Polyplastics To Launch 40 Pct Glass-filled Recycled DURAFIDE PPS

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 Feb (Bernama) -- Polyplastics Co Ltd, a global leader in engineering plastics, has announced plans to launch a 40 per cent glass-reinforced grade of DURAFIDE rG-PPS by December this year, as part of its mechanical recycling business.

The company will develop high-quality optimum formulations, which will play a role in helping achieve 100 per cent circularity of engineering plastics by expanding the applications of mechanically recycled materials.

The first iteration of Polyplastics’ mechanical recycling business calls for the collection of glass-reinforced polyphenylene sulphide (PPS) scrap from customers through an open mechanical recycling scheme known as post-industrial recycling (PIR).

According to a statement, the PPS scrap will be used as a raw material to make DURAFIDE rG-PPS. In initial processes, strict acceptance inspections will be conducted and metal will be removed.

In later processes, recycled materials and some virgin materials will be reformulated to meet target specifications. The materials will undergo the same quality standards as those of virgin materials.

The open PIR scheme will help customers reduce and effectively use waste and also significantly reduce carbon emissions for their products. Currently, the raw material from customers will be specific grades of DURAFIDE glass-reinforced PPS.

Polyplastics will develop a higher glass-filled grade as the second iteration of DURAFIDE rG-PPS and establish a system to supply that grade and the 40 per cent glass-reinforced grade to customers in Japan.

The company seeks to collaborate with its customers as well as companies in the recycling and industrial waste treatment industry while also building a "local production for local consumption" recycling chain within each geographic region in the future.

-- BERNAMA