Polyplastics to construct Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) production facility in Leuna, Germany

Specifications:

Name:

Polyplastics to construct Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) production facility in Leuna, Germany

Location:

Leuna

Company:

Polyplastics Co., Ltd

Estimated Cost:

-

Source:

polyplastics-global.com

Introduction:

Polyplastics has announced plans to construct a cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) production facility in Leuna, Germany to meet the growing global demand for its TOPAS® COC polymers.

Features:

The new plant, to be operated by local Polyplastics subsidiary TOPAS Advanced Polymers GmbH, will have a capacity of 20,000 tons per year, more than doubling the company’s current output.

The facility will be operational by mid-2023.

In packaging products, TOPAS® COC has raised the performance of commodity polyolefins, enabling the development of simpler, better recyclable and sustainable solutions.

Mono-material structures based on PE enhanced with TOPAS® COC are more easily recyclable than multi-material solutions using layers of PET or other PE-incompatible polymers.
TOPAS® COC has been certified as a recyclable polyolefin as part of the EU initiative for a circular economy.