Terluran GP35 samples at Arburg Anniversary Days 2023 (Photo courtesy of ARBURG)
Frankfurt, March 10, 2023
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has announced that they are working together with Arburg, a leading global manufacturer of plastic processing machines, to combine innovative sustainable injection moulding machines with the world’s broadest sustainable styrenics polymer portfolio.
First sustainable INEOS Styrolution’s ECO grades were successfully tested by Arburg on their latest generation of injection moulding machines including Terluran® ECO as well as NAS® ECO.
Arburg’s new anniversary machine ALLROUNDER 470 H
Two hybrid Allrounder 470 H machines set the stage for new machine technology at the first anniversary event in February 2023. The machines in the “Comfort” and “Premium” performance variants are particularly energy-saving, resource- and production-efficient, user friendly and reliable! Compared to a hydraulic machine, the new Allrounder 470 H boasts an energy footprint that is up to 50% better and can save up to 12,000 kg of CO2 per year. The hybrid machine incorporates many technical innovations that are only available from Arburg. A new oil management concept, for example, reduces the oil requirement by around 35%. Flow rate splitting enables simultaneous movements of hydraulic auxiliary axes. The dry cycle time is also reduced by about one third. The Arburg servo-hydraulic system (ASH) permits particularly energy-efficient and low-emission operation.
INEOS Styrolution’s styrenics ECO portfolio
The company’s ECO portfolio ranges from Styrolution® PS ECO across a range of ABS1 , ASA2 , SAN3 and SMMA4 grades to SBC5 ECO solutions.
The Terluran ECO sustainable product portfolio includes both mechanically-recycled and bioattributed alternatives to conventional ABS. Mechanically-recycled grades contain up to 70% post-consumer recycled content. The bio-attributed grades (ISCC-certified) range all the way to a complete bio-attributed solution (Terluran ECO B100) with bio-attributed content from all three monomers (styrene monomer, butadiene and acrylonitrile), which leads to a negative product carbon footprint for the B100 version.
NAS ECO is an ISCC-certified bio-attributed SMMA material, popular for its excellent transparency, an extremely low haze and good thermal and chemical resistance. The material provides a carbon footprint reduction of up to 99%. Like its conventional equivalent NAS, it is also suitable for food packaging solutions.
Most importantly, all ECO products perform on the same level as their respective conventional counterparts.
Christian Homp, Team Manager Applications at Arburg, says: “The combination of our injection moulding machines with INEOS Styrolution’s ECO material must be a convincing argument for all customers who want to improve their CO2 footprint.” Christian Dietlein, Technical Account Manager at INEOS Styrolution, adds: “First of all, we wish Arburg all the best on their 100th birthday! We are excited to work with a company that has similar strong objectives related to sustainability as INEOS Styrolution.”
More information: www.ineos-styrolution.com
