For this, the 10th edition of the PRSE exhibition, Amsterdam, Europe’s leading polymer compounder Benvic is exhibiting in order to meet with the company’s partners and stakeholders, and to discuss all the new horizons for plastics. recycling.
Insight
All industrial sectors are now facing global challenges with recycled content in plastics. As a compounder, Benvic is positioned to lead on questions of material technology and fitness-for-purpose. The company is now in pole position to deliver the next generation of polymers into the new circular economy.
Benvic’s foundations are built on PVC compounding technology: This is why Benvic Recycling - a dedicated PVC recycling unit - is now expanding in order to offer secondary raw materials to customers or for their own in-house recycling.
Rigid PVC is now moving forward into the regulation zone, not just for windows, doors and building components, but for all rigid PVC-based applications. Bespoke and recycled reformulations from Benvic can give customers immediate help in overcoming all such regulation challenges across any application.
Soft PVC grades present a more challenging prospect, but Benvic's innovation has many solutions in the pipeline for the near future.
Above all, Benvic PVC compounding science leads to customised solutions. Every customer, every industrial segment is different, and the introduction of recycled content into pre-existent processes is never a one-size-fits-all solution.
Instead, each market segment and each polymer application needs fresh eyes on how all materials – recyclate included - will successfully interact together within the production process.
Some new skills are needed here; typically more production monitoring, in order to tweak the volume and properties of the recyclate within traditional polymer processing.
The production aim is the same as before - to achieve consistent and repeatable product quality. Now, however, the product also incorporates various percentages of recyclate as required by law.
Benvic has many roles to play here; designing material flows and formulations; ensuring smooth processability of polymer compound and also helping ensure that various material streams – polymer recyclate included – can be relied upon as a secure supply for the customer.
These activities means that Benvic’s very diversified material portfolio is increasingly driven by the addition of recycled content, especially in the case of polypropylene (PP) compounds.
Benvic is also taking steps to expand its portfolio of talc-filled and glass fibre-reinforced compounds with percentages of recycled content. In a short space of time Benvic has become expert in adapting these formulations in order to meet specific performance requirements, such as UV resistance, emissions, flame retardancy, or colour matching. Consequently, Benvic’s DotR PP series is a perfect match for new automotive or electrical application requirements.
Benvic is also developing recycled content for a range of engineering plastics - such as ABS or PA – in order to be perfectly positioned as a one-stop shop provider for those industry segments that are now subject to the ELV and ESPR directives in the European Union.
Visit Benvic on PRSE, Hall 1 Stand C40, to evaluate the possibilities of integrating recycled plastics into your products, as Benvic is “Redesigning plastics. For Good”.
