Solvay starts up new fluoroelastomers plant in Changshu, China
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
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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