RPC Containers Oakham is enhancing the sustainability credentials of the world’s leading decorative paint company with a new plastic can made from one-quarter recycled material.
RPC Oakham’s expertise will allow Dulux Matt and Silk Colours to be the first to market with a paint range in cans boasting 25 per cent recycled post-consumer waste content.
Injection moulded polypropylene cans are being introduced in 2.5 litre and 5 litre sizes for the water-based emulsion range, produced by AkzoNobel Decorative Paints.
The lightweight containers come in a striking charcoal-black colour, which replaces the previous white can and creates a vivid contrast between the container and the paint.
RPC’s injection moulding technical manager Brian Edwards, says: “We’ve worked very closely with AkzoNobel on an exceptionally technically-demanding project.
“Our challenge was to balance the level of recycled content with the technical and performance requirements of the packaging.”
“Though 25% is currently the maximum we can use without compromising the integrity of the container we are confident we will develop material blends that will enable us to increase this proportion over the next few years,” explains Brian.
The post-consumer waste used in the cans is supplied by the UK’s leading polymer recycler, Regain, and is sourced from domestic and overseas consumer markets.
Stuart Beecher, technical packaging manager from AkzoNobel adds: “The use of recycled material in our packaging is a key part of the AkzoNobel Sustainability Strategy and after working closely with RPC and Regain we have been successful in achieving the required technical performance to be able to bring the inclusion of 25 per cent PCR in a number of our containers to the marketplace.”
The new product underlines RPC Oakham’s commitment to offering customers unrivalled functionality with unmatched opportunities for eye catching design.
A recent investment at the Oakham factory brought in new equipment developed specifically to handle self-adhesive labels like those used by Dulux Silk and Matt Colours, as well as high-quality in-mould labelling.
Dulux Silk paint offers a wipe-clean delicate shine finish. Dulux Matt is a wipeable, smooth and creamy emulsion paint with excellent coverage that minimises imperfections, creating the most contemporary look for walls and ceilings.
2011年5月29日星期日
Nestlé building $30m bottle-to-bottle plant
Nestlé Waters North America plans to build a $30m (€21.3m) bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant that will produce 40 million pounds (1,800 tonnes) of recycled PET annually.
"I'm hoping that within a year that we've got a plant built," said Kim Jeffery, CEO and president of the water-bottle firm. "I want to be up and running a year from now."
Jeffery said the company isn't prepared to make an official announcement yet; Nestlé and its planned joint venture partner are reviewing details, and both firms must approved the agreement. But he said the plant will "probably be located in the East Coast" and he hopes an announcement will come "relatively soon."
Once built and operating at full capacity, the plant would supply about 10% of the Nestlé's current total PET resin needs — about 440 million pounds (20,000 tonnes) a year.
Despite the troubles that caused Coca-Cola in March to shutter its 2-year-old joint-venture bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in South Carolina, Jeffery said he's not worried about a similar scenario down the road for Nestlé.
"They used a different process than we will use," he said in a 13 May phone interview. "Our joint venture company has a proven track record in manufacturing food-grade PET.
"For a PET recycling plant to work, the technology has to be right, the logistics have to be right and you need to be within a reasonable proximity of where your raw materials are," Jeffery said. "And when New York and Connecticut expanded their container bills to include water, we ended up with 40 million pounds of material that we actually own."
Jeffery — a staunch proponent of extended producer responsibility laws to improve the collection of all materials, not just bottles — said Nestlé is building the plant because: "I think there is a real business opportunity in the long-term and I want to understand the value stream."
He added: "The price of [recycled] PET today is 20% more than virgin and there's something wrong with that. If you've already expended the energy to make the bottle once, why would it be 20% more?"
It's Jeffery's view that some of that discrepancy is because PET collection in the US has focused mostly on soft drink bottles, and recently, water bottles, rather than all forms of PET containers and packaging.
"There is more demand than supply because we're only recycling 30% of PET bottles," said Jeffery. "If we are going to be successful in making recycled PET plastic a viable business, we need to be getting back as much material as possible. It is not going to be a viable business long-term if recycled PET is priced 20% higher than virgin.
"We're investing so we can look at the economics," he said. "We want to understand how we make this competitive. ... We need better recycling rates — not just for beverages, but across the board for all PET containers."
The Nestlé CEO said he's not sure if this would be the firm's only, or just its first, foray into producing recycled PET resin.
"Long-term, I'm not sure it's a business we want to be in," he said. "But we want to be in it for now. The question of whether we build more recycling plants has to do with how far back we want to be vertically integrated. We already blow mould our own bottles and make our own preforms."
Jeffery insists Nestlé is not trying to make a statement by building a closed-loop bottle-to-bottle recycling plant.
Nestlé's bottling plant in Pennsylvania, however, which manufactures the firm's Deer Park-brand water bottles from 50% recycled PET, is making a kind of statement — one that the company sees as important, according to Jeffery.
"I'm hoping that within a year that we've got a plant built," said Kim Jeffery, CEO and president of the water-bottle firm. "I want to be up and running a year from now."
Jeffery said the company isn't prepared to make an official announcement yet; Nestlé and its planned joint venture partner are reviewing details, and both firms must approved the agreement. But he said the plant will "probably be located in the East Coast" and he hopes an announcement will come "relatively soon."
Once built and operating at full capacity, the plant would supply about 10% of the Nestlé's current total PET resin needs — about 440 million pounds (20,000 tonnes) a year.
Despite the troubles that caused Coca-Cola in March to shutter its 2-year-old joint-venture bottle-to-bottle PET recycling plant in South Carolina, Jeffery said he's not worried about a similar scenario down the road for Nestlé.
"They used a different process than we will use," he said in a 13 May phone interview. "Our joint venture company has a proven track record in manufacturing food-grade PET.
"For a PET recycling plant to work, the technology has to be right, the logistics have to be right and you need to be within a reasonable proximity of where your raw materials are," Jeffery said. "And when New York and Connecticut expanded their container bills to include water, we ended up with 40 million pounds of material that we actually own."
Jeffery — a staunch proponent of extended producer responsibility laws to improve the collection of all materials, not just bottles — said Nestlé is building the plant because: "I think there is a real business opportunity in the long-term and I want to understand the value stream."
He added: "The price of [recycled] PET today is 20% more than virgin and there's something wrong with that. If you've already expended the energy to make the bottle once, why would it be 20% more?"
It's Jeffery's view that some of that discrepancy is because PET collection in the US has focused mostly on soft drink bottles, and recently, water bottles, rather than all forms of PET containers and packaging.
"There is more demand than supply because we're only recycling 30% of PET bottles," said Jeffery. "If we are going to be successful in making recycled PET plastic a viable business, we need to be getting back as much material as possible. It is not going to be a viable business long-term if recycled PET is priced 20% higher than virgin.
"We're investing so we can look at the economics," he said. "We want to understand how we make this competitive. ... We need better recycling rates — not just for beverages, but across the board for all PET containers."
The Nestlé CEO said he's not sure if this would be the firm's only, or just its first, foray into producing recycled PET resin.
"Long-term, I'm not sure it's a business we want to be in," he said. "But we want to be in it for now. The question of whether we build more recycling plants has to do with how far back we want to be vertically integrated. We already blow mould our own bottles and make our own preforms."
Jeffery insists Nestlé is not trying to make a statement by building a closed-loop bottle-to-bottle recycling plant.
Nestlé's bottling plant in Pennsylvania, however, which manufactures the firm's Deer Park-brand water bottles from 50% recycled PET, is making a kind of statement — one that the company sees as important, according to Jeffery.
2011年5月25日星期三
Filth: Bentleigh food store fined
ROTTEN food, mould and dead flies are just some of the filth found in a Bentleigh food store that has been fined almost $70,000.
The CK Foodstore (C & K Group Pty Ltd) in Centre Rd and proprietor Guo Jing Chen were found guilty on May 16 of 22 breaches of the Food Act.
Both were fined a total of $67,500 and ordered to pay Glen Eira Council’s legal costs of $9000.
Last November, C & K Group Pty Ltd and Chen pleaded guilty to the same charges at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court, where they were fined $10,000 and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction.
A routine inspection by the council’s environmental health officers uncovered a long list of failures, including piles of meat and dirt on the floor in the meat-preparation area, and live and dead flies in the handbasin and meat and seafood preparation benches.
They also found fly zappers overflowing with dead flies; mould growing on walls in the seafood-preparation area; and piles of rotten, mouldy and unsanitary food items on the cool-room floor.
The washbasin in the meat preparation area was not working; dirty plastic sheeting and mouldy duct tape covered shelves; milk crates and wooden pellets were used as shelving; and there was no food grade sanitiser.
Council director of community services Peter Jones said officers routinely inspected all of Glen Eira’s 795 registered food businesses to ensure they produced safe food and complied with the Food Act.
“Council’s strong surveillance of local food premises ensures the public is protected against unhygienic practices and unsafe food,” he said.
The CK Foodstore (C & K Group Pty Ltd) in Centre Rd and proprietor Guo Jing Chen were found guilty on May 16 of 22 breaches of the Food Act.
Both were fined a total of $67,500 and ordered to pay Glen Eira Council’s legal costs of $9000.
Last November, C & K Group Pty Ltd and Chen pleaded guilty to the same charges at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court, where they were fined $10,000 and placed on a 12-month good behaviour bond without conviction.
A routine inspection by the council’s environmental health officers uncovered a long list of failures, including piles of meat and dirt on the floor in the meat-preparation area, and live and dead flies in the handbasin and meat and seafood preparation benches.
They also found fly zappers overflowing with dead flies; mould growing on walls in the seafood-preparation area; and piles of rotten, mouldy and unsanitary food items on the cool-room floor.
The washbasin in the meat preparation area was not working; dirty plastic sheeting and mouldy duct tape covered shelves; milk crates and wooden pellets were used as shelving; and there was no food grade sanitiser.
Council director of community services Peter Jones said officers routinely inspected all of Glen Eira’s 795 registered food businesses to ensure they produced safe food and complied with the Food Act.
“Council’s strong surveillance of local food premises ensures the public is protected against unhygienic practices and unsafe food,” he said.
Warm Terrine of Northern Arctic Char
Makes: 1 terrine (serves 10)
For the terrine:
Two 12-ounce (340-g) fillets of fresh Arctic char, all bones, including pinbones, removed (may substitute rainbow trout or salmon)
1 pound (450 g) white fish fillet, all bones removed
1 fresh leek
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons (25 mL) dry white wine
1/4 cup (50 mL) heavy 35-per-cent cream
Pinch, salt
Pinch, white pepper
2 tablespoons (25 mL) tarragon vinegar
1. Remove skin from fish, if present. Cut green top off leek, fan apart to separate layers, wash completely and blanch in boiling water about 2 minutes until soft but still brilliantly green. Remove from boiling water, rinse under cold water and drain. Cut separated leaf layers in half across the middle (not lengthwise). Cover and refrigerate.
2. Using a food processor, purée the white fish, then add 1 egg white, the white wine, half of the heavy cream, salt and pepper. Purée. Pass the purée through a ricer or fine-mesh strainer to remove any lumps. Mixture should be very smooth; cover and refrigerate.
3. Repeat Step 2, above, with the Arctic char, using remaining egg white, cream, salt and pepper, and tarragon vinegar instead of white wine; cover and refrigerate.
4. Line a terrine mould or rectangular ovenproof casserole dish about 9 by 7 inches by 2 1/2 inches (23 by 18 by 6 cm) with plastic food wrap. Spread a thin layer (¼ inch/6 mm) of puréed Arctic char (about 1/2 the char mixture) to completely and evenly cover the bottom of the lined dish and place dish in freezer until semi-frozen, about an hour. When set, remove from freezer and spread a smooth and even layer (¼ inch/6mm) of white fish purée (about 1/2 the white fish mixture) over the char purée; return to freezer to set one hour. Remove from freezer and evenly spread poached leek over top of the white fish purée.
5. Spread remaining white fish purée over leeks and return to freezer for an hour; spread remaining char purée evenly on top. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap, then wrap the entire terrine with foil.
6. Create a water bath (bain marie) by partially filling a flat-bottomed roasting pan ½-inch (12-mm) deep with boiling water. Place terrine in water bath and bake in a preheated oven at 350 F (180 C) for one hour. Remove from oven, rest 15 minutes at room temperature before removing from
For the terrine:
Two 12-ounce (340-g) fillets of fresh Arctic char, all bones, including pinbones, removed (may substitute rainbow trout or salmon)
1 pound (450 g) white fish fillet, all bones removed
1 fresh leek
2 egg whites
2 tablespoons (25 mL) dry white wine
1/4 cup (50 mL) heavy 35-per-cent cream
Pinch, salt
Pinch, white pepper
2 tablespoons (25 mL) tarragon vinegar
1. Remove skin from fish, if present. Cut green top off leek, fan apart to separate layers, wash completely and blanch in boiling water about 2 minutes until soft but still brilliantly green. Remove from boiling water, rinse under cold water and drain. Cut separated leaf layers in half across the middle (not lengthwise). Cover and refrigerate.
2. Using a food processor, purée the white fish, then add 1 egg white, the white wine, half of the heavy cream, salt and pepper. Purée. Pass the purée through a ricer or fine-mesh strainer to remove any lumps. Mixture should be very smooth; cover and refrigerate.
3. Repeat Step 2, above, with the Arctic char, using remaining egg white, cream, salt and pepper, and tarragon vinegar instead of white wine; cover and refrigerate.
4. Line a terrine mould or rectangular ovenproof casserole dish about 9 by 7 inches by 2 1/2 inches (23 by 18 by 6 cm) with plastic food wrap. Spread a thin layer (¼ inch/6 mm) of puréed Arctic char (about 1/2 the char mixture) to completely and evenly cover the bottom of the lined dish and place dish in freezer until semi-frozen, about an hour. When set, remove from freezer and spread a smooth and even layer (¼ inch/6mm) of white fish purée (about 1/2 the white fish mixture) over the char purée; return to freezer to set one hour. Remove from freezer and evenly spread poached leek over top of the white fish purée.
5. Spread remaining white fish purée over leeks and return to freezer for an hour; spread remaining char purée evenly on top. Wrap tightly with plastic wrap, then wrap the entire terrine with foil.
6. Create a water bath (bain marie) by partially filling a flat-bottomed roasting pan ½-inch (12-mm) deep with boiling water. Place terrine in water bath and bake in a preheated oven at 350 F (180 C) for one hour. Remove from oven, rest 15 minutes at room temperature before removing from
2011年5月22日星期日
Snobelen: Big bucks not for bird brains
There is a gang our political leaders seem unwilling to confront.
I am, of course, referring to the Sciuridae. You know them better as squirrels.
Specifically the diabolical squirrels that are known to attack urban and rural properties, knocking over, mangling and destroying bird feeders of every design. Their malicious behavior forces good men and women from the comfort of their homes in the dead of winter to try to resurrect the %&*# feeder.
Otherwise solid relationships have been ruined as spouses are ordered out into the cold to deal with squirrel carnage.
I can report from four decades of personal experience that the offending rodents sit in trees and laugh almost audibly while the feeders are resurrected.
I don’t begrudge the politicians for avoiding the whole squirrel issue. After all, there isn’t any solution. Or at least there wasn’t until now.
A 13-year-old student from Alberta, Ty Godfrey, has invented the planet’s first (as far as I know) squirrel-proof bird feeder. He will, I assume, soon be receiving the Order of Canada from a grateful nation.
I might have missed Ty’s remarkable invention if his father hadn’t casually mentioned they were visiting Toronto this weekend.
Attending a ball game I asked? Nope, attending the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF), he replied.
Ty is one of 500 young people who won the right to represent their region in the CWSF finals held this week in Toronto. This is the 50th anniversary of the CWSF and the competition is intense. But then it should be; there is almost a million dollars in prizes and scholarships to be won.
The young scientists who have earned the right to compete in the CWSF come from every corner of Canada. Their projects span the range of scientific inquiry from insects to quarks. The only common elements in the projects and papers are rigorous study and inquisitive minds. That, it seems, is a powerful combination.
Young Ty is a case in point. The invention of the squirrel-proof feeder, an ingenious combination of a two-litre pop bottle and a plastic tie, was a byproduct of research into the effect of colour on the feeding habits of birds.
I am, of course, referring to the Sciuridae. You know them better as squirrels.
Specifically the diabolical squirrels that are known to attack urban and rural properties, knocking over, mangling and destroying bird feeders of every design. Their malicious behavior forces good men and women from the comfort of their homes in the dead of winter to try to resurrect the %&*# feeder.
Otherwise solid relationships have been ruined as spouses are ordered out into the cold to deal with squirrel carnage.
I can report from four decades of personal experience that the offending rodents sit in trees and laugh almost audibly while the feeders are resurrected.
I don’t begrudge the politicians for avoiding the whole squirrel issue. After all, there isn’t any solution. Or at least there wasn’t until now.
A 13-year-old student from Alberta, Ty Godfrey, has invented the planet’s first (as far as I know) squirrel-proof bird feeder. He will, I assume, soon be receiving the Order of Canada from a grateful nation.
I might have missed Ty’s remarkable invention if his father hadn’t casually mentioned they were visiting Toronto this weekend.
Attending a ball game I asked? Nope, attending the Canada Wide Science Fair (CWSF), he replied.
Ty is one of 500 young people who won the right to represent their region in the CWSF finals held this week in Toronto. This is the 50th anniversary of the CWSF and the competition is intense. But then it should be; there is almost a million dollars in prizes and scholarships to be won.
The young scientists who have earned the right to compete in the CWSF come from every corner of Canada. Their projects span the range of scientific inquiry from insects to quarks. The only common elements in the projects and papers are rigorous study and inquisitive minds. That, it seems, is a powerful combination.
Young Ty is a case in point. The invention of the squirrel-proof feeder, an ingenious combination of a two-litre pop bottle and a plastic tie, was a byproduct of research into the effect of colour on the feeding habits of birds.
Through the looking glass
Obsession. There is no other word to describe Joy Menachery's ‘emotion' for making glass . He calls his brand of handmade glass ‘Hard Liquid'.
Joy at Hard Liquid fashions glass out of glass. His pieces have a fluidity that justifies the name, some of them look like they were frozen ‘mid-flow'. Bottles of all hues and shapes inspire Joy. His works are primarily used for ‘architectural applications', which means he works with architects and interior designers.
Time permitting he fashions beauty out of waste and if the requirement is big (dimensionally) it is only then that he buys glass.
It all started with him fabricating a furnace. Simple! Not as simple as it sounds. It took him 12 years to get the furnace right. He wanted a one foot by one foot 2 kilowatt electric furnace that would work on a single phase (of electricity); reaches 850 – 1000 degrees centigrade and the glass that he intended to make or rather mould shouldn't break either.
Tall order it appeared to be, for “people were willing to fabricate the furnace but there were no guarantees about uniform heating. If heating is not uniform, glass will break,” says Joy. After his already depleting bank account was lesser by Rs. 6 lakh he had his furnace. He now works on a three phase, 12 kilowatt furnace. He even fabricates small furnaces for those who want to use it for hand making glass. Competition isn't it? “Technology is not meant to be locked up. It should be available for people to use.”
He has bitter-sweet memories of the early times. Running out of money and not wanting to ask his father, of the desperation of not being able to show what he had in mind. Of what his then newly-married wife would have thought about him. “She went home and told her folks ‘something's amiss with my husband! He wants to BEND glass,” he recalls laughing. There was no way he was going to get a loan for ‘this'. “If I was making interlocking tiles or recycling plastic I would have got a loan easily. But not for this, because I had nothing to show as a sample.”
His love affair with glass began when he was very young. Joy is trained in printing technology; he worked as a creative consultant for a resort, he has tried his hand at eco-farming…he has even made reinforced bricks made of mud (‘not clay'). Now almost 18 years after he embarked on the quest for the perfect furnace, he is content (restless in parts) about the place where he is at now.
All the talk about ‘THE' furnace arouses curiosity. Joy takes us to his studio/workshop adjacent to his house in Eroor. There ‘she' sits, the furnace occupying pride of place at the centre of the workshop. Joy explains how it works. There are freshly ‘moulded' glass ‘bubbles' waiting to be taken out and ‘polished'. Moulds, by the way, are made of ceramic. Then there is the grinding machine which uses wet process so that there is no dust and therefore no air pollution. The grinding machine too is recycled from a second hand lathe machine.
Making glass is not as easy as it sounds. Since Joy's works have more to do with fusing pieces of glass, the compatibility of glass to be fused is important.
His products are available in some stores in the city. Work on his signature store on the first floor of his house is on.
Joy is very conscientious when it comes to the environment and pollution in particular. He is proud to say that his unit is non-polluting. “My neighbours had no clue about what I was doing here. They were surprised when they were told about my glass making. No noise, no emissions…nothing at all.”
Branding is something Joy has not ventured into, for the time being. Hard Liquid has exclusivity thrust upon it, it stays a closely guarded secret. In fact some people go as far to say that some of the things that they own have been ‘imported'. “That puts paid to any recognition or offers that might come my way,” he says with a twinge of regret. Joy does, however, participate in exhibitions and trade fairs across the country.
Raw material
Raw material is not a problem. He gets it from scrap dealers or from shops with glass pieces that they cannot use. Sometimes he gets them free, generally he pays for them. Given the unconventional nature of work sales tax department officials and his chartered accountant have been equally flummoxed. “I sometimes pay Rs.1 or 75 paise for a bottle, which after I am done with will cost anywhere upwards of Rs. 200. They couldn't understand the ‘economics' of the whole thing…but then that is the economics of handmade glass or rather recycling glass.” It is value addition that costs money. Joy says he doesn't price his products too high because there is no point pricing it prohibitively. “People should be able to afford my work.”
Joy at Hard Liquid fashions glass out of glass. His pieces have a fluidity that justifies the name, some of them look like they were frozen ‘mid-flow'. Bottles of all hues and shapes inspire Joy. His works are primarily used for ‘architectural applications', which means he works with architects and interior designers.
Time permitting he fashions beauty out of waste and if the requirement is big (dimensionally) it is only then that he buys glass.
It all started with him fabricating a furnace. Simple! Not as simple as it sounds. It took him 12 years to get the furnace right. He wanted a one foot by one foot 2 kilowatt electric furnace that would work on a single phase (of electricity); reaches 850 – 1000 degrees centigrade and the glass that he intended to make or rather mould shouldn't break either.
Tall order it appeared to be, for “people were willing to fabricate the furnace but there were no guarantees about uniform heating. If heating is not uniform, glass will break,” says Joy. After his already depleting bank account was lesser by Rs. 6 lakh he had his furnace. He now works on a three phase, 12 kilowatt furnace. He even fabricates small furnaces for those who want to use it for hand making glass. Competition isn't it? “Technology is not meant to be locked up. It should be available for people to use.”
He has bitter-sweet memories of the early times. Running out of money and not wanting to ask his father, of the desperation of not being able to show what he had in mind. Of what his then newly-married wife would have thought about him. “She went home and told her folks ‘something's amiss with my husband! He wants to BEND glass,” he recalls laughing. There was no way he was going to get a loan for ‘this'. “If I was making interlocking tiles or recycling plastic I would have got a loan easily. But not for this, because I had nothing to show as a sample.”
His love affair with glass began when he was very young. Joy is trained in printing technology; he worked as a creative consultant for a resort, he has tried his hand at eco-farming…he has even made reinforced bricks made of mud (‘not clay'). Now almost 18 years after he embarked on the quest for the perfect furnace, he is content (restless in parts) about the place where he is at now.
All the talk about ‘THE' furnace arouses curiosity. Joy takes us to his studio/workshop adjacent to his house in Eroor. There ‘she' sits, the furnace occupying pride of place at the centre of the workshop. Joy explains how it works. There are freshly ‘moulded' glass ‘bubbles' waiting to be taken out and ‘polished'. Moulds, by the way, are made of ceramic. Then there is the grinding machine which uses wet process so that there is no dust and therefore no air pollution. The grinding machine too is recycled from a second hand lathe machine.
Making glass is not as easy as it sounds. Since Joy's works have more to do with fusing pieces of glass, the compatibility of glass to be fused is important.
His products are available in some stores in the city. Work on his signature store on the first floor of his house is on.
Joy is very conscientious when it comes to the environment and pollution in particular. He is proud to say that his unit is non-polluting. “My neighbours had no clue about what I was doing here. They were surprised when they were told about my glass making. No noise, no emissions…nothing at all.”
Branding is something Joy has not ventured into, for the time being. Hard Liquid has exclusivity thrust upon it, it stays a closely guarded secret. In fact some people go as far to say that some of the things that they own have been ‘imported'. “That puts paid to any recognition or offers that might come my way,” he says with a twinge of regret. Joy does, however, participate in exhibitions and trade fairs across the country.
Raw material
Raw material is not a problem. He gets it from scrap dealers or from shops with glass pieces that they cannot use. Sometimes he gets them free, generally he pays for them. Given the unconventional nature of work sales tax department officials and his chartered accountant have been equally flummoxed. “I sometimes pay Rs.1 or 75 paise for a bottle, which after I am done with will cost anywhere upwards of Rs. 200. They couldn't understand the ‘economics' of the whole thing…but then that is the economics of handmade glass or rather recycling glass.” It is value addition that costs money. Joy says he doesn't price his products too high because there is no point pricing it prohibitively. “People should be able to afford my work.”
2011年5月18日星期三
Struktol Company of America Introduces New Lubricant for Nylon 6 and 66 Compounds
Struktol Company of America has unveiled STRUKTOL® TR 063, a unique lubricant which has been designed to reduce compound viscosity, significantly improve metal release, and enhance dispersion of mineral fillers and reinforcing agents in nylon 6 and 66. The product boasts a novel chemistry which makes it highly compatible with polyamides and superior in performance to alternative lubricants, according to Mike Fulmer, Struktol's Product Manager for Plastic Additives.
"TR 063 provides compounders and processors with a cost-effective, versatile process additive that can significantly improve throughput and efficiency," said Fulmer.
The company reports dramatic decreases in die build-up during compounding and extremely good overall processing, both in extrusion and injection molding of the finished compounds. "The metal release provided by this product is as good as we've seen," added Fulmer.
Strand pelletizing of nylon 6 and 66 compounds often results in die build-up after a short time. STRUKTOL TR 063 added at 0.5% to 1% loadings minimizes this type of build-up, allowing the processor to run longer and more efficiently without concern for contamination or discoloration. This is especially important in natural or light color compounds. At the same time, physical properties are minimally affected by TR 063, unlike competitive lubricants which can present concerns.
In filled or reinforced compounds, TR 063 provides a balance of viscosity reduction and dispersion improvement which leads to more consistent processing and maximum physical properties. The lubricant has been shown to have minimum interaction with coupling agents often used with reinforcing products such as glass fiber.
STRUKTOL TR 063 is designed to work in the temperature processing range of nylon 6 and 66 compounds. It can be added directly at the compounding stage or by the processor during part manufacturing. In pellet form, it can be easily added to extrusion or injection molding machines.
Struktol Company of America, headquartered in Stow, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of process additives for the plastics and rubber industries. The privately-held company provides Intelligent Additive Solutions for a variety of polymer-based products and compounds for the consumer, industrial, packaging, and automotive industries. The company's technical specialists, R&D chemists, and compound laboratory are dedicated to creating innovative solutions to meet the exacting demands of an ever-changing polymer industry. Struktol's R&D center, technical service center, and manufacturing plant are located in Stow, Ohio. The company's additive solutions keep customers ahead of the competition with increased productivity, better quality parts, and lower overall costs.
"TR 063 provides compounders and processors with a cost-effective, versatile process additive that can significantly improve throughput and efficiency," said Fulmer.
The company reports dramatic decreases in die build-up during compounding and extremely good overall processing, both in extrusion and injection molding of the finished compounds. "The metal release provided by this product is as good as we've seen," added Fulmer.
Strand pelletizing of nylon 6 and 66 compounds often results in die build-up after a short time. STRUKTOL TR 063 added at 0.5% to 1% loadings minimizes this type of build-up, allowing the processor to run longer and more efficiently without concern for contamination or discoloration. This is especially important in natural or light color compounds. At the same time, physical properties are minimally affected by TR 063, unlike competitive lubricants which can present concerns.
In filled or reinforced compounds, TR 063 provides a balance of viscosity reduction and dispersion improvement which leads to more consistent processing and maximum physical properties. The lubricant has been shown to have minimum interaction with coupling agents often used with reinforcing products such as glass fiber.
STRUKTOL TR 063 is designed to work in the temperature processing range of nylon 6 and 66 compounds. It can be added directly at the compounding stage or by the processor during part manufacturing. In pellet form, it can be easily added to extrusion or injection molding machines.
Struktol Company of America, headquartered in Stow, Ohio, is a leading manufacturer of process additives for the plastics and rubber industries. The privately-held company provides Intelligent Additive Solutions for a variety of polymer-based products and compounds for the consumer, industrial, packaging, and automotive industries. The company's technical specialists, R&D chemists, and compound laboratory are dedicated to creating innovative solutions to meet the exacting demands of an ever-changing polymer industry. Struktol's R&D center, technical service center, and manufacturing plant are located in Stow, Ohio. The company's additive solutions keep customers ahead of the competition with increased productivity, better quality parts, and lower overall costs.
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