CLARIANT
K 2022: Capacity boost for flame retardants in China / Second line by mid-2024
 Scheduled to go into operation next year: The new plant in Daya Bay (Photo: Clariant) |
Even before it new plant for halogen-free flame retardants in China has been completed, Clariant (Muttenz, Switzerland; www.clariant.com) has already announced an expansion.
At Daya Bay site in the province of Guangdong, the company plans a second production line for Exolit OP brand organophosphorus flame retardants, according to an announcement at a press conference at the K 2022 (www.k-online.de) trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Clariant said it is investing CHF 40 mn (EUR 41 mn) in the additional line, which is scheduled to come on stream in mid-2024. The first line, currently under construction and scheduled to begin operations in mid-2023 (see Plasteurope.com of 23.12.2021), already cost CHF 60 mn and is to have a capacity of 10,000 t/y.
Jochen Ahrens, who heads Clariant’s flame retardants business, cited the rapidly growing demand from Asian plastics processors in electromobility, E&E, transportation, 5G communications, infrastructure, and home appliances as the reason for the expansion. The new plant will be supported by the technology centre in Shanghai.
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The new capacity in China complement production at the German site in Knapsack, Ahrens added. There, capacity is now exhausted after various process-improvement measures such as debottlenecking.
Following the sale of the masterbatch and pigments activities (see Plasteurope.com of 19.12.2019 and of 11.01.2022), the additives business will remain within the group. “Additives are part of the core business,” Clariant’s press officer Stefanie Nehlsen told Plasteurope.com.
At K 2022, Clariant also presented a catalyst portfolio for the purification of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste. Furthermore, the Swiss group intends to offer a tool for calculating the carbon footprint of Clariant products. Also presented at the fair were a new anti-scratch additive, higher-performance light stabilisers for mulch films, and a bio-based slip and nucleating additive for polyester applications.
At Daya Bay site in the province of Guangdong, the company plans a second production line for Exolit OP brand organophosphorus flame retardants, according to an announcement at a press conference at the K 2022 (www.k-online.de) trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.
Clariant said it is investing CHF 40 mn (EUR 41 mn) in the additional line, which is scheduled to come on stream in mid-2024. The first line, currently under construction and scheduled to begin operations in mid-2023 (see Plasteurope.com of 23.12.2021), already cost CHF 60 mn and is to have a capacity of 10,000 t/y.
Jochen Ahrens, who heads Clariant’s flame retardants business, cited the rapidly growing demand from Asian plastics processors in electromobility, E&E, transportation, 5G communications, infrastructure, and home appliances as the reason for the expansion. The new plant will be supported by the technology centre in Shanghai.
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The new capacity in China complement production at the German site in Knapsack, Ahrens added. There, capacity is now exhausted after various process-improvement measures such as debottlenecking.
Following the sale of the masterbatch and pigments activities (see Plasteurope.com of 19.12.2019 and of 11.01.2022), the additives business will remain within the group. “Additives are part of the core business,” Clariant’s press officer Stefanie Nehlsen told Plasteurope.com.
At K 2022, Clariant also presented a catalyst portfolio for the purification of pyrolysis oil from mixed plastic waste. Furthermore, the Swiss group intends to offer a tool for calculating the carbon footprint of Clariant products. Also presented at the fair were a new anti-scratch additive, higher-performance light stabilisers for mulch films, and a bio-based slip and nucleating additive for polyester applications.
24.10.2022 Plasteurope.com [251423-0]
Published on 24.10.2022
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