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MOSCOW (MRC)--Danish food additives
producer Palsgaard has opened a new production line to make bio-based pellets,
said the company.
Palsgaard A/S is driving the trend towards more natural
ingredients and additives as industries strive for enhanced sustainability by
increasing the use of renewables in their materials sourcing. The Danish pioneer
in food emulsifiers has opened a new 10,000 tonnes pellet line that also expands
the manufacturer’s production capacity for Einar brand plant-based polymer
additives.
"We are seeing a fast-growing demand among consumers, brand
owners, packaging designers and plastics manufacturers for more natural
materials to reduce fossil depletion and waste,” says Ulrik Aunskj?r, Global
Industry Director Non-Food Business Development, Polymer Additives for
Palsgaard. “Our expanded production capacity meets these requirements by
boosting the availability of food-grade plant-based surfactants and modifiers
for polymer manufacturers and compounders."
The expansion of the pellet
line also addresses the needs of compounders and processors who may wish to add
specific Einar® products to polymers directly rather than as part of a more
complex masterbatch formulation. This applies in particular to the use of Einar®
anti-static additives for food and other packaging applications, where the
availability of pelletised products enables a clean and straightforward
process.
Palsgaard offers its Einar® plant-based anti-fog and anti-static
additives in several grades tailored to film, injection moulding, foam and
coating processes for a wide range of different polymers, from polyolefins and
PVC to PET and engineering plastics. Moreover, the Einar® portfolio also
includes slip additives, ageing modifiers, mould release agents and dispersing
aids. All products have full FDA and EU food-contact approvals.
In
addition to the new pellet line, Palsgaard is investing in an advanced spray
cooling tower that will raise the company’s spray capacity by at least 30,000
tonnes. The tower is scheduled for commissioning in early 2023 and will be
supported by multiple new reaction, distillation and esterification plants – all
set to double the production capacity at the manufacturer’s Danish facility in
Juelsminde by 2024. In total Palsgaard expects to invest 750 million Danish
Kroner (100 million ˆ) in the expanded capacities which, in line with the
company’s commitment to sustainability, will not compromise Palsgaard’s carbon
neutral status.
We remind
that Russia's output of chemical products rose in November 2020 by 9.5% year
on year. At the same time, production of basic chemicals increased in the first
eleven months of 2020 by 6.6% year on year, according to Rosstat's data.
According to the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation,
polymers in primary form accounted for the greatest increase in the
January-November 2020 output. November production of polymers in primary form
rose to 896,000 tonnes from 852,000 tonnes in October. Overall output of
polymers in primary form totalled 9,240,000 tonnes over the stated period, up by
17.1% year on year.
Palsgaard is a world leader in plant-based
emulsifiers and polymer additives for the global food, packaging and plastics
industries. Since its founder Einar Viggo Schou invented the modern plant-based
food emulsifier in 1917, the company has provided advanced industry know-how and
innovation to an increasingly diversified customer base. From application
centres around the world, Palsgaard’s experienced technologists support brand
owners and manufacturers in optimising their sustainability by the use of
natural, renewable ingredients and additives to mitigate their carbon
footprint. |
