Albis Plastic expands product portfolio with Purell grades from LyondellBasell

MOSCOW (MRC) -- Albis Plastic, global specialist for the distribution and compounding of technical thermoplasts located in Hamburg, is expanding its product portfolio to include the newly developed Purell grades PE 2220D and ACP 5531 B from LyondellBasell, according to the company's press release.

The low-density polyethyene (LDPE) Purell PE 2220D is the latest addition to the Albis packaging solution range in the tube segment and is available for applications in the cosmetics and food sector as well as pharmaceutical packaging and other applications.

The high-density polyethylene (HDPE) Purell ACP 5531B, which is specifically used in extrusion blow-moulding applications, supplements the product portfolio for industrial packaging in the pharmaceutical field, for instance, when used for dialysis applications or packaging of pharmaceutical ingredients on an industrial scale.

Mike Freudenstein, Director Marketing Healthcare at Albis Plastic, sums up the new distribution products as follows: "With these two new Purell types, our partner LyondellBasell has once again demonstrated its strong commitment to the healthcare sector and innovation leadership for polymers in this complex and demanding application field. We are very pleased that we can add these two types to our product range and supply them to large parts of Europe."

As MRC reported earlier, Albis Plastic has recently broadened its portfolio of distribution brands for the Spanish market to include Terluran standard ABS from Styrolution, which reflects how both companies are consistently expanding their sales cooperation for standard thermoplasts in Europe.

Albis Plastic, the Hamburg-based company, is one of the global operating companies in the distribution and compounding of technical thermoplastics. In addition to the product portfolio of well-known plastic manufacturers, Albis offers the plastic processing industry a diverse product range of high performance plastics, compound solutions and masterbatches.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- At hearing held today, the Commercial Court of Lyon was informed that two bids for the takeover of KEM ONE have been confirmed, said KEM ONE in its press release.

In order for the formalisation of the agreements reached with partners to be completed, and to enable the Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) to give an opinion, the Commercial Court of Lyon called a further hearing, set for 18 December, at which their decision on the successful bid will be announced.

At a hearing held on 12th December, the Commercial Court of Lyon was informed of two confirmed takeover bids for KEM ONE SAS, submitted by the private buyout firm OpenGate Capital and the private individual Alain de Krassny. Discussions with KEM ONE’s partners have resulted in agreements that have allowed both candidates to confirm their takeover bids. The formalisation of these agreements will be completed in the coming days.

The members of the Joint Consultative Committee of KEM ONE SAS were informed that the conditions precedents for both offers had been lifted and requested time to give an opinion. In view of these elements, the Commercial Court of Lyon called a further hearing for 18 December, date at which the acquirer of the KEM ONE group will be designated.

The management of the company welcomes the fact that a positive outcome to their objective of business continuity for KEM ONE is now close, obtained though the strong commitment of all stakeholders.

KEM ONE SAS includes the company’s upstream sites inFrance: 1300 people based at the headquarters (Lyon) and 7 industrial sites: Balan (Ain), Saint-Fons (Rhone), Saint-Auban (Alpes de HauteProvence), Berre, Fos-sur-Mer, Lavera (Bouches du Rhone) and Vauvert (Gard).

KEM ONE, a fully integrated vinyl production company, was established mid-2012 following the acquisition of Arkema's vinyl products division by the Klesch Group. The company employs 2,600 people at 22 manufacturing sites, primarily in Europe but also in Asia and North America. Europe’s third-largest producer of PVC with revenues in excess of one billion euros, KEM ONE continues to grow and build on its numerous strengths with a view to becoming market leader for integrated vinyl solutions.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Yisheng Petrochemical has shut a purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant for maintenance turnaround, reported Apic-online.

A Polymerupdate source in China informed that the plant was shut on December 10, 2013. It is likely to remain off-stream for around one month.

Located in Ningbo, China, the plant has a production capacity of 650,000 mt/year.

As MRC informed previously, China’s Xianglu Petrochemicals Co. Ltd. has planned the test run of its second purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plant in the end of December 2013. Currently, the plant is under the final phase of construction and test run is planned by the end of next month. The construction of second PTA plant, with production capacity of 1.5 mln tpa, began in November 2006.

Located in the South Haicang Industrial Area of Xiamen City, the first PTA plant of Xianglu came on stream in October 2002. The plant is capable of producing 900,000 tpa of PTA, which is the world’s largest single-line PTA production capacity.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, continues to deliver on its commitment to reduce the carbon footprint of its operations, said Plastemart.

Following a dramatic reduction in water consumption at its engineering plastics site in Pune, India, announced earlier this year, the site will now meet 25% of its energy needs with renewable energy. In order to achieve this significant improvement, DSM has entered into an agreement with a local wind energy producer. Over the coming years, this share is expected to increase to 50%.

The DSM site in Pune produces compounds of thermoplastic polyesters and polyamides, and has already established a strong track-record of highly efficient water management. Thanks to increased process water recycling and rigorous monitoring of potential water leakages, the operation’s water footprint was dramatically reduced by two-thirds in 2012.

As MRC wrote before, DSM opened its first application development technical center for engineering plastics in Japan on 26 March 2013 in Yokohama City. The launch of the DSM Engineering Plastics Japan Technical Center is fully in line with DSM’s strategy to support and grow business not only with customers in Japan but also with overseas Japanese Transplants, for which material specifications are determined in Japan.
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MOSCOW (MRC) -- LyondellBasell has recently introduced Purell HP671T, a sterilizable, high fluidity polypropylene (PP) resin used in injection molded medical applications, said Packagingeurope.

Purell HP671T exhibits a very high stiffness, excellent transparency and an enhanced additive package offering increased resistance to gamma sterilization.

"Purell HP671T resin processes easily allowing for fast cycle times and good retention of mechanical properties after sterilization," said Rodney Fox, marketing manager of LyondellBasell's PP Healthcare business. "With more than 30 years of experience manufacturing resins used in healthcare applications, our team is highly skilled in developing innovative solutions to help customers overcome the technical and regulatory challenges faced in this specialized market."

Healthcare applications demand new levels of clarity and greater resistance to changes in physical or optical properties that may take place during the sterilization process. In addition to gamma sterilization, Purell HP671T also exhibits good resistance to other sterilization processes such as e-beam, ethylene oxide and autoclaves. Additional benefits of the resin include excellent fluidity, high stiffness compared to standard PP homopolymers and opportunities for downgauging. Purell HP671T is used by customers in rigid pharmaceutical and diagnostic applications including post-consumer recycled (PCR) plates, medical devices and lab ware.

Purell HP671T builds upon the success of LyondellBasell's portfolio of Purell polypropylene and polyethylene resins known for characteristics such as consistency of formulation, continuity of supply, single sourcing and pharmacopoeia compliance.

As MRC informed before, LyondellBasell permanently shuttered one of its HDPE production lines at its German site in Wesseling. The line, which had a capacity of 100,000 t/y, was the smallest and least efficient at the production site.

LyondellBasell is the largest polyolefin producer in Europe with a total capacity of roughly 4.5m t/y. For HDPE in Wesseling the production capacity is at 770,000 t/y even after the shutdown of the small production facility.
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