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Ajax Equipment expands carbon black production

Iranpolymer/Baspar Hubron’s Manchester facility utilises a range of Ajax solids handling equipment including screw feeders, hoppers and four FIBC big bag dischargers. Dave Waterhouse, Engineering Team Leader at Hubron International said: “We have good long-term relationship with Ajax, having worked on…

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Fossil-free future: UPM drives sustainability transformation of the rubber industry

Iranpolymer/Baspar UPM, whose history goes back 150 years to the origins of the Finnish forest industry with pulp and paper production, is using its vast experience in forestry and forest products to transform materials for a fossil-free future. The company is starting up its wood-based biorefinery later in…

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Questions for Alexandra Megally, sustainability manager at Cabot

Iranpolymer/Baspar 1. Black masterbatches are notoriously difficult to recycle because carbon black pigments are not detectable by standard near-infrared (NIR) optical sorting systems. What is Cabot doing to address this problem? Traditionally, carbon black has been used to enhance the…

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Polymer colorants derived from recycled content

Iranpolymer/Baspar Avient Corporation announced the launch of OnColor™ REC Polymer Colorants, formulated with pigments derived from recycled content, including end-of-life tires. They offer an alternative to traditional carbon black formulations and can help manufacturers reduce their product carbon footprint (PCF).…

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Orion S.A. installs tyre pyrolysis oil tanks to boost carbon black production

Iranpolymer/Baspar Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals producer, is installing multiple tyre pyrolysis oil tanks at its plant in Jaslo, Poland – the company’s latest move toward boosting production of circular carbon black. The tanks will serve as reception points…

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CSRC partners with SHEICO to establish largest eco-friendly carbon black plant in North America

Iranpolymer/Baspar Taipei City, Taiwan – The board of directors of CSRC group approved a plan to partner with Eco Infinic Co., Ltd., a Thailand subsidiary of SHEICO group. The partnership aims to invest in the recovered carbon black (rCB) business…

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Orion S.A. invests in Alpha Carbone facility for sustainable carbon black production

Iranpolymer/Baspar Orion S.A., a global specialty chemicals company, announced it is investing in Alpha Carbone, a French trye recycling company. The partnership will enable Alpha Carbone to scale up and produce commercial volumes of tyre pyrolysis oil and recovered carbon black. The…

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Neste successfully concludes its first processing run with pyrolysis oil from discarded tires

Iranpolymer/Baspar Neste successfully conducted its first processing trial run with liquefied discarded tires. In the processing run, Neste produced high-quality raw material for new plastics and chemicals. For the processing run, Neste sourced pyrolysis oil derived from discarded vehicle tires…

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Sun Chemical at Chinaplas 2024

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Sun Chemical will showcase its sustainable pigment solutions for the plastics industry under the theme of ‘Experience. Transformation.’ during Chinaplas 2024. Together with its parent company, DIC Corporation, Sun Chemical extends its business footprint to the Asia-Pacific with an…

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