PARA ARAMID WASTE AVAILABLE FOR SALE IN BRAZIL

PARA ARAMID WASTE:

We are pleased to present a new procurement opportunity involving a lot of 100% para-aramid waste, consisting of approximately 11 metric tons of cut ropes and 1 metric ton of tangled filaments. Kindly refer to the attached photographs for your preliminary assessment.

The material has been recovered from subsea electro-hydraulic umbilicals and is available for immediate allocation.

Our commercial offer is inclusive of ocean freight to the port of destination under CFR Incoterms. The total volume can be efficiently shipped in one 40-foot container, delivered CFR to your designated port.

We welcome expressions of interest from qualified buyers. On-site inspection in Brazil can be arranged to ensure full transparency and facilitate a smooth and compliant transaction process.

Please feel free to contact us should you require further technical specifications or wish to proceed with due diligence.

Avantium and Will & Co Launch Collaboration to Advance FDCA in Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers

Avantium N.V., a pioneer in renewable and circular polymers, and Will & Co B.V., a distributor of specialty (bio‑based) chemicals, have launched a collaboration to accelerate the use of #FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) in Coatings, Adhesives, Sealants, and Elastomers (CASE). FDCA is a versatile, bio‑based building block that enhances the performance of synthetic materials - including alkyd resins, surfactants, and polyester polyols - used in everyday applications such as paints, adhesives, flooring, roofing, tubing, automotive components, and construction materials. This partnership leverages Will & Co’s strong position and expertise in the CASE industry and Avantium’s patented #YXY®Technology to produce and promote FDCA as a sustainable, #biobased chemical building block.

At Avantium, we’re dedicated to driving the bioeconomy forward through strategic partnerships like this,” says Dr. Laleh Maleki, Business Development Manager. “Will & Co’s strong industry expertise will help accelerate FDCA adoption and support the transition to more sustainable solutions in the CASE industry.

“Since its founding in 1924, Will & Co has strived to enhance the quality of life by bringing new products to market. The materials are different today, but our beliefs are the same,” says Dr. Sander de Vos, Product Manager Bio-Based Chemistry. “Avantium’s FDCA product can be the start of a new era of synthetic materials for our society.

source : Avantium

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share : Thermoforming vs. Injection Molding

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share

Thermoforming vs. Injection Molding

Choosing the Right Process Matters

Thermoforming is one of the most versatile and cost-effective plastic manufacturing processes available today. By heating plastic sheet and forming it over a mold, manufacturers can produce durable, lightweight components with excellent surface finish and fast turnaround.

Common applications include:

Medical device housings and trays

Industrial enclosures and covers

Automotive and transportation components

Point-of-purchase displays and packaging

Large-format industrial parts where strength and appearance matter

When does thermoforming have an advantage over injection molding?

✔ Lower tooling costs — ideal for prototypes, low- to mid-volume production, or large parts

✔ Faster lead times — tooling and production can be launched quickly

✔ Design flexibility — easier design changes and thicker corner radii

✔ Large part capability — cost-prohibitive in injection molding

Injection molding still shines at very high volumes and tight tolerances, but for many industrial and medical applications, thermoforming delivers a better balance of cost, speed, and performance.

source : Hedrick-Walker & Associates

Today's KNOWLEDGE Share : A Guide to Microscopic Failure Analysis for Plastic Products

 Today's KNOWLEDGE Share

A Guide to Microscopic Failure Analysis for Plastic Products

When a plastic component fails by cracking, its fracture surface tells the story of how and why it broke if you know how to read it. This guide outlines key procedures and considerations for conducting failure analysis of plastic components through microscopic inspection, drawing on traditional fractography while emphasising the material-specific characteristics of polymers and plastics.

🔍 Key microscopic features in faulty plastic parts:

• Mirror Zone, Mist & Hackle: The classic brittle fracture "fingerprint" that points you directly to the origin.

• Conic Marks (Parabolas): Often the smoking gun, these curves point back to a initiating defect like a contaminant or void.

• Ductile Stretching & Fibrils: Tell-tale signs of overload and yielding.

• Fatigue Striations: Found under high magnification (often with SEM), they reveal a history of cyclic loading.

• Smooth, Featureless Brittle Surfaces: A red flag for Environmental Stress Cracking (ESC) or severe material embrittlement.

⚠️ The features above most often trace back to:

• Design: Stress concentrators.

• Manufacturing: Weld lines, voids, residual stress.

• Service: ESC, chemical attack, fatigue, creep.

🛠 A structured approach is critical to success:

• Gather the history (load, environment, timeline).

• Macroscopic examination to locate the origin.

• Microscopic journey from origin through propagation.

• SEM and stereomicroscope are the primary tools in the investigation.

• Material characterization (FTIR, DSC) to confirm the type of polymer.

Microscopic inspection remains a cornerstone of plastic failure analysis, providing critical evidence to pinpoint root causes and prevent future failures. What's your biggest challenge in diagnosing polymer cracking failures?

#FailureAnalysis #Fractography #plastics #RootCauseAnalysis #Microscopy #SEM

source : PolyEdge (Consulting)

Toray Develops PFAS-Free Flexible PPS Resin Combining Excellent Flame Retardancy and Heat Resistance for #CoolingPipes, Wiring Components, and Other Applications

Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it has developed a high-performance flexible #polyphenylenesulfide (PPS) resin offering outstanding flame retardancy and heat resistance. The company believes that this is the world’s first PPS resin to simultaneously deliver these capabilities. The material is free of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), giving it a cost-reduction advantage over fluoropolymers.

Prospective applications include cooling pipes, fittings, fasteners, protective components, and electrical parts. It also contributes to reducing the number of parts and simplifying processes.

The rapid proliferation of electrified vehicles and data centers has made components and electrical equipment parts considerably more sophisticated and diverse. While fluoropolymers have dominated the market to date, demand for alternative materials is surging to avoid risks associated with tightening #PFASregulations and commensurate raw materials procurement challenges.

A flexible #PPS resin that Toray formulated with olefin elastomers has served in applications that harness its light weight and moldability. It has been technically challenging, however, to simultaneously deliver a flexibility, flame retardancy, and heat resistance comparable to that of fluorinated resins.

The new material thus incorporates #Toray’s innovative #NANOALLOY® (note 2) microstructure control technology. It finely disperses a new flexible component within PPS polymer to replace elastomers. The material’s flame retardancy corresponds to the V-0 (Vertical Burn) classification of UL94 (note 3). Global private safety company UL Solutions, Inc., created that highly regarded standard for safety of flammability of plastic materials for parts in devices and appliances testing. The material’s heat resistance and lightness greatly surpass the performance levels of conventional flexible PPS resins .

From January this year, Toray started supplying paid samples to customers for such applications as battery peripheral and semiconductor manufacturing equipment components. It will establish a mass production structure within fiscal 2026. While complying with PFAS regulations and enhancing functionality, we will deploy this advanced material, which is compatible with existing design technologies, across diverse applications demanding high temperatures and high reliability. These include cooling pipes and fasteners for electrified vehicles and data centers, peripheral components for batteries and inverters, and industrial piping and bundling components.

source : Toray

Strategic Entry into the Type IV Composite Cylinder Industry

Strategic Entry into the Type IV Composite Cylinder Industry

💪I am offering a one-hour paid virtual advisory session for professionals, project sponsors, and investors evaluating opportunities within the Type IV composite cylinder manufacturing sector.

💡 This session delivers a structured, executive-level overview covering:

• Capital expenditure (CAPEX) estimation, financial modeling, and techno-commercial feasibility assessment

• End-to-end project structuring and strategic implementation roadmap

• Technical risk assessment and critical project failure modes

• Global certification frameworks and regulatory compliance pathways (ISO, EN, DOT, PESO, etc.)

• Core engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain challenges

• Market intelligence: industry dynamics, competitive positioning, demand outlook, and growth drivers

✈️If you are conducting due diligence, planning market entry, or seeking clarity prior to capital deployment, I welcome you to connect and schedule a consultation.

Muthuramalingam Krishnan

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance and R3vira Announce Collaboration to Expand Polystyrene Recycling in Mexico City

The Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a North American coalition advancing scalable polystyrene (PS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) recycling solutions, today announced a new strategic collaboration with R3vira, a Mexico City-based organization committed to community-driven polystyrene recovery across Latin America’s largest metropolitan area. 

The collaboration supports PSRA’s broader mission to enable a more robust circular economy for polystyrene across North America. By investing in proven collection and processing systems, the initiative demonstrates how polystyrene can be recovered, recycled, and reused when infrastructure and end markets are in place.

The partnership will enable R3vira to double the collection capacity of its innovative “peque-ruta” (micro-route) system, from 12 to 24 active pathways, increasing recovery and recycling of high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) and expanded polystyrene (EPS) by 2026. 

“Expanding access to recycling is essential to enabling true circularity for polystyrene,” said Justin Riney, Chair of the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance. “This partnership with R3vira reflects the practical, infrastructure-focused solutions our coalition works to advance—solutions that meet communities where they are and demonstrate how polystyrene can be collected, recycled, and returned to the market as a valuable resource. By pairing strong end markets with innovative, community-based collection models, we’re showing that polystyrene can play a meaningful role in a more inclusive and scalable circular economy.

PSRA’s investment will specifically support critical infrastructure enhancements, including densification equipment, expanded warehouse facilities, and workforce development across all 16 boroughs of Mexico City, the largest city in North America. Through R3vira’s established partnership with Resirene, recovered materials will undergo complete closed-loop processing to produce FDA-approved recycled polystyrene resin for direct reintegration into new packaging applications.

“Partnering with the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance allows us to build on the collection systems we’ve developed over the past five years and take them to the next level,” said Martha Melesio, Founder and Director of R3vira. “With PSRA’s support, we can significantly increase polystyrene recovery volumes, strengthen reliable end-market pathways, and continue creating stable, local jobs tied directly to recycling operations across Mexico City. This collaboration demonstrates how circular economy solutions can deliver both environmental impact and economic opportunity at the community level.

source : Plastics Industry Association