technical innovation. Delegates at the 2013 conference represented companies with total concentrates sales of some US$2.4 billion. To find out more about the 2014 event, to view the full programme, and review the lists of previous attendees, visit http://bit.ly/Conc2014. Bookings placed before 13 December 2013 qualify for a US$200 discount.
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Tumultuous times for titanium dioxide

The global titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment industry has had a tumultuous 12 months. Pricing has fallen by close to a third over the past year and production volumes are down while customers consume inventory. This is now causing a reshufe of global suppliers, with mergers expected on the horizon and the chance of one or more bankruptcy still high. Yet the resumption of the US economy and the prospect of long-term demand from emerging Asian and Latin American markets offer hope for the future.
Depressed demand and overproduction are creating upheavals in the titanium dioxide pigment industry. Ed Barlow of TZMI analyses the changes
Western Europe, previously driven by high construction volumes in Mediterranean markets has receded to new lows and given the oversupply of real estate in the heady days before 2008, it does not look likely to return anytime soon. The US housing market is slowly recovering, with slow being the operative word. As of the time of writing the government has decided against reigning in riskier Its been a tumultuous year for the titanium dioxide industry but there is hope for the future
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Declining demand
TiO2 demand trends are likened to the global economic growth. But 2012 serves a reminder that occasionally this relationship breaks down. Demand in 2012 fell by 15% and has continued to decline well into the rst half of 2013. Weaknesses in underlying demand are behind this considerable downturn in pigment sales. Demand in
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markets feature | Titanium dioxide
Leading suppliers
When TZMI reported on TiO2 markets for Compounding
World back in 2011, the key global producers were all

non-Chinese. In fact, none of DuPont, Cristal, Huntsman, Tronox, Kronos, Sachtleben and Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha (ISK) had a factory in China, which had become the largest consumer market of TiO2 pigment in the same year. They still dont today, but one recent change has been the inclusion of a Chinese company, Sichuan Lomon in the ranks of the world leaders. Lomons 200,000 tonnes of capacity is located in China and the Chinese pricing trends over the past year (US$/tonne)
Source: TZMI
company is planning a further expansion later this year. There has been a divergence in pricing strategy between Chinese and non-Chinese producers. Most of the major multinationals brought back pricing increas-
mortgages which will promote growth. In the run up to the FIFA World Cup and Olympic Games, Brazil which dominates demand in South America, is enjoying high levels of investment. At some point the region will need to invest in pigment production. The same is true for India, which is a bit depressed right now, but is going to see a young population migrate to the cities in huge numbers in coming decades.
es over the rst quarter of the year, ostensibly due to feedstock economics. Meanwhile Chinese producers continued to cut their prices amid high production volumes. The Chinese play the game a little differently. Low interest rates and support (or pressure) from local governments have encouraged Chinese producers to over-produce and gain market share. How low pricing goes is a commonly asked question. TZMIs view is that pigment producers have slowed production in the rst half of 2013 and are running inventories back towards normal levels. This is expected to continue into Q3 2013 whereupon more supply will be added. When it does so, feedstock economics will put upward pressure on pricing although not to the same high growth rates that was seen in previous years.
Pigment oversupply
The year ended with a massive oversupply of pigment, with the majority of over-production occurring in China. Inventories rose to record levels when producers misjudged the pace of the global economic recovery and mistimed the cessation of Chinas economic stimulus. Inventory levels at the end of 2012 were nearly 75% higher than usual. This reduced in the rst quarter of this year thanks to slower production, not increased market demand. Overall supply fell by 8% in 2012. Chloride producers cut supply more than sulphate producers as the largest pigment portfolios are overweighted towards chloride technology. Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha (ISK), a major Japanese producer, shut down its chloride plant in Singapore. Capacity utilisation ranges from a low of 65% in China where new factories are often built without the same level of demand modelling rigour that you would nd elsewhere. Europe is somewhat higher but if (when) plants are idled, this will fall. China remains at the centre of new plant building efforts, with up to a million tonnes declared to be in the pipeline. How much of this comes to fruition is debateable. Appetites are currently suppressed. Analysis of the local market by TZMIs Shanghai team indicates that many of the Chinese producers have been losing money this year. When Chinas very loose credit ows are tightened as they almost inevitably will be soon, a number of zombies may emerge in the picture.
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Outlook
When TZMI next examines this market for Compounding
World, the TiO2 pigment industry is likely to look different

again. Rumours that DuPont would spin off its TiO2 business in late 2013 have now been publicly conrmed. Huntsman is in the process of acquiring the Sachtleben TiO2 business from Rockwood, a deal which is scheduled to be completed in the rst half of 2014. This activity, along with the many changes now sweeping through China could radically alter the recent trends in the market. TiO2 demand has probably passed its winter solstice but we are still in a much cooler environment. More storms are expected before spring arrives.
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Ed Barlow is country manager of TZMI Management Consulting (Shanghai). TZMI recently published its TiO2 Pigment Annual Review 2013. Download the brochure at http://bit.ly/TZMI2013.
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Titanium dioxide | materials feature
The white stuff

There can be little doubt that current commercial upheavals among suppliers of titanium dioxide are having an effect on the state of development in the technology of this product, critical for the coloration of plastics and coatings. Suppliers have been suffering from falling demand and prices as customers make use of their own stocks before buying again (see TZMIs market analysis on page 17 of this issue). When margins at producers are paper-thin, if not actually negative, restructuring is the order of the day. Rockwood is in the process of selling its Sachtleben TiO2 business to Huntsman (see the news pages of this issue for details). In addition, DuPont has announced that it is considering strategic options for its Titanium Technologies division including a spin-off, sale or other transaction. In such circumstances, the inevitable nancial tidying-up is likely to hit spending that does not yield immediate results, and as is the way of things, R&D may well fall into that category. Developments are denitely going on in TiO2 for plastics compounds, but the pace does appear to have slackened somewhat. Compounders visiting K 2013 in Dsseldorf this
Peter Mapleston looks at the latest developments in titanium dioxide pigments for plastics, including new challengers to the established suppliers and production technologies
month looking for the latest in TiO2 developments may want to head to the Huntsman stand. The company will be showcasing Altiris, its TiO2-based pigment that preferentially reects infrared radiation from the sun. Huntsman says that, when Altiris is mixed with coloured pigments, the result is higher solar reectance in an unprecedented range of colourful polymers including dark and vibrant shades. Altiris has the potential to produce Total Solar Reectance (TSR) in some colours RAL 1016 Sulphur Yellow, for example by over 70%. In RAL 2004 Pure Orange the gure is 65%, in RAL 6018 Yellow Green it is 40%, in RAL 5012 Light Blue it is 37%.
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premature failure of plastics parts. Increasing the solar reectance of polymers can help open up new markets for polymer products as they become less prone to warping, the company says. This means polymer products could be used in warmer regions of the world where they would have previously been unsuitable. There are currently two products in the range: Altiris 550 pigment is intended for light to medium shades, while Altiris 800 is intended for use in medium and dark colours. Altiris 550 reects more in the very near infrared part of the spectrum, as well as some visible light, so it has some whiteness, says Rob Portsmouth, business development director at Huntsman Pigments. It can be incorporated into colours that would normally have traditional TiO2, for example a beige made from brown and white but the product will stay cooler. Altiris 800, which reects even less visible light than Huntsmans Altiris TiO2based pigments reduce heat build-up in coloured vinyl siding When launched last year, Altiris was initially aimed at building and construction applications such as siding and proles. However, Huntsman says that the additive is now receiving additional interest from the automotive and agricultural sectors for controlling temperature levels. For example, tests are being carried out on agricultural lms containing Altiris for better crop protection. Altiris grades work by reecting more infrared radiation (which accounts for 53% of the radiation from the sun hitting the earths surface) than regular TiO2 pigments, thanks to the structure and size of the crystals and the very durable thin silica coating around them; the coating assists in incorporating the pigment into polymers, and also minimizes photo-catalytic activity in the application. Huntsman notes that high solar reectance can help to reduce overall heat build-up, preventing distortion and Altiris 550, and more long infrared radiation, responds to increasing calls from producers of plastics as well as coatings for darker colours for applications such as vinyl siding and window frames. Some of these products can get really warm in the summer, and they may twist and buckle, Portsmouth notes. Sean Reid, business development manager at Huntsman, says that the company believes that there is large scope for a new generation of polymers that are colourful and can better reect the heat. Altiris has the potential to deliver energy efciencies and expand customer choice, he says, adding that this is the rst time that the combination of tailored solar reectance from a single additive in almost any colour has been available. Altiris pigments can be used with the same pigments that compounders already use with TiO2. They are said to be easy to disperse and incorporate into sophisticated systems. They contain no added heavy metals, and in some formulations less coloured pigment can be used. Huntsman provides customers with access to a newly developed software program to help them create the colours they want. Software to help users make the best of TiO2 is also offered by DuPont, although it is aimed more at lm producers than compounders. Many lm producers balance lm thickness, TiO2 content and cost to nd the most effective solution for lm opacity, the company says, so it has created a model to highlight the effectiveness of TiO2 in producing a more opaque backdrop versus increasing lm thickness. The model incorpoHuntsmans Altiris pigments can reduce surface temperature by more than 50% in some colour ranges tests carried out using Cary 5000 spectrophotometer on plaques approximately 100 microns thick. The standard coating contains Tioxide pigment and colour pigment. rates many fundamental aspects of scattering to calculate a theoretical opacity of multilayer lms. An added feature is the ability to calculate the opacity with other materials besides TiO2. With this calculation, lm producers can easily modulate certain
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said. Tronox also talked about the differences in applications for chloride and sulphate grades: Over the last few years, we have seen a strong divergence between high-quality and low-quality applications in the market, investors were told. High-quality plastics applications durable profiles and films, high-end films, and high-performance engineering plastics continue to demand better performance characteristics from the chloride grades as well as sulphate grades produced in the West. Lower quality plastics applications have largely converted to lower quality sulphate titanium dioxide, which is primarily produced in China. At the moment, despite the location of several major TiO2 producers in China, and the fact that the country is the worlds largest producer, much of what is made there, stays there. But things are changing. In fact, aspects of the film construction such as weight percentage of additives like TiO2, the thickness desired and the number of layers in the film to best fit their cost constraints for opacity. Visitors to the DuPont booth at K 2013 will be able to test the new model. China became a net exporter of TiO2 in 2011, according to reporting agency The Petrosil Group. Henan Billions Chemicals is one of the top three producers of TiO2 in China. Dong Yong-ai, manager of the import and export department at the company, says that the current expansion of its sulphate production facility will take it to second position within a few months. In terms of capacity, Sichuan Lomon Titanium Industry is the largest producer in China, with Shandong Dongjia in second place. Yong-ai says that Henan Billions actual output already puts it ahead of Dongjia, and it is in top position for exports. While Henan Billions does not currentlyhave any TiO2 products tailored for the plastic industry outside
Diverging markets
In a recent discussion about TiO2 applications with investors, Tronox said trends have changed little over the last 10 years. Customers always want more from their TiO2, and we are constantly trying to deliver better dispersion, rheology, exterior durability, brightness, colour, and opacity with our chloride TiO2, the company
Making the most of particle size

Speaking at AMIs Masterbatch Conference 2013 in Frankfurt this June, DuPont Titanium Technologies Dr Bernd Zimmermann gave an interesting presentation on how to get the best out of TiO2 in plastics. Products containing TiO2 look white because the TiO2 scatters the light. Light scattering is a function of the refractive index of the material, the thickness of the product, and the concentration of the scattering material. The high refractive index of TiO2 means that it is virtually always going to provide a better opacifying effect than potential rival products such as calcium carbonate and zinc oxide, which have RIs little more than half that of TiO2. However, Zimmermann emphasized the importance of particle size
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for further optimizing the scattering effect. He explained that rutile TiO2, which has an even higher refractive index (2.7) than anatase (2.5), can come in various sizes. Two different TiO2 grades with identical crystal structure can have different opacity performance. Smaller particles provide higher scatter in the blue region of the visible light spectrum, giving a so-called high undertone. The natural yellow tint in many thermoplastics, sometimes emphasized during processing, is thus cancelled out, giving a cleaner colour (see graph).
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Titanium dioxide exists naturally in various crystalline forms, including anatase and rutile. However, for industrial purposes, TiO2 pigments are synthesized from raw titanium ore, by one of two processes, sulphate and chloride. Synthetic rutile TiO2 pigment, which is generally preferred for plastics compounds because of its better light scatter, can be made by either process; anatase pigment can only be made by the sulphate process. The processes differ in the feedstock, and the methods used to rene the ore, remove impurities, and to form the pigment particle. In the sulphate process, introduced 1916 by Titanium Pigment in the USA and Titan in Norway, either ilmenite (iron titanate, FeTiO3) or titanium-rich (around 80%) slag is dissolved in sulphuric acid, and then TiO2 is precipitated out by hydrolysis. In the chloride process, enriched slag (85-95% TiO2) or synthetic rutile (upgraded ilmenite containing 88-95% TiO2) is reacted with chlorine gas to China, it is carrying out a large development programme to produce such grades and it is condent it can make them to the required standards. We are planning to produce a grade especially developed for masterbatch applications as well as a grade for use in outside applications, says Yong-ai, adding that the company expects to start marketing these products in 2014. Henan Billions is in the process of starting up a production facility using the chloride process. We feel condent that, with this process, we can start to supply the market outside China with quality products, Yong-ai explains. Different methods are used to rene and purify TiO2 pigments obtain titanium tetrachloride and metal chloride impurities, which are subsequently separated from the process. Austin Reid, research fellow at DuPont Titanium Technologies, says that there are now various versions of the chloride process DuPont developed and commercialized the original in 1948 but claims the DuPont version is the only one that can use low-grade ores. Highly puried titanium chloride, TiCl4, is then oxidized at a high temperature to produce intermediate TiO2. The oxidation step permits close control of particle size distribution and crystal type to make grades with high hiding power and tinting strength. At the moment, a third process, CTL from Argex, operates only on pilot scale, but full-scale production is scheduled for 2015 just a year short of the 100th anniversary of the sulphate process. The CTL process is said to be characterized by high energy efciency, low emissions and a closed-loop design that uses relatively low levels of hydrochloric acid, which is regenerated after use. The CTL process uses only ilmenite as the feedstock and Argex says it is the only process that can produce high quality pigment from ores containing common contaminants, such as Cr, V, Mg, and Ca, which prevents use in the other processes. In the CTL process, the ilmenite is attacked by acids, followed by a rst iron solvent extraction to remove iron, and a second solvent extraction to remove Ti, giving a clear solution containing Ti. Hydrolysis yields pure TiO2. strategy for the scale-up of its proprietary process that allows it to produce high purity TiO2 directly from its 100% owned deposit. It collaborated with Process Research Ortech in Mississauga, Ontario to develop the CTL mineral extraction process, which allows for the production of high purity (or 99.8% pure) pigment grade TiO2 for the paint, plastics and coating industries. The process is unique because of its ability to produce high purity TiO2, Iron and V2O5 through a single process directly from the ore material, Argex claims. The equipment used in all parts of the process is known and readily available. The innovation of the process lies on how the equipment is used and on how the solvents and temperatures are properly balanced. The process operates at atmospheric pressure, thus avoiding the need to handle chemicals at very high temperatures. (See box for Argexs comparison of how its process compares with the chloride and sulphate processes) Last year, Argex signed a technology collaboration agreement with paint company PPG Industries to
New kid on the block

While some established TiO2 suppliers in the West seem keen to quit the scene, Canadian mining exploration company Argex Titanium has plans to move downstream into the production of TiO2 as well as also iron and vanadium pentoxide (V2O5). Argex says that it has adopted a simple and low risk
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develop and optimize pigment grade TiO2 for paints and coatings. At the time, Argex said the TiO2 was intended to be compatible with various end-use applications for PPG and would be produced by Argex. Then this June, the two companies entered into a long-term supply agreement. PPG previously manufactured titanium dioxide using the chloride process at its former Natrium, West Virginia chemicals plant and sold titanium dioxide pigment for coatings and other end-use applications. This April, Argex said it would build its first industrial scale TiO2 plant in Valleyfield, Quebec. It is currently engaged in a feasibility study for the development of the facility, which will have a production capacity of 50,000 tonnes/year when all being well it enters production in early 2015. There will also be an R&D centre on the site. The company currently has a pilot plant in Mississauga. Argex has recently published its first data sheets for three grades aimed at various applications including one
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Reinforcing bres | materials feature
A range of property improvements are enhancing bre performance in compounds and expanding applications, reports Pat Toensmeier
Bring in the reinforcements

Suppliers of chopped-bre reinforcements are upgrading the properties of their products to meet evolving needs in thermoplastic compounds. Chief among these are thermal stability, mechanical properties, and resistance to chemicals and liquids. Chopped bres have been tackling these requirements for years, of course. However, recent developments in major end-use markets notably automotive, electrical/electronic, appliances and aerospace are raising the performance bar for reinforced compounds. This is creating more demanding applications for glass, a mainstay of these materials, as well as carbon, aramid and specialty bres, each of which is attracting the attention of design engineers despite the relatively high cost of some. Much of the activity is in automotive, which is posting strong growth in many regions. In the US, for example, auto and light truck sales are on track to reach 15.5 million units this year and more than 16 million in 2014. The German automotive industry association VDA forecasts substantial increases in auto manufacturing by China, India, Brazil and Russia in coming years. In Kaliningrad, Russia, for example, automakers are investing 3 billion (US$4 billion) over the next three years to build six assembly plants and 15 parts-supply facilities to meet demand from the Russian market. Brazil reportedly plans to invest US$22 billion in auto production from 2013-15. Alongside all this extra production, various fuel economy and carbon emission requirements will put a premium on lightweight parts, which typically means more polymers. OEMs are thus developing parts that make innovative use of reinforced compounds. Examples include door panels, oil and transmission pans and
engine components like charge-air ducts, air-intake manifolds, intercooler end caps and throttle bodies. Under-the-hood parts must perform reliably while resisting the heat generated by the small, turbocharged engines that are often shoehorned into densely packed spaces. In the US, one of the biggest drivers in automotive design is the governments CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standard. This requires automakers to meet eet-wide fuel efciency standards of 54.5 mpg by 2025. The CAFE standards will allow for increased metal replacement in vehicles, says Geoff Wilson, global product manager for thermoplastic reinforcements at Owens Corning. This will push automotive designers to reach out for new materials and solutions. Increasingly, these materials are thermoplastic compounds, and the component solutions place greater emphasis on systems design than one-to-one metal replacement. With systems design comes the need for reinforcements that provide necessary structural and mechanical properties, along with chemical resistance and, due to the growing use of electronics in vehicles, appropriate levels of conductivity or shielding, especially in thin-wall parts. Many reinforcements are being developed or ne-tuned for polyamide (PA) resins, especially types 6 and 66. Glass-lled PA resins are widely used in automotive and other markets and are
Growing production of light-weight cars is helping to drive demand for reinforced thermoplastics
experiencing healthy growth rates.
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Owens Cornings Hydrostrand 256 glass fibre improves the performance of heat-resistant PA compounds in automotive parts
One recent fibre from Owens Corning is Hydrostrand 256, which is aimed at PA 6 and 66 compounds and other high-heat nylons. The fibre is designed to improve product performance in a number of critical automotive design areas, notably under-the-hood components such as radiator tank ends, air-cooler end caps and oil pans. According to Wilson, the properties of Hydrostrand 256 include high levels of impact strength and fatigue resistance, as well as retention of mechanical properties in parts exposed to glycol and other fluids. The reinforcement also resists calcium stearate lubricants and has low yellowing characteristics, which makes it suitable for use with natural and light colours. Wilson attributes much of the performance of Hydrostrand 256 to the interface the fibre achieves with the resin matrix as well as proprietary sizing technology. We try and combine multiple benefits in one product, he remarks. Since a PA compound gains a number of properties from the reinforcement, the compound can be used in different parts, which, Wilson adds, reduces inventory costs by reducing material changeover. Another new chopped glass fibre from Owens Corning is 272, which has been developed for applications in polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) and polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Wilson says that the material combines outstanding mechanical properties with high throughput, this last through ease of feeding and good dispersion.
Food contact requirements

One area of focus in Europe for fibre producers is food-contact applications. The European Commission mandates that plastics and component materials such as reinforcements conform to a revised food-contact regulation (EU Nr. 10/2011) by 31 December 2015. Johns Manville claims that it is the first glass-fibre producer to comply with the rule, and has, in fact, developed three grades of its ThermoFlow chopped glass reinforcements for food contact. Rudolf Mackovic, the companys marketing and product management leader for fibres in Europe, says the fibres could be used in kitchen and household appliances or reusable plates and cutlery. The ThermoFlow grades are: 601 for PBT/PET compounds; 636 for PP; and 674 for PA and other high-heat polymers. These reinforcements are also suitable for non-food applications. The European food-contact rules are getting a lot of attention from fibre producers, says Andy Brink, global technology manager for fibres and composites at sizing supplier Michelman. He notes that companies with international sales want all of their products to be compliant in every market, hence, the urgency to meet the European rule and other regional regulations.
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Our work doesnt stop at high mechanical performance, he explains. We understand there is a need for high throughput, too. Wilson credits much of the throughput gains to a new proprietary sizing that Corning applies to the fibre. Both the Hydrostrand 256 reinforcement and the 272 fibre are commercial in North America and Europe, and will be available in Asia in the first quarter of 2014.
Raising the temperature

Brink says that there is also growing demand for fibres that withstand the thermal regimes of high-heat compounds, and Michelman has developed sizing for this need. One material, in the Hydrosize PA series, is for nylons. Another, in the HP series, is for polyimide and PEEK (polyetheretherketone) reinforcements. This sizing withstands 500C for short periods and more than 400C for extended periods, according to company data. The automotive industry is responsible for most of
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Michelman has developed sizing for heat-resistant PA parts like this glass fibre-reinforced air-intake manifold
the demand for high-heat sizing demand, Brink remarks, but aircraft manufacturers also need thermally stable components. One application that Michelman supplies sizing for is the arm assembly that holds an airline seat-back tray in place when in use. The arm was fabricated of aluminium but now, to save weight, is made of Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) resin from Sabic Innovative Plastics and reinforced with carbon fibre. The PEI was specified for its flame-resistant properties. Johns Manville is also working with sizing. Mackovic says that the company recently developed a reactive sizing called 886 RXN for structural PA applications. He explains that the sizing chemistry develops a strong, reactive bond between the glass fibre and polyamide matrix, which in turn yields 20% higher mechanical properties than in conventional reinforced PA. Mackovic adds that the sizing contributes to shorter injection moulding cycles of compounded parts. This is because the bond between the fibre and resin is so good and fast that parts can be de-moulded much faster. The sizing can produce compounds for automotive parts that weigh less than they would in conventional reinforced PA, yet have no trade-off in mechanical properties, he adds. The material isnt yet commercial, but Johns Manville is looking for partners to prove the performance of the system. Another producer with a range of glass fibres for automotive and other applications is PPG Industries. Through its ChopVantage HP series, the company supplies a dozen types of reinforcements for different thermoplastics. HP 3610, for example, is for PA 6, 66, 46, 610 and 612. The fibre has high impact strength and fatigue resistance, uniform dispersion, and maintains low viscosity during compounding for high throughput rates. The reinforcement resists ethylene glycol-based cooling systems, and meets US FDA and EU regulations for repeated food-contact applications. Teijin Aramid is also active in this market, supplying Twaron and Technora para-aramid chopped strands and powders for use in thermoplastic compounds. The chopped fibres, which are offered in lengths form 0.25 to 12 mm, and the powders can significantly increase the wear resistance and enhance the endurance of engineering plastics. They also reduce the abrasion of counter materials and provide sound and vibration dampening. Tests carried out by the TNO research organisation in the Netherlands have shown that adding 10-15% of Twaron to PA 66 results in reduces wear by a factor of 20, while adding a similar loading to POM can double the polymers durability. Teijin has developed a special sizing and cutting process to produce small rod-like pellets of Twaron and Technora for engineering plastics application, providing ease-of-handling at the compounding line. Twaron grades have a more attractive price-to-performance ratio, while Technora grades are specified when maximum strength and rigidity are required.
Carbon fibre finds favour

Long a staple of thermoset composites, carbon fibre demand is growing in thermoplastic compounds, owing to a number of properties that exceed those of glass, says Jason Carling, global research and development manager at Toho Tenax America. He cites several performance areas in particular: outstanding mechanical properties; high conductivity; inherent lubricity; and chemical resistance. Carbon fibre is costly at around $8-20 per lb (E13-32 per kg), Carling says, though the average is around $10 per lb (E16 per kg). And its not for every part, no matter how convinced an engineer may be of its value. But for applications where properties and cost can be justified, carbon fibre delivers virtually unrivalled performance. Increasingly, he adds, these applications include
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PA resins are also achieving improved performance with different types of reinforcing fibres. One such is DuPonts Zytel PA 66 family, some grades of which are reinforced with the companys Kevlar aramid fibre or Nomex meta-aramid fibre. The Kevlar fibre typically provides wear and abrasion resistance, along with thermal stability it can withstand melt temperature of 330C and mould temperatures of 140-160C. The Nomex meta-aramid is fire-resistant, which suits it for battery packs in electric vehicles, among other applications.
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Although the outlook for reinforcements is bright in terms of application potential, glass fibre supply could be a problem in 2014. Wilson at Owens Corning notes that while his company, and the industry generally, has enough products to meet current demand, in 2014 and beyond, we expect everywhere to be tight. This is, of course, a recurring situation in the glass-fibre industry. The furnaces that produce the glass need to be rebuilt every seven years or so, causing entire plants to shut down and removing their capacity Johns Manville recently invested E50 million to upgrade its glass-fibre plant in Slovakia thermoplastic compounds. Historically, carbon fibres were used in [thermosets] to replace metal parts - stamped steel, cast aluminium and magnesium, Carling says, The next step up is injection moulded components, which let designers capitalize on the properties of carbon fibres from the beginning of part development. There is also a need for rapid part manufacturing, which is achievable with thermoplastics. Heat, form, and its done, he says, a process whose swiftness cannot be matched with thermosets. Toho Tenax has developed a grade of carbon fibre called C623. Primarily for PA resins, the reinforcement begins as a standard grade of carbon fibre. Through treatments that tailor it for PA, and sizing that elevates thermal stability to 400C, the fibre adds properties to a nylon compound that optimize its performance. Carling says it can also be used to enhance polyphthalamide, a Click on the links for more information: from the market. Many Asian plants need to be rebuilt, and its likely that this will be done in the near future. China, especially, has been a big source of glass-fibre exports, and furnace rebuilding could affect the supply. It is predicted that all key producing regions - North America and Europe as well as Asia will experience supply tightness as this work takes place. Wilson says the US will be the first to recover, followed by Asia and then Europe.
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Deregulation opens up new opportunities in India

Since the turn of the century, the Indian polymer industry has been one of the most dynamic emerging plastics markets in the world. However, due to the markets size, volatility and fragmented structure, it can prove difcult to identify clear-cut corporate opportunities, and businesses frequently struggle to achieve dependable investments in the country with a clear future strategy. The key to Indias recent and future success is deregulation. Historically, strict regulation has limited entrepreneurial scope and closed India off from the rest of the world, making business expansion problematic. Such regulation is increasingly being relaxed, or abolished, in order to encourage foreign investment and a more consolidated industry structure. It is within markets subject to deregulation where the greatest opportunities exist. This is one of the key ndings of the new Indian
Reduction of regulation
It has only been in the last decade or so that Indian polymer demand has begun to ourish, albeit from a low base. Polymer consumption in 2013 will be over 80% larger than it was in 2007. Whilst the economy has been a signicant driver in such growth, polymer demand has been growing at 2% per year faster than GDP as thermoplastics increased penetration in many applications. The development of the plastics industry has been underpinned by a process of deregulation and the abolition of numerous quota and production licences and the gradual removal of most plastics products from the items reserved for Small Scale Industries (SSI), which previously limited the scope of foreign investment. SSI had only served to hold back the development and growth of plastics processing and created a very fragmented and unsophisticated plastics processing industry. Its relaxation has improved both productivity and competition. The reduction in Indias import tariff on polymers to 5% in 2007 also helped to stimulate demand. So too did the build-up in capacity for key commodity polymers such as polypropylene. There are a number of other Indian policy alterations which are likely to increase the rate of polymer growth within the economy including the relaxaOctober 2013 | COMPOUNDING WORLD 39
Subcontinent Plastics Industry Report 2013 from

Applied Market Information (AMI). Based on AMIs independently researched global polymer databases, the report offers clarity on this exciting and potentially highly protable market. The report covers the whole of the subcontinent, which consumed 11.5 million tonnes of polymer in 2012. In this article, we will focus on India, which accounts for over 87% of the total subcontinent market.
market analysis | Indias plastics industry
Indias polymer demand for 2013
Indian government run IPCL. The most recent capacity

Engineering plastics PE PET
expansion project concerns PE, PVC and PET, costing US$12 billion and the respective plants are due to be commissioned between 2013 and 2016. Indian Oil is the second largest producer and owns over 10% of Indian production, although it only produces PE and PP grades. Financially challenged
PVC PP
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Haldia owns a further 10% of resin capacity, while the remaining 30% of polymer production is split between 14 substantially smaller producers. In contrast to resin supply, the polymer processing
Source: Applied Market Information Ltd 2013
industry is for more fragmented with 75% of Indias processors classied as small-scale operations and commanding just 30% of polymer consumption. These tion of the Jute Packaging Act, the Micro Irrigation Scheme and improving foreign direct investment (FDI) conditions in the countrys Special Economic Zones. In 2013 it was announced the Indian government is to construct six plastic parks in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. The plastic park scheme is to encourage clusters of small- and medium-sized plastic processing companies, as well as recycling organisations, to set up in India. The recent legal relaxation of foreign retailers investing in Indias multi-brand retailers has the potential to westernise the packaging industry. At present only 5% of food is packaged and only 10% of retail is organised. Since 2012, India has allowed foreign retailers to take a 51% stake in multi-brand retailers, provided that investments are larger than US$100 million and retailers source 30% of produce from local small enterprises. There is also regulation that now allows 100% FDI in food processing companies. The Indian automotive industry is already attracting investments from foreign producers that have located production plants in the country to benet from low labour costs and a closer proximity to emerging Asian markets. Foreign producers include Ford and Hyundai processors are typically very small family-run companies with limited technical capability and nancial resources. Protectionist tendencies of national and regional governments continue to pose a threat to the development of the plastics processing industry. In 2012, for example, India proposed to ban the import of secondhand machinery that was more than ve-years-old in order to protect its indigenous capital goods industry. While on the one hand such a move may encourage investment in newer equipment, the move was generally opposed by organisations such as the Chamber of Industrial and Commercial Undertakings (CICU) as likely to particularly impact on the ability of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) to expand and grow their business as such companies often rely on low-cost second-hand equipment.
What does the future hold?

Despite the continuing eurozone crisis and slowing global growth, Indian GDP is expected to outperform the majority of international economies growing at over 6% per year up to 2017. Indian polymer demand will grow ahead of GDP
Indias car makers, such as Tata, are becoming more sophisticated in their use of plastics
whilst domestic manufacturers are Mahindra and Tata Group. Foreign investment and increased production has aided penetration of polymers in various automotive applications. For example, in 2011 Maruti Suzuki introduced a new fuel efcient model that incorporated a plastic fuel tank. HDPE fuel tanks are standardised in western production but Indian polymer consumption trails in this and many other applications.
Changes in supply structure

Indian polymer production is particularly concentrated with nearly 50% of commodity resin accounted for by one producer, Reliance Industries. It has been the largest player for more than a decade after it purchased
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Indias GDP is expected to outperform most international economies, growing at over 6% per year up to 2017
rates as plastics continue to penetrate applications in packaging, pipe, automotive and electronic applications, driven by a mix of government spending on infrastructure projects, private investment and rising consumer demand. As the Indian economy develops and becomes westernised, huge opportunities will arise in the plastics processing sector. For example, now that multi-brand organised retail has been opened up to foreign investment, supermarkets will require a reliable local supply of plastics packaging to extend shelf-lives and improve transportability of their produce. Ultimately, initiatives like this will modernise the plastics industry as demand for transit and retail packaging develops from an embryonic base. In addition, consolidation will occur as OEMs prefer to liaise with large processors capable of supplying across the country instead of several smaller regional businesses. Such alterations in market dynamics will provide improved prospects and organic growth to Indian companies, as well as opportunities for multinational processors to enter the market to drive their own growth targets. However, the plastics processing industry in India still faces a number of challenges which need to be addressed. G First of all there is the infrastructure, which does not just relate to transport links but to a whole range of issues from energy to the banking system, the limitations of which all serve to hold back business. G Secondly, India remains desperately poor, particularly in rural areas, and governments have struggled to introduce policies to extend the economic growth from the urban centres to the rural areas. G Thirdly, while Indias business sector displays a strong entrepreneurial ethic, this has led to a proliferation of small processing companies, running old and inefcient equipment, which lack the access to capital to invest and really develop an internationally competitive, modern manufacturing industry. The plastics processing industry in India needs to rationalise and consolidate to reduce costs and improve performance. G Fourthly, national and regional government policies are often counter-productive and discourage private investment (eg high tariffs, and the blocking of FDI). Despite the industrys rapid growth in recent years, plastics processing remains underdeveloped with enormous potential for further penetration in packaging, agriculture and building, as well as developing a more consistent manufacturing base. Traditional materials, such as paper and metals, are frequently still preferred due to availability and cost in many end-use applications. Per capita consumption of polymer remains below 9 kg compared to a world average of 28 kg. Although per capita consumption has already increased rapidly, substantial potential still
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Figure 2.1: CAPACITY AND DEMAND FOR LL/LDPE IN THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT 2007-2013
rapidly and consistently through the period 2007 to 2012, averaging growth of nearly 10% every year. Slower years were between 2010 and 2013 where the global recession, extended monsoon season and the eurozone crisis slightly curtailed growth. Generally, growth for LL/LDPE has been growing at 1.4 times that of the subcontinents GDP growth. 84% of the subcontinents demand is accounted for by India. LDPE is produced in dedicated plants whereas LLDPE can be produced in swing plants capable of producing both high density as well as linear grades. Swing plants in the region have tended to favour LLDPE grades however the ability to swing between grades makes calculating capacity problematic. All subcontinent LL/LDPE production comes from India. Production has been consistently lower than local demand and hence the region has become increasingly dependent on imports. In 2011 Indian imports were 625,000 tonnes but this increased to over 785,000 tonnes in 2012 (50% of demand). To cope with fast growth in demand there will be a number of new Indian plants coming on stream in 2013-2015. BCPL, % change Reliance, GAIL and OPaL will be investing in HD/LLDPE swing plants whilst Reliance Industries also plans a 400,000 tonnes/year LDPE plant as part of its USD12 billion capacity 2011-2012 2012-2013 investment programme. While capacity is expected to exceed regional demand by 2015 overall the subcontinent will continue to rely on imports although India is expected to become 10.0% 8.4% a net exporter before 2016.
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Selling custom polymers means getting in at the start of the design process. PolyOnes Europe VP Holger Kronimus explains the companys latest strategies for opening the door to designers.
One of the big challenges for any specialty polymer producer is to ensure potential customers are aware of what can be achieved using a material that is optimised to the task. That means getting in early in the design process, when critical project-dening decisions are being made. Through its recently announced tie-up with French design innovation group Materiautech and the introduction of its own Invisio colour and design programme, specialty polymers group PolyOne believes it is opening up a direct path between its polymer experts and potential customers. Polyone is all about innovative formulations special sectors and special applications, says Holger Kronimus, vice president Europe at PolyOne and general manager of its Specialty Engineered Materials Europe business. The important thing we tell our customers is to bring us in as early as possible in the design process because the earlier we come in the more value we can add and the more advantages we can give. Kronimus says PolyOne is working hard to open a door to the designers, prototypers and key engineering specialists within brand owners that drive and direct the product development process. The alignment with Materiautech is an example of that. Materiautech is an association that is dedicated to plastic design and innovation. What they do is investigate and publish information about new technologies and innovations on the market, he says. Most importantly, Materiautech supports its technical information for designers with its own-developed hands-on GEM samples. Designed with thick and thin sections and a number of different surface textures, these leaf-shaped samples allow product
Polyone sets its sights on designers

designers to move beyond talking about the properties and on to how the polymer actually feels. The customer - it may be an OEM, it may be a processor - comes along and says: I dont know much about plastics but I know I need something that conducts electricity and it needs good impact performance and a lot of bright colours, Kronimus says. The experts at Materiautech then say: These materials may be of interest. And they bring out the samples and it becomes a tactile discussion. Part of the French Allize-Plasturgie, Materiautech has eight facilities across France and Italy and works with around 600 companies each year. Its GEM material database extends to more than 500 samples. Kronimus says Materiautech will give the company an additional route to reach out to designers and get across its message of tailored polymer solutions. What we do is custom formulations. We want to give the customer an idea of what we can do, we want to inspire them and collaborate with them to develop a solution and to help them to be more competitive, he says. PolyOne already has its own global network of 12
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tors. It is not only colour. In the end you have to have an innovative formulation that fulfils the requirements of the application, and thats more than colour, he says. Go into a supermarket and see the shampoo bottles on the shelf. They all are roughly the same price but specific people pick specific shapes or specific colours and effects. Thats what Invisio is all about every little advantage counts, Kronimus explains. We are targeting this at brand owners and private labels and the designers they work with. Ohio, US-headquartered PolyOne is an increasingly global business. Of its 2012 sales of around $3.0bn, around 39% was derived from outside of the US. Being able to deliver products and know-how to customers located around the world is vitally important in todays Above: GEM polymer samples on display in a Materiautech centre innovation centres. Kronimus says that working with design service partners such as Materiautech is not intended to replace its own direct activities but to enable it to make contact with companies that may not even realise they can benefit from a performance polymer solution. One of the things is we want to do is kind of inspire potential customers. I mean, when you look at metal replacement you need to let them know what is possible today with special plastics. He highlights the Therma-Tech line of thermally conductive compounds, which were introduced last year and can be used to replace metal in heat sinks in electronic devices such as LED lamps. The materials allow designers to reduce part count, incorporate additional features and reduce weight and manufacturing cost. Other metal replacement options include the XeCarb line of high performance carbon-fibre compounds developed by Xenia of Italy and distributed by PolyOne across the rest of Europe, and the OnForce LFT and Gravi-Tech high density magnetic materials. Right: Xindaos Sunshine USB charger uses ReSound biopolymers to cut carbon footprint by 35% The companys Invisio colour and design service follows the same reach out to the designer strategy but takes a slightly different angle, Kronimus says. The service comprises three elements: Insights includes colour forecasts and trend predictions; Vision deals with the interaction between colour and texture and the product design; and Intelligence develops an appropriate colorant system for the application (whether that be a compound, masterbatch or liquid colorant). Kronimus believes Invisio will be viewed as a valuable package of support tools by its customers, and one that distinguishes the company from competi46 compounding world | October 2013
manufacturing environment, according to Kronimus. He cites the example of the companys recent collaboration with Netherlands-headquartered Xindao, as one example. Xindao is a supplier of promotional items. However, the company, which is based at Rijswijk in the Netherlands, is unusual in its market in that it designs and manufactures its products rather than sourcing them from external suppliers. To that end, the company has its own design facility, XD Design, located in Shanghai in China. And it operates to high standards; XD Design won its seventh Red Dot design award this year. Xindao is aiming to increase the amount of renewable content in its products so, when it embarked on the development of its latest solar powered USB charger, it approached PolyOne for assistance. Part of their company mission is trying to be more sustainable and to establish themselves as a niche in that industry as a supplier of sustainable gifts, says Kronimus. They want to put a stake in the ground. The injection moulded casing components for the Sunshine solar charger are produced in PolyOnes ReSound biopolymer, which Xindao estimates reduces its carbon footprint by up to 35% compared with alternatives such as ABS (used by the company in the past on similar products). PolyOnes ReSound grades are blends of bio-based polymers such as PLA, PHB or PHBV with conventional plastics such as ABS. They are designed for durable applications such as consumer goods and electronics. Kronimus said the collaboration resulted in the development of a custom ReSound grade for the project. This was a truly global solution; a three continent collaboration between the US, a Dutch company in Europe, and finally an Asian company, he says.
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Compounders look ahead to K 2013

The biggest plastics show on earth is about to begin. K2013 opens its doors in Dsseldorf on 16 October, and will close them on some very weary exhibitors and visitors eight days later. Hopefully, they will be able to go home, sit back in their armchairs with a smile, and say something like It was hard, but it was worth all the effort. I got what I came for! With luck, you will get more than what you came for. But what exactly are you coming for? What are your hopes and expectations? Compounding World has been polling an international selection of compounding companies who will be coming to K as visitors and, in some cases, as exhibitors. We asked them what were likely to be the most important trends in materials and in machinery and equipment. In addition, we asked what they would like to see, and requested some tips on the best ways to get the most out of the show. Heres what they had to say. Shivam Bansal, director, J J Plastalloy (India): Newer applications of plastics so as make this world cleaner and greener, increasing sustainability. Gnter Beyer, laboratory manager, Kabelwerk Eupen (Belgium): ame retardant properties, plus rheology improvements. Massimiliano Ravazzani, purchasing manager, Lati (Italy): Biopolymers and recyclability. Holger Kronimus, vice president, Europe, and general manager for Engineered Materials Europe, PolyOne (Germany): The need to reduce weight, the challenge of parts integration, and steering clear of painting where possible. Many of the trends are not new, but we continue to see enormous potential for specialized polymer solutions in these and other areas. It is a continuing process to help customers realise the full potential that these solutions offer our customers are showing increased interest in our thermally-conductive and self-lubricating solutions, among others. We also see tremendous potential in paint replacement strategies with increased use of in-mould coloration. Henrik Eriksson, development manager, Polykemi (Sweden): I believe bio-based polymers will continue to get attention disproportionate to the revenues they currently bring about. Sustainability and cost efciency are words that are likely to be repeated. They are often two sides of the same coin of course that which is more sustainable by being manufactured with less resources than before, or using less mass, is in most
1. What do you expect will be key polymer technology trends at K 2013?

Thilo Stier, sales director/innovation manager, Akro-Plastic (Germany): I believe that weight reduction topics will be a major feature of the K show in 2013. Bob Thomas, technical director, Colloids (UK): Bio renewable sourced polymers - and we are launching our own Sustain range at the event. Dave Outen, managing director, Dugdale (UK): We feel that there are four key areas for developments: recycling; performance engineering we see a general move to develop materials for more demanding uses where alternative materials are used; the use of alloys to enhance properties the search for synergies!; and, advances in wood and nano-ller technology this technology appears to be gathering pace in the UK. Carlos Caro, export manager, Grafe-Group (Germany): Biodegradable polymers for technical applications and 3D-printing; plus afterglow [photoluminescent] pigments for synthetic yarns.
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a niche additive by K2010, and now with Baytubes shutdown [in May, Bayer MaterialScience said it would bring its work on carbon nanotubes to a close], the short-term hype of nanotubes appears to be gone as well. Perhaps this year people will instead look more on how to extract value from the incremental improvements that are continuously taking place within the traditional additive technologies. Theunynck (A. Schulman): Non-migrating additives.
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cases providing a cost saving as well. Dominique Theunynck, research & development
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3. What do you expect will be the main compounding machinery and equipment trends at K 2013?
Stier (Akro-Plastic): Increased output, as this is the only thing most producers think is important. Our own trend is [to increase] MPa/Cent extrusion cost. Thomas (Colloids): High-intensity mixers and hightorque/high-volume twin-screw extruders. Outen (Dugdale): Small footprint, high output, and low energy. Bansal (J J Plastalloy): How to improve dispersion with low shear. Ravazzani (Lati): Simple and functional equipment that is easy to clean and to adapt to different production runs. Eriksson (Polykemi): There is a lot of exciting equipment available for recycling operations nowadays. I
2. What do you expect will be the main additive technology trends at K 2013?
Stier (Akro-Plastic): Heat stabilisation and flow improvement. Thomas (Colloids): Conductivity and low-friction additives. Outen (Dugdale): Four trends: 1) REACH/CE Marking compliant additives more customers are requesting information regarding the use a particular additive, and suppliers will be more geared to respond and anticipate these requests with clear strategies with alternative additives and technologies. 2) Costeffective anti-microbial/anti-bacterial technology. 3) Additives for more technically demanding applications, for example for increased thermal stability, UV resistance, fire/smoke performance (particularly antimony replacement) - this will include more cost-effective stabiliser technology. 4) Special effect pigments and surface finish modifiers. Caro (Grafe-Group): Antimicrobials, flame retardants and matting agents. Bansal (J J Plastalloy): How to make plastics biodegradable and improve the conductivity of plastics. Beyer (Kabelwerk Eupen): Rheology, with cost savings via additive technology. Flame retardant compounds, especially some zero-halogen types, tend to be highly filled, with addition rates of up to 150 pph resin, which means that pressure at the extruder head can be very high. So we are looking for materials that can increase flow properties. Ravazzani (Lati): Smart additives and nano additives. Research into the technologies and applications of smart additives is a priority in the work of compounders like Lati. Eriksson (Polykemi): Nanoclay was already reduced to
machinery to work.
Looking for process aids, additives to aid dispersion and high quality carbon blacks
Bob Thomas, Colloids
think many will return from K 2013 with a better grasp of what great potential there is with putting such Theunynck (A. Schulman): Higher output; thinner films; sustainability.
4. Will you be looking out for any particular products or developments at K 2013?
Stier (Akro-Plastic): I hope to get inspired by a lot of good ideas on how to reduce the weight of our customers applications. I am also curious about new additive trends to increase the mechanical properties even more. Thomas (Colloids): Process aids, additives to aid dispersion and high quality carbon blacks. Outen (Dugdale): We shall be talking with suppliers about the latest technology and trends regarding
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mixing, compounding and additives, including laboratory/test equipment. K is an ideal venue to discuss and often see some of the latest technologies available. Caro (Grafe-Group): Carbon nanotubes dispersion in polyolefins, highly loaded additive masterbatches. Bansal (J J Plastalloy): Applications of plastics in the agriculture sector. Beyer (Kabelwerk Eupen): Flame retardant additives. Ravazzani: New types of halogen-free flame retardant additives. The field of halogen-free is among the topics of most interest among our clients in the electrical and electronics sectors. Kronimus (PolyOne): PolyOne employees will tour the exhibits and take notes on the interesting technologies displayed by our fellow exhibitors, be they equipment manufacturers, material suppliers, or service suppliers. But our primary focus at the K show, as at every trade show, is to interact with customers and potential customers. Theunynck (A. Schulman): New UV stabilizers, and new antifogs for agricultural film applications.
solutions in practically every application and market in which plastics are specified. It also will be the first K show at which we can welcome our colleagues from ColorMatrix and from PolyOne Designed Structures and Solutions, the former Spartech.
6. What do you expect the mood will be like at K 2013?

Stier (Akro-Plastic): I believe K will show the plastic world in enthusiastic mood, preparing for a successful 2014. I am hoping to talk to many people with good ideas and visions. Thomas (Colloids): Optimistic from the North Europe-
Expecting to see exciting developments in plastics recycling equipment at K 2013
Henrik Eriksson, Polykemi
5. What are you most looking forward to at K 2013?

Thomas (Colloids): Networking, and evaluating the latest machinery/materials. Outen Dugdale (Dugdale): The bratwurst stand is always worth a visit! We are particularly looking forward to networking with industry professionals. Some meetings have been organised with overseas agents. Caro (Grafe-Group): Meet new and interesting clients from emerging markets and the BRIC area. Bansal (J J Plastalloy): New product applications. Kronimus (PolyOne): The K show is a truly global event for the plastics industry, and so for PolyOne it is an excellent venue to interact customers and potential customers from across the globe. Our stand will highlight some of our leading technologies and the
ans and pessimistic from the Southern Europeans. Outen (Dugdale): We are expecting exhibitors and delegates to be generally optimistic after a difficult year. Caro (Grafe-Group): Neutral/optimistic with a better view ahead for 2014. Bansal (J J Plastalloy): Positive and enthusiastic. Beyer (Kabelwerk Eupen): Positive, since the economies in Euroland and USA are improving. Ravazzani (Lati): Innovation could be the key to improve the business in tune with a better material management. Kronimus (PolyOne): We expect the mood among visitors will be one of curiosity about new polymer solutions such as those formulated by PolyOne. The mood among my colleagues will be very upbeat, very customer focused. Eriksson (Polykemi): I think we are in for a positive surprise! Theunynck (A. Schulman): As the economic situation gets better, so business prospects should also improve.
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Identifies antimicrobial additives, special effect pigments and surface finish modifiers as technologies to watch
7. Do you have any advice for first-time visitors to the K show?

Stier (Akro-Plastic): Use the exhibitor map on the internet, otherwise it is easy to get lost. Thomas (Colloids): Have a plan of what you want to see and allow plenty of time to get around all the halls! Outen (Dugdale): It is critical that you plan your visit, ditch the tie and wear comfortable shoes. Its always
David Outen, Dugdale compounding world | October 2013
cards with you.
Looking forward to meeting new clients from emerging markets, including the BRIC countries
Carlos Caro, Grafe
A3 GF60, as we have a huge advantage producing it on our lines with tighter specifications than most of our competitors. This enables our customers to do precise constructions with lower weight and definitely lower cost. We will also show our latest result in high heat stabilization, XTC. This enables permanent use temperatures above 210C with our polyamide 66/6. Our product with 30% glass reinforcement provides 2.7% elongation at break after 3000 hours at 210C. Thomas (Colloids): Colloids have announced various technical innovations in masterbatch and additives, includingthe all-new bio-based Sustain line for environmental sustainability (typically corn starch or cane sugar) and available in either universal or polymer-specific (polyamide, polyethylene and polyesters including PLA) masterbatches. Products are fully recyclable and will not impact on the quality if mixed with fossil-derived polymers of the same type. The Pace series includes masterbatches based on solvent black (nigrosine) and/or carbon black as well as formulations offering improvements in frictional properties or heat stabilization. We will also be highlighting the benefits of
good advice to pace yourself in the evening! Caro (Grafe-Group): Bring enough time and business Bansal (J J Plastalloy): Plan in advance what to see, otherwise your time will be wasted! Ravazzani (Lati): Focus your attention on just a few areas of interest, and look also to small exhibitors. Kronimus (PolyOne): The time spent preparing before your meeting is always well invested. And of course wear comfortable shoes. Eriksson (Polykemi): Everyone is there, for good or worse, so you have to cut down on courtesy visits to people who you meet regularly if you want to have time left to explore something new. Theunynck (A. Schulman): Good planning.
8. What will be the highlight of your stand, if you are exhibiting as well as visiting?
Stier (Akro-Plastic): We will use the K show to talk to our global customers and suppliers and start to create the trends of tomorrow. Our customers will see the latest polyketone compounds that we call Akrotek PK. We have created grades with up to 50% glass fibre. Polyketone is a fascinating polymer whose production was stopped in 2000 by Shell and comes back to the market. But I am pretty sure that most talks on our booth will be about the very highly reinforced nylons such as Akromid
On-going trends include the challenges of weight reduction and parts integration
Holger Kronimus, PolyOne
significant recent investments in plant, including E1 million for a complete new twin-screw extrusion line featuring high-torque and high-volume extrusion with multiple loss-in weight feeders and underwater strand pelletizing technology. Caro (Grafe-Group): Afterglow [photoluminescent] masterbatches, and high-performance additive masterbatches, such as UV absorbers for PC sheets, plus antistatic agents. Bansal (J J Plastalloy): Calcium carbonate masterbatches and oxo biodegradable masterbatches. Kronimus (PolyOne): The highlight of the PolyOne stand will be my colleagues, there to interact with customers. Interactive displays will highlight some of PolyOnes industry-leading technologies as well as our most recent developments. These interactive displays will include solutions from PolyOne to challenges facing the industry, such as counterfeiting, the need for light weight, thermal management, vibration dampening, and more.
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Looking for technologies to improve the application of plastics in the agriculture sector
Shivam Bansal, JJ Plastalloy
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In this preview of the K 2013 exhibition, we focus on the new developments in compounding machinery and ancillary equipment that will be shown in Dsseldorf this month
K preview: the A-Z of compounding machinery and ancillary equipment

Burgsmller applies nanoparticle layers to give high wear protection to screw elements
Automatik Plastics Machinery will be displaying

its Duro 2000 belt dryer, which has been specially developed for handling abrasive and sensitive compounds. The Duro is primarily used for drying pellets produced by underwater pelletizers. It gently dries glass-bre reinforced products or highly-lled mineral compounds to residual pellet moisture levels of less than 0.1 %. Gentle treatment of the pellets minimizes dust and enhances product quality. In addition, the innovative design of the Duros
Automatiks Duro 2000 belt dryer is designed to handle abrasive and sensitive compounds
pellet-contact components ensures that very little wear occurs in operation, therefore reducing operating costs. Automatik says that the dryer is particularly suited to operations involving frequent product changes because it is very quick and easy to clean.
Burgsmller will be promoting the high wear

resistance and long service life of its screw and barrel elements for co-rotating twin-screw extruders. The independent subsidiary of KraussMaffei will be exhibiting on its own stand at K2013 and will highlight its recent developments in the use of nanoparticle layers to give wear protection for extruder components. Screws and barrels can be coated with extremely thin layers that give optimum resistance against corrosive, abrasive or adhesive wear. The company says that it is not necessary to treat the entire screw or barrel. Through many years of intensive evaluation of wear patterns in extruders of different manufacturers, with different screw designs and OD/ID-ratios, we precisely know which zones are exposed to intensive wear and can also offer partially coated screws and barrels, explains Burgsmllers CEO Jens Biel. The company has particular expertise in optimising screw elements for demanding recycling applications. It also supplies complete processing sections for
Hall 9 Stand A04 S www.maag.com
BKS will be promoting its growing capacity for the

grinding and production of pelletizing and pulverizing knives. The companys original site in Belgium serves the European market, while two years ago it opened a facility in Malaysia. It has recently added extra machine capacity, plus it has just announced that it is adding a new service centre in Indonesia and is also opening a sales ofce in Bahrain by 2014.
Hall 11 Stand E75 S www.bks-pelletizing.com
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heating for the other zones. The control cabinet is mounted directly on the machine, and is fully wired and tested before leaving the works. This saves several weeks of on-site manpower for installation and commissioning only the power, water and compressed air supplies have to be connected.
Comac will be highlighting its latest twinscrew extruder developments
Hall 16 Stand A59 S www.busscorp.com
Comac will be promoting its latest developments in

co-rotating twin-screw extruders with a particular focus on its work in the elds of green chemistry and nanotechnology. It has been working closely with the University of Pisa in these areas of research, supplying complete compounding lines for the development of pharmaceutical process tasks. These include cleanroom compatible screw and barrel surfaces partly made of special steel or HIP materials, as well as compound guide systems without any dead spots and quick-action barrel section couplings. bioplastics and innovative composites. The latest example is an EBC 25HT/44D twin-screw extruder which was delivered last year. It is equipped with loss-in-weight gravimetric dosing units on the main inlet and two side feeders, plus complete downstream equipment. Recent additions to Comacs range of twin-screw extruders include the EBC 135HT, which is the largest model its range of high-torque (HT) machines. In addition to its established HT models, Comac also now offers a range of XT extra-torque machines which specic torques vales of 15 Nm/cm3.
Hall 15 Stand A04 S www.burgsmueller.de
Buss will be using K 2013 to introduce its new Quantec

G3 compounder for processing PVC into high grade pellets. This third-generation version of the high-performance Buss Quantec Kneader series features further improvements including a bigger processing window and greater throughput. Buss says that it is also more economic to purchase and operate. The Quantec G3 features a longer process section, which has been extended to 14 L/D for better mixing and greater throughput. It also has a larger diameter intake zone, while a smooth transition to the smaller mixing/ kneading zone diameter is facilitated by tapered liners. In addition, the ratio of the outer screw diameter to the shaft diameter has been raised to 1.62, which increases the available throughput volume at a given speed. The patented design of the kneaders screw ights provides an optimized free-form surface geometry, ensuring a constant shear gap between the ights and kneading pins over the entire length of the screw ight. This geometry ensures gentle kneading and mixing by maintaining constant shear force on the product, thereby eliminating any risk of local overheating. The Quantec G3 is delivered as a turnkey compounding line. Its the rst Buss Kneader to incorporate a fully optimized feed system upstream, plus a throughputoptimized single shaft discharge extruder with pelletizer downstream. Heating/cooling units for the mixing/kneading zone and discharge extruder are built into the machine and fully piped, as well as electrical
Hall 16 Stand D42 S www.comacplast.com

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Coperion will be launching the new HD Series of

heavy duty strand pelletizers produced by its Pelletizing Technology division, formerly known as Pell-Tec. These extremely high-throughput strand pelletizers are sturdily built and rated for operation under the most demanding conditions, such as when processing engineering plastics with high loadings of
launching its third generation Quantec kneader that offers many benets for compounding PVC
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Coperions new HD strand pelletizer is designed to handle highly-filled materials at high throughputs
fillers including glass fibres. The HD series includes two models: the SP 500 HD for throughput rates of up to 5,000 kg/hour and the SP 700 HD for up to 6,300 kg/hour. They have been specially developed for use with the Coperion twin-screw extruders ZSK 70 Mc18, ZSK 82 Mc18 and ZSK 92 Mc18. It is straightforward to integrate the pelletizer into the ZSKs control system. Strand pelletizers for reinforced plastics are subjected to extremely high stress, as these materials are not only very abrasive but also highly rigid and tough. The HD series pelletizers are equipped with an abrasion-resistant feed opening and feed mechanism, while the rotor system is rated for long-term, heavyduty operation. Depending on the actual application, the rotor knives are either of hardened tool steel, special PM steel or tungsten carbide. With draw-in speeds of between 40 and 120m/min and strands numbering between 125 and 150, the HD pelletizers can be equipped with an automatic strand feed system. This automatically guides the strands via a water slide and a conveyor belt into the pelletizers feed mechanism. It facilitates start-up and avoids downtimes caused by malfunctions in the event of strand breakages. The Micro-ingredient Feeder is ideal for feeding high-cost plastics additives with a high degree of accuracy. The interchangeable single- and twin-screw modules provide the versatility to handle a wide range of powders and granules. Coperion K-Tron will also be showing the Smart Flow Meter that provides high accuracy feeding at very high feed rates of up to 200,000 dm/hr (7,000 ft/hr). In addition to a lower purchase cost than a large loss-inweight feeder, the Smart Flow Meter offers lower maintenance costs and reduced headroom. The Smart Flow Meter has been employed in PE resin pelletizing processes, where the main component, PE powder, is accurately and gently fed into the pelletizing extruder by a Smart Flow Meter. Two are models are available: the K-SFM-275-A and KSFM-350, dependant on application requirements.
Hall 14 Stand B33 www.coperion.com
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handling specialist K-Tron the rebranding follows last years acquisition of Coperion by Hillenbrand, which has Econ will be launching its new lab-scale underwater pelletizer in Dsseldorf been the owner of K-Tron since 2010. The renamed company will be showing its new low-rate, Micro-ingredient Feeder line which has been expanded to include interchangeable MT12mm or MT16mm twin-screw feeding modules or MS12mm or MS16mm single-screw designs. The overall feed-rate range is from 0.02 to 27 dm3/hour.
Hall 14 Stand B33 www.ktron.com
Econ will be introducing a new lab-scale underwater

pelletizer and a new screen-changer at K 2013, as well as showing its recent developments in pellet dryers. The new EUP 10 laboratory version of Econs innovative underwater pelletizing system handles throughputs from 1 to 15 kg/hour. The nozzle platen can be fitted with one to five nozzles of different diameters. Econ will also be showing a much larger EUP 150 pelletizing system as part of a complete compounding line including a Leistritz twin-screw extruder and an EWT 250 water treatment unit including a pellet dryer. The material processed will be a thermally conductive LDPE compound incorporating boron nitride. Making their debut in Dsseldorf will be Econs new updated screen-changers. These feature a patent60 compounding world | October 2013 www.compoundingworld.com
The latest addition to Feddems range of twin-screw extruders is the FED 43 MTS
pending seal technology, which offers advantages for very low-viscosity plastic melts, such as PA or PET. They can also reduce the risk of blockages with highly viscous materials such as PC or highly filled compounds. The screen-changer design also has a new screen assembly that ensures a high proportion of free-flow area: 75% of the area is permanently open for the melt stream, while 25% is backwashed. The design reduces the back pressure in the melt flow and the associated energy consumption. The new-generation screen-changers are available in seven sizes for flow rates up to 2,700 kg/h. Econ took over the production of S+l or Wenz pellet dryers in 2010. They boast high-performance turbine rotor systems and rugged cast aluminium housings. Four standard sizes are offered for throughput rates from 500 to 10,000 kg/h. They can be used as stand-alone devices as well as in combination with the Econ pelletizers. sensitive formulations. Particular attention will be given to the new CPXL rotor design which enables high fill rates combined with reduced energy inputs, significantly increasing processing efficiencies. Exhibiting alongside Farrel Pomini will be its parent company, the HF Mixing Group, which will be showing its Advise system for the automation of complete mixing
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Hall 9 Stand C55 www.econ.eu
Erema is celebrating its 30 birthday this year and it

will be using K 2013 for the unveiling of what it describes as another milestone in plastics recycling system engineering. Its not giving away any details ahead of the big show, beyond the fact that it involves a new core technology. Given the Austrian companys track record in innovative recycling systems, it will be worth heading over to Hall 9 to find our more. All will be revealed at 11:30AM on the first day of the show.
facilities. The system can integrate raw material storage, manual weighing of small components, automatic weighing of fillers and softeners, the mixing process itself, discharge extruders, and their processes all the way to the storage of finished compounds.
Hall 9 Stand A24 www.farrel.com
Feddem will be showing the latest addition to its line

of twin-screw extruders for compounding applications. The FED 43 MTS has 43 mm diameter screws and is said to be ideally suited to the production of small- to mid-sized batches of materials such as engineering plastics and masterbatches. As with Feddems other MTS models, a wide selection of equipment options and accessories are available. The screw units and housings are offered in various grades of steel, from nitrided steel to special HIP alloys. The MTS range of twin-screw extruders is offered with screw diameters from 26 to 94 mm, covering throughputs from 40 to 4,000 kg/hour. Further additions to the series are in the pipeline. In addition to the sale of individual machines, Feddem also offers global project planning and supply of turnkey lines. Its maintenance and support services have recently expanded to include the measurement of barrel wear using a non-contact measurement device.
Hall 9 Stand C05 www.erema.at

Gneuss will be showing two of its MRS extruders for processing reclaimed PET
Farrel Pomini will exhibit its rotor technology for the

continuous mixing process. The CP rotors are designed to deliver high-quality dispersion of highly-filled and highly-pigmented materials while maintaining precise temperature control for thermally-
Hall 15 Stand A42 www.feddem.com

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Gala will be launching a new high-capacity underwater

pelletizer in Dsseldorf this month. Called the G 20, the new system will capable of delivering production rates in excess of 20 tonnes/hour. The company will also be showing its latest Eflex underwater pelletizing system, which has been designed to combine efficiency and flexibility. It is particularly suitable for the production of small lots with frequent product changes. The Eflex pelletizer can be cleaned and prepared for the next job within minutes, according to Gala. Different filtration options are available helping to ensure that in most cases it wont be necessary to change the process water, even with the most drastic changes of product or colour. This not only saves time and resources, but it also eliminates the need to reheat the fresh process water, which saves energy costs. Gala will also be promoting its technology for producing hollow pellets. The new tubular pellets are already being used as infill for artificial grass, and Gala expects that they will now find other interesting applications. Since the last K in 2010, Gala has considerably expanded its German production plant. The assembly area has been doubled in size, while the technical centre has been modernised and extended, including the addition of a third twin-screw pelletizing line. A new warehouse has also been added at the site. extruders have been sold for re-pelletizing, sheet and fibre applications. The combination of a single-screw extruder with a multiple-screw section delivers extremely high devolatilizing and decontamination performance. Machines are offered in sizes from the MRS 35 for 35 kg/hour to the MRS 200 for 2 tonnes/hour, and they can be used for processing polyamides and polyolefins as well as PET. At K 2013, Gneuss will be showing an MRS 160 and an MRS 130. The latter will be fitted with a tandem filtration system incorporating the companys fully automatic RSFgenius 200 and RSFgenius 250 units. This line can process 1,000 kg/hour of PET bottle flake into continuous filament which requires 25 micron filtration. New additions to Gneusss range of melt filtration
Henschel has taken a new approach to melt pumps for compounding applications
Hall 9 Stand B65 www.gala-europe.de
Gneuss will be highlighting its Multi Rotation System

(MRS) extruders for processing reclaimed PET without pre-drying. It says that around 40 of these special
reflected in the lower melt temperatures measured in the process. Henschel claims that the Xtreamor delivers near constant temperature and pressure levels and can improve compound quality as well as raising output levels. Tests have been conducted using PE filled with 80% CaCO3. With a single-screw discharge extruder, the required temperature and pressure levels at the outlet of the twin-screw extruder were 244C and 38 bar respectively. The corresponding figures for a conventional gear pump were 252C and 24 bar. With the Xtreamor, the required outlet temperature and pressure from the twin-screw extruder were significantly less at 233C and 0.3 bar. JSW will be highlighting improvements to its latest TEX Alpha extruder systems include the RSFgenius M, which has been specially designed to handle highly contaminated materials, and the SFXmagnus R, which incorporates integrated self-cleaning of the filter elements and ensures constant process conditions. Another new launch is the SFpvc rotary filter which has been optimised for difficult PVC processing and recycling applications. Henschel says that its new pump has been designed to eliminate leaks and minimize maintenance requirements. Cleaning is said to be simple, and the screws can be easily switched for product changeovers.
Hall 9 C77 www.henschel.de
Hall 9 Stand A38 www.gneuss.com
Instron will show its new Ceast MF30 and MF50 melt
flow testers and a new automated contacting extensometer option for its tensile testing products. The Ceast MF30 is a single-weight system, designed to determine melt mass-flow rate (MFR) and melt volume rates. It includes a high-resolution digital encoder and an N/C-controlled weight lifter. The MF50 is designed for single-weight and multi-weight tests and offers a higher level of automation, safety, and user-friendliness. The AutoX750 high-resolution automatic contacting extensometer meets the requirements of ISO 9513, ASTM E83, and ISO 527-1 (2011). It features automatic gauge length positioning, adjustable contact force with reference label, and multiple knife-edge options to accommodate different materials.
Henschel is going to use K 2013 as the launch-pad

for its new Xtreamor melt pump has been developed specifically to increase the output performance of compounding lines while also reducing energy consumption. The patent-pending pump design features specially developed twin-screws that can work with very low pre-pressure from the main extruder (0-2 bar). The screws gradually build up a high output pressure with Three is the magic number for newcomer Keimei the lowest possible stress and strain on the melt. The process-optimised conveying geometry is claimed to provide energy reductions of up to 50% compared to traditional melt pumps. This is also
Hall 10 Stand J18 www.instron.com
Japan Steel Works (JSW) will show its latest TEX

44 Alpha III co-rotating twin screw extruder for the first time in Europe. It has been developed to provide economic and flexible masterbatch production and compounding of commodity polymers and high-performance engineering plastics. The latest version of the TEX Alpha extruder boasts a 36% increase in torque levels, which provides higher throughput levels while maintaining top polymer quality. At the same time, polymer temperatures can be reduced through operating at a reduced screw speed. This in turn can lead to considerable energy savings, says JSW. A new drive system featuring a powerful three66 compounding world | October 2013 www.compoundingworld.com
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phase motor is coupled to a new gearbox designed to increase performance and operating reliability, while maximising energy efficiency. After K is over, the new TEX 44 Alpha III extruder will be installed in JSWs Technical Center in Overpelt, Belgium for customer demonstrations and trials. As we reported in the August edition of Compounding World, JSW has recently increased its European sales and support activities for twin-screw extruders, establishing a new office in Dsseldorf.
Hall 13 Stand B41 www.jsw.de
Keimei Plastifizierung Technik is a new

extruder supplier making its first appearance at K 2013 with some interesting new compounding technology. For example, it has developed and patented a triplescrew extruder which will be making its debut in Dsseldorf alongside the companys new twin-screw blend reactors. The latter are available as two- or multiple-stage cascade systems for reactive extrusion, polymer grafting, or nanocomposites production. A special three-point screw design is used in both the triple- and twin-screw machines to optimise the balance between plasticizing effect, output and energy consumption. The extruders are available with screw diameters of 52.9 or 66.5 mm and with L/D ratios from 30 to 60 for the twin-screw designs or 20-60 for the triple-screw type. Keimei says that the L/D ratio of the triple-screw Leistritz will be showing live demonstrations of the production of highly-filled compounds design can be reduced to only one third of that required for a comparable twin-screw design. The residence time of the material in the barrel is reduced by the same amount, making the triple-screw extruder particularly suited to processing heat-sensitive materials.
KraussMaffei Berstorff will be showing new

twin-screw extrusion systems at K 2013 focused on polymer foaming and recycling applications. The companys new Schaumtandex ZE 40 / KE 90 system is a lab- and pilot-scale system for the physical foaming of plastics. It combines a ZE 40 UTXi twinscrew extruder for polymer melting with a KE 90 single-screw extruder for melt cooling. The configuration provides lower energy consumption and the flexibility to optimise the processing of different combinations of raw materials. Liquid propellants are injected directly into the twin-screw extruders processing zone and are mixed homogeneously. The single-screw extruder has a special geometery to optimise melt cooling at low drive power. KraussMaffei Berstorff has also developed two extrusion concepts for producing high-quality compounds based on recycled plastics. They are designed to handle sorted and washed plastics waste with high residual moisture levels. The single-stage option involves mechanically squeezing water from the waste plastic using the twin-screw extruder. For example, free-flowing PE or PP agglomerates with 5-20% water content can be handled this way. KraussMaffei says that even before the plastic melts, most of the water is removed in the axial direction by the pressure in the compression zone. The remaining moisture is released in the downstream zones equipped with atmospheric and vacuum degassing. A double-stage recycling and compounding process is offered for non-free-flowing waste material such as agricultural film, edge trims or fibre residues. The system combines a single-screw recycling extruder with a twin-screw compounding extruder. An upstream cutter compactor breaks down the washed reclaim material before it is plasticized, homogenised and degassed by the single-screw extruder. The melt is then filtered and
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delivered by a melt pump to the twin-screw extruder for compounding with additives and llers, or blending with virgin material, as required.
MAS will show its largest extruder together with its largest lter unit
Hall 15 Stand B27 S www.kraussmaffeiberstorff.com
Leistritz will be highlighting the capabilities of its

ZSE Maxx twin-screw extruders for the production of highly lled compounds with up to 85% CaCo3. It has teamed up materials handling specialist Azo to build a demonstration compounding line for such applications at the Leistritz factory in Nuremberg, Germany. It will be shown in operation several times a day during the K show via a live video link to the companys stand. The compounding line is built around a ZSE 75 Maxx extruder with a processing length of 48 L/D. The Maxx models combine high free volume (OD/ID = 1.66) with high torque (15.0 Nm/cm) for maximum throughputs and energy efcient production. Other companies collaborating in the demonstration project include pelletizer manufacturer Gala, gear pump and screen-changer maker Maag, CaCO3 supplier Reverte Mineralprodukte, resin distributor Ultrapolymers Deutschland, and additives specialist BYK-Chemie. This plant is a very good example of state of the art technology, explains Anton Frst, managing director at Leistritz. He adds that it is also exible - with slight adjustments it can run various applications involving talcum, titanium dioxide, barium sulphate or ame retardant additives such as aluminium hydroxide or magnesium hydroxide.
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Nordson BKG will be launching a new high throughput pelletizer
Maag Filtration is launching a compact screenchanger with up to four times more filter area than conventional systems. Thanks to the new shape of the pistons that are now fitted with curved breaker plates, 75% of the active piston surface acts as an filtration area. The increased filtration area ensures longer screen life-time, reduced pressure differentials, lower flux rates, and increased filtration levels, says Maag. In addition, a much smaller and more cost-effective screen-changer can be employed for the same throughput, resulting in a smaller footprint, improved accessibility, easier operation and lower energy consumption. The new pistons can be retrofitted to existing screen-changers in just one working day, without having to take the filter off the line. The only new elements are the simple rectangular mesh screens inserted in the filter cavities in place of the disks previously used. with bulk density as low as 50 kg/m without previous compaction. In addition to recycling, the extruders can also be used for simultaneous compounding through the addition of additives and fillers. MAS has also introduced a lab-scale version of its co-rotating conical twin-screw extruders the MAS 24 is the smallest model in the range, although it will not be shown at Dsseldorf. Its conical screws are 400 mm long, tapering from 48 to 24 mm diameter. The companys new CDF 500-D melt filter has two parallel 510 mm filter units. These provide a large active filter area of 3,650 cm, allowing material throughputs from 1,300 to 2,000 kg/hour. The filter uses the patented continuous disc-filter (CDF) system. To ensure continuous operation, the rotary filter disc is combined with a stationary, radially positioned cleaning unit that is pressed against the filter unit, and the contaminants are continuously discharged by a discharge screw.
Hall 9 Stand A04 www.maag.com
MAS (Machinery und Anlagenbau Schulz) is

expanding its range of co-rotating conical twin-screw extruders. The largest model in the line-up the MAS 93 will be shown at K 2013 in combination with the largest model in the MAS range of disc melt filters. The Austrian company says that the combination of a conical cylinder and screws rotating in the same direction offers advantages for the processing of materials with low bulk density, and materials that are sensitive to shear and heat. The extruders large feed opening delivers a very high screw filling level and a MTIs Eco Plus-line of heating/ cooling mixers are used in the preparation of PVC-U correspondingly high material throughput per screw rotation. This results in high output combined with low shear-stress at low screw rotation speed. MAS says that its extruders are suitable for the processing of shear-sensitive recycled or virgin materials, especially PET or PLA bottle regrind, and also polyolefin film flakes
Hall 6 Stand B56 www.mas-austria.com
MTI Mischtechnik will be showing its new Eco

Plus-line of heating/cooling mixers for double-batch use in the preparation of PVC-U for high-volume applications, such as pipes and profiles. They can provide throughputs of well over 10 tonnes/hour. In addition, the company will be promoting its Uni-tec vertical-type universal mixers that are suitable for the preparation of plastics across a very broad range of applications. Also on show will be MTIs latest Vent-tec aspiration system which removes moisture from dry blends during mixing. The system adapts automatically to the different process phases of the mixing operation.
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exhibiting for the first time under their new names, following their acquisition by Nordson in July of this year. New from Nordson Kreyenborg will be an innovative filter-media system for screenchangers and melt filters. It is claimed to overcome many of the shortcomings of standard filter discs or candles. The new robust structure of the cartridge prevents pressure loss and deformation of the steel filter fabric or screen medium, withstanding the high mechanical stresses encountered during production start-up. Rheological optimisation of the cartridge design also eliminates stagnation zones and allows 100% utilisation of the open filter area,prolonging filter life. The new filter cartridge is an alternative to standard filter discs and candles in which surface area is increased through pleating
Parkinson Technologies will

introduce a new enhanced version of its Key Filter KCH Continuous Hybrid screen-changer at K 2013. This boasts increased capacity plus a new safety feature of an automatic screen shear system. Modifications to the shape of the flow passage have doubled the filtration area, resulting in a substantial capacity increase, says the company. The new design provides more even distribution of the polymer flow and promotes a much more efficient use of the filter media. The automatic screen shear system allows the operator to set the desired cut-off length, which can be as short as 2.5 inches (64 mm), and the machine then handles the cutting of the filter waste. This eliminates manual cutting of the screen with a saw while the machine is running, increasing operator safety.
Hall 3 Stand D35 www.parkinsontechnologies.com
Reduction Engineering-Scheer will introduce

its upgraded E6 series pelletizers with single-side rotor bearings. These are available with working widths from 100 to 300 mm. The cantilevered strand pelletizers, first introduced by CF Scheer in 1983, have undergone many new developments culminating in this latest version. The E6-series pelletizers have been engineered to provide tool-less entry into the cutting chamber for quick and easy maintenance and cleaning. The discharge-duct is now also removable for easy cleaning. In addition, the strand inlet chute has been completely redesigned to minimise the potential for dust deposits. Reduction Engineering-Scheer will also be highlighting the benefits of its latest cutting rotor design, including reliability, cut quality and serviceability. It incorporates a special mounting system for the replaceable cutting blades, which eliminates the requirement for screws or wedges. Instead, the cutting blades are held in place by a copper bar that flows into linear grooves in both the cutting blade and the rotor body to secure the components. Despite the rigidity of this joint, the cutting blades are easily released by pushing laterally on a hydraulic press.
Reduction EngineeringScheer will show the special mounting system used in its cutting rotors
of the filter fabric. Nordson Kreyenborg says that such pleating makes the fabric susceptible to mechanical stresses and can reduce the efficiency and working life of the filter. Nordson BKG will be showing a number of new developments in its range of pelletizing systems, including a new larger type of pelletizer aimed at higher throughput rates. It will also show an optimised Polygonfilter, which is the second generation of its Optigon water system, offering improved energy efficiency. In addition, the company has developed a new cutter hub design that can accommodate more knives while increasing the space between the knives for pellet transport.
Hall 9 Stand A44 www.kreyenborg.de
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turn results in lower process temperatures, higher throughputs, and improved product quality. It can also enable the extruder to operate at high screw speeds and higher throughput rates for heat- and shear-sensitive compounds. Through this work, the company has become active in developing machines for the production of bio-composites, supplying lines that can handle cellulosic fibres, feathers and jute. It says that its low energy Dynamic Stir Element (DSE) and Shovel-style sidefeeder conveying elements enable high throughputs with such materials. UTH will be promoting its latest Roll-ex extruder machines boast large free volumes and feature wear protected materials in their screws and barrels. The companys TEK-MHS Series extruders are particularly suitable for compounding engineering plastics as well as masterbatch production. They are available with screw diameters from 41 to 125 mm, covering throughputs from 80 to 5,000 kg/hour. High-volume/high-torque versions can be specified with Do/Di ratios of 1.62 and specific torques values of 15.3 Nm/cm3. The latest development to the range is the new improved 5 generation model the TEK-MHS153.
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UTH will be promoting its latest Roll-ex extruder for

the fine-mesh straining of rubber compounds in mixing lines with throughputs of up to 10,000 kg/hour. It says that its Roll-ex gear extruders are a particularly good choice for applications involving frequent compound changes or coloured materials, as they can be cleaned quickly and thoroughly. The modular system can be combined with a two-roll feeder (TRF), a screw feeder, or a conical twin-screw extruder.
In addition to its larger TEK-MHS models, SM Platek produces a range of lab-scale extruders that are offered with screw diameters from 20 to 32 mm. It also supplies a range of additional equipment for compounding lines, including feeders and pelletizers. The company is based in South Korea and claims to have a share of more than 60% of the local twin-screw extruder market. It has also exported machines to 23 other countries.
Hall 15 Stand D41 www.uth-gmbh.com
Zwick will show its Xflow extrusion plastometers,

designed to allow users to certify material flow properties for quality control purposes. The Xflow units can determine mass and volume melt flow rates (MFR and MVR) of thermoplastic materials. Three versions are available: the Cflow system is intended for standard QC work; the Aflow incorporates a number of productivity improvements such as push-button cleaning and pre-defined compacting routines; the Mflow supports additional items such as extrudate cutters.
Hall 11 Stand B03-1 www.smplatek.com
Steer is introducing its Mega Special Plus line of

twin-screw extruders at K 2013. It will display a versatile 50 mm version of the new machine which is designed to utilize the full 160 kW motor power at screw speeds of 625, 750, 1,000 and 1,200 rpm. The new model shares Steer will be showing its new MSP 50 compounding extruder the general purpose Do/Di of 1.55 with earlier Mega machines, but it now features Steers Continua shaft design for improved safety and reliability. The company also offers its Omega line of extruders which have a Do/Di of 1.71 and are manufactured to have optimised and very tight screw-toscrew gaps. The result is lower shear during processing and enhanced product quality due to the narrow residence time distribution. Steer has been focusing on creating more efficient utilisation of the process section of extruders, which in
Hall 11 Stand H73 www.zwick.com
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K 2013 preview: more materials

In last months edition of Compounding World, we published our rst big preview of K 2013, focusing specically on new material launches. You can still read the full 10-page article at http://bit.ly/Kmats. Over the following pages, we bring you up to date with some more recent announcements regarding new polymers, additives and compounds that will be on show in Dsseldorf this month. formulated an Apinat Bio grade that is suitable for processing using Sacmis high-speed compression moulding technology. The Italian compounder has recently reorganised into three business units focused on specic markets: footwear and sporting goods; automotive and technical products; and packaging and medical. API will highlight its latest biobased applications, such as in these Puma trainers
Hall 6 Stand A42 S www.apiplastic.com
AkzoNobel will be launching its new Armofog 151

antifog additive for food packaging and agricultural lms. It is claimed to improve the hot and cold fog performance of polyethylene and EVA. In addition to offering Armofog 151 in additive form, AkzoNobel is also launching its Armofog 151-XE35 masterbatch, which incorporates a 35% loading of the new product.
Ascend Performance Materials will be promoting its new compounding feedstock grades of PA66. These provide options in terms of viscosity and reactivity, increasing exibility around the type and concentration of additives that are used. The company will also be showing new developments in its own PA 66 compounds, including: highproductivity grades for electrical and electronic components; high-temperature formulations for automotive parts; impact- and weather-resistant compounds for cable ties; and a high-viscosity material for packaging lm applications. Ascend is the former Solutia business that was acquired by SK Capital Partners in 2009.
Hall 5 Stand B01 S www.akzonobel.com
API will be showing its latest TPE and TPU compounds,

plus its Apinat range of biodegradable plastics. The company recently won a contract to supply its Apinat Bio bioplastics to sporting goods company Puma for the manufacture of shoe soles. The biodegradable elastomer is being used in Pumas Basket training shoe which is part of its InCycle collection. API has also collaborated with the packaging machinery maker Sacmi on the development of a biodegradable cap for mineral water bottles. It has
Hall 7.1 Stand B35 S www.ascendmaterials.com
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Birla, will be at K 2013 to promote its global manufacturing network and its wide range of specialty products for plastics applications. Marketed under the Raven and Conductex brands, these grades provide the required properties of colour, conductivity, viscosity and UV protection. The company will use the Dsseldorf show to launch its next generation carbon black which has very low moisture pick-up (MPU). It is designed for use in pressure pipes, jacketing and geo-membranes. In addition, it is EU No. 10/2011 compliant and therefore suitable for food applications.
Hall 5 Stand B09 S www.birlacarbon.com
its rst commercial-scale Noa production plant in Antwerp, Belgium. It is scheduled to start production by the end of this year.
Birla Carbon will show its new low-MPU carbon black which can be used in pressure pipes
FRX Polymers will be showing its new Noa

halogen-free ame retardant additives and plastics in Dsseldorf. Based on polyphosphonates, the non-migrating ame retardants are melt processable and transparent. They offer high melt ow and good melt strength, enabling them to be used both as additives and as standalone inherently ame-retardant polymers. Headquartered in the USA, FRX is currently building
Hall 5 Stand C06-1 S www.frxpolymers.com
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Hall 5 Stand C09-8 www.nycominerals.com
Omya will be focusing on its latest calcium carbonate

developments including additions to its Omyacarb and Omyafilm ranges aimed at packaging applications such as film extrusion, caps/closures, sheet extrusion and extrusion coating. The company will also be highlighting its Direct Addition technology and enlarged Hydrocarb range, both aimed at vinyl extrusion applications for the HPF will be showing its Silatherm heat-conductive filler (left) and Silglow phosphorescent filler (right) improve the properties of plastics. One recent innovation from HPF is Silatherm, a filler which substantially increases the heat conductivity of thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics, while retaining their good electric insulating properties. Another recent HPF launch is Silglow, a phosphorescent filler, which has a special inorganic coating with high mechanical and thermal stability. Its fused silica grains absorb daytime sunlight or light from any other source and emit it in the dark. building and construction markets. They allow customers to increase their calcium carbonate usage without compromising on the final product performance. Omya will also be promoting the opening of its first calcium carbonate plant in Russia. Located in the Moscow area, it will be produce fine and treated grades of Omyacarb and Omyafilm with deliveries scheduled to begin early next year. In addition, the company will be highlighting recent investments in its global distribution business. These have included the acquisition of Lipscomb and Durr Marketing/Azalea in the Americas and United Chemicals in Asia.
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Metabolix will be launching its brand new I6003rp

bio-based polymeric additive for improving the properties of recycled PVC. Based on PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate), the process aid has excellent miscibility in PVC and helps to reduce processing torque, while also improving the toughness of the recycled resin. The new additive is an extension of Metabolixs I6001 bio-based polymeric modifier technology for flexible and semi-rigid PVC that brings toughness, elongation and plastification without migration or compromising clarity. Aside from its PVC polymeric modifiers, Metabolix will also introduce a new compostable PHA film grade resin - Mvera B5010 - and a number of bio-based masterbatch products.
Hall 6 Stand D75 www.omya.com
SolVin the Solvay/BASF PVC joint venture will

showcase its first generation of vinyl composites with long and continuous fibres at K 2013. Two technologies have been patented covering fibre impregnation to make semi-rigid or rigid products. Solvay and Fibroline have developed a method to disperse SolVin PVC dry-blend in long glass fibres using an alternating electric field. The resulting product is then calendered to obtain a thin sheet which can be shaped using compression moulding. Benefits include extreme stiffness, fire resistance and outstanding isotropic properties given the even distribution of the fibreglass in the product. The second process involves impregnating continuous rovings of either natural or synthetic fibres. They are dip-coated in NanoVin, a ready-to-use waterborne vinyl dispersion, in order to make either unidirectional tapes for reinforcements or prepregs of multi-axial woven fabrics. One potential application for the tapes is in vinyl window profile reinforcements in place of metal - benefits include lightweight and a gain in thermal insulation of up to 35%.
Hall 8B Stand D38 www.metabolix.com
Nyco Minerals will show two new high-strength,

chemically-modified wollastonite products designed to improve the strength of polyolefins for automotive applications. They are designed for the production of low density composites, potentially replacing high-aspectratio ultrafine talc and synthetic fibres, including the partial replacement of carbon fibres. In addition to offering an excellent strength-toweight ratio, the new wollastonite additives eliminate
Hall 6 Stand C61 www.solvayplastics.com
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regrind/recycled product in a wide range of polymers. It is said to deliver improvements in both the physical properties and the processability of compounds with recycled content. Struktol offers two special additives that combine a compatibilizer with lubricants to create a combination product that aids the incorporation of mineral or glass llers with improved mixing and ow properties as well as better mould release. Struktol TR 229 is for use in both PC and PC/ABS blends plus PA 6 and 6,6 compounds. It is FDA approved for use in indirect food contact applications. Struktol TR 219 is for use in PA 6 and 6,6, plus it has been found to also work in PET compounds. Omya is targeting new CaCO3 grades at packaging applications such as caps/ closures
Struktol will be at K 2013 on the stand of its distributor Velox, promoting its range of processing additives, coupling agents, dispersing agents, ow auxiliaries, lubricants and waxes for the plastics applications. One recent addition to its portfolio is Struktol TR 063A which is aimed at PA 6 and PA 6,6 compounds. The product is claimed to be superior in performance to alternative lubricants such as montan ester waxes. Another highlight will be Struktol RP 28, a compatibilizer and blending aid that assists the incorporation of
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optical brighteners. The company also supplies white and colour masterbatches for PET applications.
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of its Genioplast Pellet P for the compounding and processing of thermoplastics. The highly concentrated silicone additive is supplied in pellet form and can be used to improve viscosity and flow properties. The P grade is approved for food contact applications and is aimed at the kitchen and packaging sectors. Wacker also offers Genioplast Pellet S for technical applications, such as in car interiors and cable sheathing. In addition to improving the processability of the material, the additive also delivers smooth and scratch-resistant surfaces. For example, Genioplast Pellet P can be used in ABS refrigerator inserts or PP food packaging to make them easy to clean and empty. Wacker says that the additive does not impair the compounds tensile strength, hardness or dimensional stability under heat. In mineral-filled thermoplastics, adding Genioplast can boost impact strength and elongation at break. Additionally, the product can act in synergy with flame-retardant fillers. Genioplasts active ingredient is a non-crosslinked ultra-high-molecular linear silicone polymer, while the carrier material is a pyrogenic silica. This is compatible with all thermoplastics, so it is no longer necessary to stock a range of masterbatches. Wackers Genioplast Pellet P is aimed at food contact applications
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AMI Plastics launched its marketfocused digital magazines for the global plastics industry nearly ve years ago. Our aim is to deliver the highest quality and most relevant technical information and industry analysis. In order to achieve this, we have assembled one of the most experienced and technically qualied teams in the plastics magazine sector. Technically qualied Unlike most plastics magazine editors and journalists, all of our editors have a relevant science or engineering degree. They also have extensive experience of covering the plastics industry, each having spent at least 20 years in this market. Expert support Our three editors are backed up by a highly experienced team of regular contributors, plus the expertise of the AMI Consulting team. No other plastics magazine has direct in-house access to this level of international industry knowledge and understanding. Meet us in Dsseldorf Our team will be at the K 2013 exhibition in Dsseldorf, Germany in October. Meet us on the AMI Magazine stand in the North Entrance (EN03).
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Andy Beevers Andy Beevers is head of business publishing at AMI, responsible for launching and managing the digital magazines business. He is also editor of Compounding World magazine. Andy graduated in Chemical Engineering from the University of Birmingham in the UK and subsequently trained as a journalist. He has more than 25 years of editorial and publishing experience in the international plastics sector. He was editor-in chief of European Plastics News and Asian Plastics and went on to be publishing director for these titles plus Plastics & Rubber Weekly and PRW.com. Andy has also launched, managed and chaired many international conferences in the plastics arena. Andy has attended all eight K shows since 1989. Chris Smith Chris Smith is editor of Injection World magazine and he also oversees our special projects including Pipeline Coating magazine. Chris has a degree in Materials Science and worked in the polymer industry for several years as a development engineer for specialty compounds before he moved into magazine publishing. For the past 20 years he has been writing about plastics technology, including stints as technology editor on Plastics & Rubber Weekly and as editor of European Plastics News. He also has extensive experience of launching, managing and chairing international plastics industry conferences. Chris has been to six K exhibitions. Lou Reade Lou Reade is editor of our two plastics extrusion titles: Film and Sheet Extrusion plus Pipe and Prole Extrusion. After graduating in Chemistry, he trained as a business-to-business journalist. He has since built up more than 20 years of technical journalism experience, including eight years as technology editor and editor-in-chief of European Plastics News magazine. In addition, Lou has worked as a journalist and editor on industry magazines covering design engineering and the laboratory equipment market. Lou will be attending his sixth K show this year. Claire Bishop Claire Bishop manages the advertisement sales for all of our magazines. She has held this role since the magazines were launched and has developed our large and loyal customer base of global advertisers. She is a highly experienced media sales specialist with more than 10 years working in this eld. Claire has worked with major business-to-business publishing companies, including Emap, and with the UKs market-leading Daily Mail newspaper. She has particular experience in advertisement sales in the industrial and construction markets. Claire is looking forward to her second K show. Nicola Crane Nicola Crane is responsible for the design of all of our magazines, preparing them for distribution on-line and via our free apps for the iPad/iPhone and Android devices She is a very experienced magazine designer, working on a wide range of business-to-business and consumer titles over the past 26 years.
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Shu-Lan Cheng, research analyst: areas of expertise include BOPP lms and the plastics markets in China and Asia. Vitas Sabaliauskas, research analyst: areas of expertise include ame retardant additives, pipe coating, insulation and Russian markets. Carole Kluth, senior project manager: areas of expertise include BOPP lms, exible packaging and polymer markets in Europe.
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December 10-11, 2013 Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Applied Market Information and Compounding World magazine are pleased to announce the Compounding World Forum, taking place December 10-11, 2013 at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue, in Philadelphia, PA, USA. This new conference features a high-level program brought together by the editorial team of Compounding World, exploring and developing many of the magazines most popular themes in a live event. It will provide an excellent opportunity for discussion and networking between the international panel of speakers and delegates. The conference will cover business strategies and new materials technologies, as well as providing practical advice on getting the most from compounding lines. The primary focus will be on the production of technical compounds based on engineering thermoplastics, performance polyolefins and thermoplastic elastomers. Key end-use markets that will be addressed include the automotive, medical, electrical/electronic and consumer goods sectors. A wide range of polymer and additives technologies will be covered including electrically and thermally conductive compounds, antimicrobial formulations, fillers and reinforcements, flame retardants, bio-based materials, and anti-counterfeiting techniques. Strategic business and production issues will also be addressed, including growing a compounding business in a global marketplace, improving sustainability, clean compounding for medical markets, and responding to emerging regulations. In addition, leading experts will discuss how to get the very best from compounding lines with a wide range of practical tips and advice.
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Analyzing changes in the global compounding industry Mr. Andy Beevers, Publisher/Editor, Compounding World magazine, APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION Ltd., United Kingdom Growing a profitable formulating and compounding business in a dynamic, global economy Mr. Roger Avakian, Vice President, Scientific Development, POLYONE CORPORATION, United States Implementing clean compounding to meet the needs of the medical market Mr. Paul Burke, Vice President of Manufacturing, TEKNOR APEX, United States
10:40-11:10 Coffee break sponsored by: 11:10 11:40 Metal replacement: Finding practical solutions with technical compounds Mr. Jeffrey McCoy, Manager, Marketing & Business Development, A. SCHULMAN INC., United States Responding to changing regulations in America and beyond Ms. Melissa Hockstad, Vice President - Science, Technology & Regulatory Affairs, SPI: THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION, United States
SESSION 2 ADDING VALUE TO TECHNICAL COMPOUNDS 12:10 Combating piracy with innovative anti-counterfeiting additives for thermoplastics Mr. Stuart Swain, Director of Sales and Marketing, CHROMA CORPORATION, United States
12:40-2:10 Lunch sponsored by: 2:10 2:40 3:10 Selection and application of antimicrobial additives in thermoplastic compounds Ms. Lise Moloney, Director Business Development, Healthcare, SCIESSENT, United States Pushing the limits of polypropylene developing the worlds first all-plastic, mono-material automotive tailgate Mr. Anis Tebib, Marketing Manager Automotive, STYRON, Germany Flame retardancy of engineering plastics Dr. Martin Klatt, Senior Manager Research, BASF SE, Germany
CONFERENCE HOTLINE Contact: Ms. Kelly Cressman, Conference Coordinator Tel: +1 610 478 0800 Fax: +1 610 478 0900 Email: kc@amiplastics-na.com
FIVE GOOD REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND: 1. Hear leading experts discuss key trends in technical compounding 2. Discover new additive and materials technologies 3. Learn practical tips for getting the most from compounding lines 4. Gain insights into global market trends and business strategies 5. Network with other professionals in the compounding industry
3:40-4:10 Coffee break SESSION 3 IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY 4:10 4:40 5:10 A profitable path to sustainable compounding Mr. Jack Leahy, Vice President of Manufacturing, TECHMER PM LLC, United States Engineered wood fibers for a new generation of biocomposites Mr. Christophe Chambonnet, Global Manager, Woodforce, SONAE INDUSTRIA (WOODFORCE), Canada Compounding of bio-based plastics and natural fibers Mr. Dean Elliott, Lab Manager, ENTEK EXTRUDERS, United States
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CONFERENCE VENUE Located on the East Coast of the United States, Philadelphia has a major international airport and is just hours away from New York and Washington DC. The city sights include historic buildings, museums, shopping malls and beautiful parks. Philadelphia offers its visitors a multicultural experience with many different types of dining and entertainment. SPONSORSHIP & EXHIBITION SPACE With an exhibition running alongside the conference as well as a range of sponsorship opportunities, there are ample ways to make sure your company stands out at the conference. All options have proven to be successful marketing tools and will effectively increase brand awareness. The table top package includes one complimentary delegate space and allows companies to display their products and services to a highly targeted audience. Sponsorships will guarantee your company logo will be included on all conference promotions and the event website. To book your table top or secure your sponsorship for the Compounding World Forum 2013 please contact the Conference Coordinator. ORGANISED BY: APPLIED MARKET INFORMATION LLC Applied Market Information LLC is the North American operation of Applied Market Information Ltd., Europes leading supplier of plastics consultancy and information services to the global plastics industry. AMI LLC can offer the full range of AMI services and products to North American clients.Together with our well-established European-based operations this means AMI is well placed to provide a truly global research capability to our clients. Based in Reading PA, Applied Market Information LLC can supply all of AMIs European directories and CDs and is developing a whole new range of products for the North American market. Its range of specialized services cover individual consulting services, multi-client reports, conferences and publishing. To find out more about AMIs conference program or any of our other services and products visit our web site at: www.amiplastics-na.com or call the AMI LLC office at: +1 610 478 0800 or email: consult@amiplastics-na.com COMPOUNDING WORLD MAGAZINE Compounding World is the monthly digital magazine for the global plastics compounding industry. Published by AMI, it is available free-of-charge online and via free apps for iPads, iPhones and Android-based devices. www.compoundingworld.com
SESSION 4 ADDING ELECTRICAL AND THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY 9:10 9:40 Adding electrical and thermal conductivity to plastics compounds Ing. Christine Van Bellingen, Product Manager, Carbon Black & Graphite for Polymers, TIMCAL GRAPHITE & CARBON, Belgium Advanced functional fillers for thermally conductive compounds: Key technology for cost reduction in electronic thermal management Mr. Armin Kayser, Director of Business Development, ESK CERAMICS GmbH & Co KG, Germany
SESSION 5 REINFORCEMENTS AND FILLERS 10:10 Adding functionality and value to medical compounds with novel reinforcements, fillers and additives Dr. Larry Acquarulo, CEO, FOSTER CORPORATION, United States
10:40-11:10 Coffee break 11:10 11:40 Integration of design, materials and manufacturing in long fiber thermoplastic composites Dr. Raj Mathur, V.P. Technology & Business Development, PLASTICOMP INC., United States New mineral opportunities in polymers Dr. Saied Kochesfahani, Development Manager, Polymers, IMERYS, United States
SESSION 6 GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR COMPOUNDING PLANT 12:10 Tips for optimizing twin-screw extrusion Mr. Bert Elliott, Engineering Manager, LEISTRITZ EXTRUDER CORP., United States
12:40-2:10 Lunch 2:10 2:40 3:10 3:40 4:00 Optimizing screw configurations for twin-screw compounding extruders Mr. Adam Dreiblatt, Director, Process Technology, CPM CENTURY EXTRUSION, United States System engineering: The global rise of turn-key compounding lines Mr. Matt Sieverding, General Manager, KRAUSSMAFFEI BERSTORFF NA, United States Taming hard-to-handle ingredients, and increasing loading levels Dr. Paul Andersen, Director, Process Technology, COPERION CORPORATION, United States Afternoon wrap up and questions Conference ends Conference bag sponsored by:
AMI reserves the right to alter the program without notice. The latest program including any new speakers or changes to schedules can be viewed on our website www.amiplastics-na.com
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CONFERENCE DETAILS
Date and location: December 10-11, 2013 Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue 4200 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131, USA Tel: +1 215 879 4000 Image courtesy of: Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue HOTEL ACCOMMODATION The conference fee does not include lodging. We have negotiated a special rate of $150 per night for a single or double occupancy at the Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue. Please contact the hotels reservation department directly and be sure to mention the "AMIs Compounding World Forum 2013 conference" to qualify for the special room rate. The hotel rate is guaranteed for a limited number of rooms so do not delay in making your reservation for a room at the conference location. REGISTRATION FEE Register before November 1, 2013 for only $990. Thereafter the fee will be $1190. Registration includes all sessions, conference proceedings, the cocktail reception, luncheons, and break refreshments. GROUP RATES For companies wishing to register two or more delegates, group discounts are available. Please contact the Conference Coordinator for more details. SPONSOR THIS EVENT AND PROMOTE YOUR COMPANY AMI events are more than just arenas for listening and networking. They also represent highly targeted opportunities to enhance your image and promote your products and services to an international audience. Each event offers the following unique awareness building opportunities: sponsorship of the welcome cocktail reception, lunches, coffee breaks, and much more. For further information please contact the Conference Coordinator at +1 610 478 0800. EXHIBITION PACKAGE This package includes an exhibition space in the conference room where we will be hosting registration, the cocktail reception and coffee breaks, giving exhibitors maximum exposure. It also includes 1 free delegate place. Exhibitors may either use tables provided by the hotel or bring their own stand or display. A limited number of tables are available and are assigned on a first come, first serve basis. The cost of this package is $1990. Please note: When applicable, exhibitors are responsible for any electricity and/or handling fees involved with their booth. For further information please contact the Conference Coordinator. SOCIAL EVENTS The social events organized for AMIs Compounding World Forum 2013 conference will provide an ideal setting for delegates and speakers to mix business with pleasure. On the first evening, everyone is warmly invited to attend the welcome cocktail reception. SUBSTITUTIONS / CANCELLATIONS Delegates may be substituted at any time at no charge. We ask that you provide ample notification of substitution in order that materials can be prepared. Full refunds, less an administrative charge of $200 will only be made on cancellations received prior to November 1, 2013. We regret that we cannot make refunds on cancellations received after this date or for no-shows at the conference. Please note that refunds cannot be made on table top bookings.
Registration Form
Compounding World Forum 2013 December 10-11, 2013 Hilton Philadelphia City Avenue Philadelphia, PA, USA Company: ______________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________________ Tel:_______________________ Fax: _________________________ Company activity: _______________________________________
Delegate Details:
(if more than one delegate please photocopy form)
Title: _______________First name:__________________________ Surname: ______________________________________________ Position: _______________________________________________ Email: __________________________________________________ Special dietary requirements: ______________________________
Payment Details:
Please make payments in US Dollars ($) q Delegate fee $990 ___________ (before November 1, 2013) q Delegate fee (thereafter) q $1190 ___________ $1990 ___________
Exhibition package (includes exhibition space and one delegate space)
Total: ___________
Method of Payment:
q By Check: In US Dollars ($), made payable to Applied Market Information LLC q q Bank Transfer: Please call or email for banking information. Note: You are responsible for any bank charges involved with the transaction. Visa/Mastercard/Amex Security Code ___________
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FAX FORM TO: +1 610 478 0900

CONFERENCE HOTLINE Ms. Kelly Cressman, Conference Coordinator Applied Market Information LLC Tel: +1 610 478 0800 1210 Broadcasting Road, Suite #103, Fax: +1 610 478 0900 Wyomissing, PA 19610, USA Email: kc@amiplastics-na.com Please make copies of this registration form for others to use or download a PDF file copy of the brochure from our web site at www.amiplastics-na.com
Name of cardholder: _____________________________________ Expiration date: _________________________________________ Cardholders signature: ___________________________________ Date: __________________________________________________ Invoice email (if different from above):________________________

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December 10-11, 2013

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