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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Ineos Styrolution, the
styrenics subsidiary of Ineos, says it will build a demonstration plant at its
manufacturing site in Antwerp, Belgium, to test production of
acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) plastic from recycled feedstock, said Chemweek.
The
demo plant will complement another demo unit planned by Styrolution’s
‘ABSolutely Circular’ project partner Indaver (Mechelen, Belgium), a waste
management company. Both plants are part of the ABS circular recycling project,
which is supported by the EU’s LIFE program.
The company “is still open
for new partners to start working with us on the demonstration plant,” says
Styrolution’s Bart van der Zee, technical R&D project lead. “I invite
technology providers to join us on our mission,” he says.
Styrolution and
Indaver announced in December 2020 they would collaborate as technology partners
for the four-year project to produce ABS from recycled feedstock, and that they
would be funded by the LIFE program, the EU’s funding instrument for environment
and resource efficiency.
The two companies also linked up mid-2019 for
the chemical recycling of post-consumer polystyrene (PS) waste. Indaver has
large-scale treatment facilities in Antwerp, with plans for a 15,000-metric
tons/year demonstration chemical-recycling installation to be operational in
2021.
As MRC informed earlier,
Ineos Styrolution plans to raise prices for acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
(ABS) by 7 cents per pound (USD154 per tonne) from February 1. The company also
sought a similar increase in ABS prices from December 15 by two of its brands.
The intention to raise prices stems from rising raw materials and logistics
costs associated with the production and supply of ABS, the letter
said.
According to the ICIS-MRC Price
Report, ABS imports to Russia grew by 4% in the first ten months of this
year compared to the same period last year and amounted to 29,100 tonnes against
28,000 tonnes. The share of South Korean supplies amounted to 62% (18,200
tonnes) against 57% (16,100 tonnes) in January-October 2019. |
