Solvay starts up new fluoroelastomers plant in Changshu, China
28 July 2015 - 03:31PM
Brussels, July 28, 2015 --- Solvay has
begun production at its new fluoroelastomers (FKM) plant in
Changshu, China, as part of its ongoing strategic site expansion,
to meet booming demand for its specialty polymers from Asia's
fast-growing automotive industry and multiple other high-end
markets.
As Solvay Specialty Polymers'
third fluorelastomer unit in the world it benefits from the site's
existing Specialty Polymers operations* and infrastructure, as well
as from secure raw material supplies through its joint
venture with nearby Shanghai 3F New Material Co., Ltd..
From Changshu, Jiangsu
Province, Solvay will supply its FKM brand Tecnoflon®
which resists aggressive chemicals and heats of more than
250°C and is easy to process in various different molding
techniques. Typical end-use products are gaskets, shaft seals and
hoses used in sealing applications in the automotive, industrial
and oil and gas industries.
"This
state-of-the-art fluoroelastomers facility considerably strengthens
our global industrial footprint, extending our reach from Europe
and the United States to Asia," said Augusto Di
Donfrancesco, President of Solvay's Specialty Polymers Global
Business Unit. "Solvay Specialty Polymers
offers the industry's most diversified range of high-end polymers
and our expansions in Changshu will bring
us closer to our customers and support them in maintaining their
competitive edge in their market
segments."
At the same site, Solvay
Specialty Polymers is constructing a unit for the production of
polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) to supply Solef®. The unit is due to
come on-stream by early 2017. In addition to fluoroelastomers,
Solvay's operations at Changshu include compounding, based on its
specialty polymers resins.
* Solvay's
operations at its Changshu site include compounding based
on its AvaSpire® high-performance resin
-polyaryletherketone (PAEK), Kalix® - high-performance
polyamides (HPPA), Ixef® - polyarylamide (PARA), Amodel -
polyphthalamide, Radel® - polyphenylsulfone (PPSU), as
well the production of Polymist® and
Algoflon® (PTFE).
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