EuroWire November 2023

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Re-launch of award-winning sustainable polymers, compounds and masterbatches

“As a company that participates in many plastic recycling initiatives and sustainable activities, we are keenly focused on our mission of people and our planet being at the centre of our purpose,” said Michael Roberts, chief innovation officer, Teknor Apex. “Building on this heritage Terraloy platform is a critical step on our path to accelerating the implementation of circular solutions in a way that promotes confidence, transparency, accessibility and consistency.” Teknor Apex www.teknorapex.com

In 2015, Teknor Apex received two awards for the Terraloy technology: the Innovation in Bioplastics Award from plastics industry trade association SPI; and the Bioproduct Innovation of the Year Award from Ohio State University’s OBIC Bioproducts Innovation Center. The same year, the United Nations created the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to promote a global partnership to improve health and education, reduce inequality and stimulate economic growth – all while addressing climate change and working to preserve the environment.

In response to market demands for sustainable compounds, Teknor Apex is relaunching its Terraloy® brand in a dedicated effort to build a portfolio of products to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing industry. The portfolio will include polymers, additives and fillers covering a wide range of sustainable attributes such as recycled, bio-derived and bio- degradable content. As the portfolio evolves, it will include products with verifiable carbon footprint and LCA data.

Convincing premiere for wire Middle East Africa in Cairo

from the industries and to discover the latest machinery, equipment, products and services from the metal and steel industry and the wire, cable, tube, foundry and metallurgy sectors. Another edition of the trade fairs will be held in the first half of 2025, again in Cairo. Messe Düsseldorf GmbH www.wire-mea.com www.messe-duesseldorf.de

these growth markets. 383 exhibitors from 19 countries took the opportunity to show their products and services. In addition to local companies, exhibitors from the UK, France, Austria, Belgium, Turkey, Spain, Switzerland, Morocco, the USA and Germany, among others, were in attendance. More than 7,000 professionals (around ten per cent international) travelled to Cairo over the three days to network and find out about trends and innovations

Messe Düsseldorf’s four new foreign satellite exhibitions took place in Cairo, Egypt, from 2 to 4 September. wire and Tube Middle East Africa, together with GIFA and METEC Middle East Africa, were presented for the first time at the Egyptian trade fair Metal & Steel Egypt at the Egypt International Exhibition Center in Cairo. The regions of Egypt, the Middle East and North Africa offered many first-time exhibitors the opportunity to invest in

Three-roll reducing and sizing block for Xingtai Iron & Steel

steel company in China to manufacture bar in coil (BIC). In the new rolling mill, the Kocks three-roll RSB 370++/4 will be located as the finishing block after 18 stands in H/V arrangement in a 900,000 t/a SBQ mill. It will produce BIC within a finished size range of Ø 16 to 52mm, with high dimensional tolerance. The scope of supply also includes the remote control for stand and guide adjustments, the equipment for the roll shop, and Kocks software solutions for optimum rolling results. The block will be equipped with the advanced safety cover presented at METEC, including upgraded casing parts. Commissioning of the RSB is scheduled for the end of 2024. Friedrich Kocks GmbH & Co KG www.kocks.de

The order is in line with Xingtai Iron & Steel’s plans to relocate its production facility from Xingtai to the Chengdong Industrial Area, located in Wei County, Hebei Province. With an annual output of three million metric tons, Xingtai Iron & Steel claims to have been the first

Chinese steel producer Xingtai Iron & Steel Co and Friedrich Kocks GmbH have signed a contract for the installation of an RSB® 370++/4 reducing and sizing block in 5.0 design, as the centrepiece of a new rolling mill complex for the production of special steels.

The signing of the contract between Kocks and Xingtai

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