Envalior is highlighting sustainable plastics at Fakuma - Medical Plastics News

16 October 2024

12:30

Envalior is highlighting sustainable plastics at Fakuma 2024, Messe Friedrichshafen, Hall B4, Stand 4302.

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View over Friedrichshafen.

The provider of engineering materials is also showcasing material solutions for key future trends such as electromobility, fuel cell technology, autonomous driving, lightweight construction, renewable energy generation, water management and the digitalisation of everyday life.

“We want to show that our bio- and recyclate-based material and technology solutions are a big step towards circular material cycles. Our goal is to also offer our entire portfolio on a bio and/or recyclate basis by 2030 in order to support the development of material cycles for plastics worldwide,” explains Dr. Tim Arping, director segment innovation & advanced development at Envalior.

Envalior’s strength is its broad portfolio, which ranges from engineering plastics such as polyamide 6 and 66 or polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) to high-performance thermoplastics such as polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) or high-temperature polyamides such as polyamide 46 (PA 46) and polyphthalamide (PPA). “With this range, we can meet very different and demanding material requirements in a customer- and application-specific manner,” says Arping.

Envalior is presenting the new PBT product range Pocan X-MB, which is based on biocircular 1.4- butanediol (BDO), for the first time at Fakuma. The raw material for the bio-BDO is used cooking oil. The proportion of sustainable material in the PBT base resin is 26 % and is certified according to ISCC Plus (“International Sustainability and Carbon Certification”). It can be increased to over 70% if recycled glass fibers and PET from post-consumer recyclates are used in the compounds in addition to bio-BDO. The CO2 footprint of the new products is more than 30% lower than that of corresponding standard compounds.

An eye-catcher at the Envalior booth in terms of sustainability is the lightweight Remode office chair from Dutch manufacturer Koninklijke Ahrend. More than two thirds of its weight is made from a glass fiber-reinforced polyamide recyclate Akulon RePurposed from Envalior, a large proportion of which is obtained from fishing nets left in the sea. A further proportion of the compound comes from postindustrial waste.

16 October 2024

12:30