(Bioplastic Innovation) -- Georgia Gulf Corporation and Galata Chemicals today announced a collaborative effort to develop a line of flexible biobased PVC compounds containing Drapex Alpha, a primary plasticizer produced from renewable feedstocks by Galata Chemicals.
Drapex Alpha is a highly efficient, bio-based primary plasticizer. It is suitable for a multitude of general purpose and specialty applications. PVC compounds containing the new plasticizer exhibit improved extraction resistance, substantially reduced amounts of volatile organic compounds, and enhanced processability.
"Georgia Gulf is one of the leading technology companies in the vinyl industry, and we have used our decades of experience producing engineered vinyls to develop a line of bio-based compounds that are free of phthalates and heavy metals," said William H. Doherty, vice president-PVC Compounds.
The bio-based vinyl compounds are ideal for wire and cable, medical uses and a range of general-purpose customer needs in the area of environmental-oriented applications.
The Georgia Gulf Corporation has historically been a major manufacturer and marketer of chlorovinyls (caustic soda, chlorine, VCM, EDC, PVC resins, PVC rigid and flexible compounds) and aromatics (acetone, cumene, phenol).
Galata Chemicals is one of the world's leading producers and marketers of additives for the Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and associated industries.
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