EoW September 2011

19 / 112

EuroWire – September 2011 17
corporatenews
“ ACID-FREEPROCESS FOR STEEL
ROD CLEANING & SURFACE
PREPARATION”
“New Way to Draw Steel Wire
in the 21st Century”
DCCD process features:
• Eliminates acid, borax and precoatings
• Zero energy consumption
• Direct drawing from bare rod with no
speed limitation, for H/C and L/C
• New Lubricant Viscosity Control
provides exceptionally adherent coating
• Adjustable lubricant residual
• Zero lubricant waste
• Recommended for severe drawing
applications (spring, rope, bead,
CO2 welding, PC strand, plating quality)
• H/C wire drawn at 18 m/s (3600 ft/min)
• Up to 8 times longer die life
• Exiting wire temp. 45°C (113°F)
• Greatly improved wire ductility
DECALUB
31, avenue de Condé
77500 CHELLES, FRANCE
Fax: +33 1 60 20 20 21
E-mail:
Website:
Repsol is planning new investment at its
Puertollano site to increase production of
ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA).
The new production unit will be able to
produce 15,000 tonnes per year, with the
possibility to achieve vinyl acetate (VA)
contents exceeding 35%, meeting the
needs of a wide range of differentiated
applications.
This EVA capacity increase is one of a
series of investments planned for Repsol’s
Puertollano production facility included
in its strategy to maximise the production
of high-value polyolefins.
During 2009, Repsol carried out the
conversion of one of its EVA copolymer
units (including 5% to 20% of VA content)
to EVA resins (ranging from 20% to 40%
of VA content). Additionally, in June 2010
Repsol implemented process changes
in another of its EVA copolymer units, to
adapt it to the quality demands of the
specialised film converters. Because of
this change and process improvement,
the company has been able to reduce
significantly the potential off-spec
production associated with this type of
film grade production.
Moreover, during 2010, Repsol
consolidated its ethylene butyl acrylate
copolymers (EBA) production capacity
at its Sines site in Portugal, increasing
the production of EBA copolymers as
an alternative to the EVA copolymers
production at Puertollano, due to the
growing specialisation of the former
towards the production of EVA resins.
The combined activity of the Puertollano
and Sines production facilities, together
with the growing demand for these
products has seen record production of
EVA and EBA.
Repsol produces EVA and EBA copolymers
and resins with comonomer contents
that may range from 5% to 40%, and melt
flow indexes (MFI) exceeding 800 dg/
min. The company is present, amongst
others, in the hot-melt adhesives, shoes,
photovoltaic panels, cables and film
market segments. The process and
product development has been carried
out internally at Repsol’s Technology
Centre in Madrid.
Repsol – Spain
Fax: +34 91 314 2821
Email:
Website:
Investment to
boost production
▲ ▲ The new plant will produce up to 15,000 tonnes of
ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers each year
Basle, Switzerland-based Dolder AG will take over the marketing of the Vestakeep® PEEK
polymers produced by Essen, Germany-based Evonik Industries.
The marketing activities will focus in particular on small-volume sales in Europe. Ever
since Vestakeep® was launched on the market, Dolder has acted as the distribution
partner for Evonik’s moulding compounds in Austria and Switzerland. This successful
cooperation was extended to Germany at the end of 2009. For small customers in
Europe, this means better product availability and more intensive customer support.
Dolder AG – Switzerland Fax : +41 613 266 204
Email: Website:
Dolder takes over marketing