Milliken expands Millad PP clarifying agent capacity

28 April 2014


Milliken & Company is planning a “major capacity expansion” for its Millad NX 8000 clarifying agent for polypropylene (PP) at its Allen facility in South Carolina, USA.

Scheduled for completion in 2015, the investment will see the company double its production and add an additional redundant manufacturing line to ensure ample global supply of the product.

Millad NX 8000 clarifying agent allows manufacturers to replace high-density resins, such as polycarbonate (PC), polystyrene (PS), and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with lower-density polypropylene to reduce costs and weight, and improve environmental performance.

The move is Milliken’s most significant capital investment in its Millad clarifier business to date, according to the company.

“The need for a capacity expansion comes from Millad NX 8000’s success as the clarifier of choice for new, transparent polypropylene applications, from food storage to personal care packaging,” says Allen Jacoby, vice president plastics additives, Milliken & Company.

“Our customers can be confident that this expansion will deliver ample global supply of our high-performing Millad NX 8000 clarifier to meet their current and future needs.”

According to US-headquartered Milliken, the fast adoption of the Millad NX 8000 technology over traditional clarifiers has been driven by the material’s “cleaner, fresher look” and “inherent sustainability benefits” compared to competitor products.

Its improved solubility enables clarified PP to be processed at cooler temperatures, thus taking advantage of higher melt flow resins.

The company claims customers using its Millad NX 8000 technology have experienced “energy savings of up to 13 percent, cycle times accelerated up to 18 percent, and carbon emissions reduced by as much as 13 percent”.

The energy savings enabled by Millad NX 8000 clarifier have been validated by UL Environment, a wholly owned subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories (UL) and an independent environmental claims validation company.

www.milliken.com



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